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 mayhem154
    
Location: New Orleans
Gender: Male
Hello...
 |  | Night Shots
< on 1/16/2006 5:59 AM >
|  | | | I'm really trying to hone my picture taking skills. I took a few night shots this evening and wanted some feedback. I've decided to post on the South forum in hopes you guys will go a little easier on me. Keep in mind this is not a real expensive camera.
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Noah Vale
 
Location: Portland, Or
It's nobler to never get paid, than to bank on shit and dismay
| |  |  | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 1 on 1/16/2006 8:57 AM >
| | | | It's late, I'm tired, so I won't do them all, but I'll mention what stands out...
#1. The lower 3rd of the picture is a pet peeve of mine. Ledges. Putting the camera higher up would solve that.
#2. Pretty much right on. Only thing that gets me is the building blocking the courthouse(?), but that's an issue of vantage point, and not really a photographic problem.
#6. Kinda blurry, it looks like you have a tripod, perhaps you need a heavier one. That can be rigged in a pinch. If you need someone will explain how. Also, try to find a vantage point that doesn't have those parking lot lights in the frame. They are very distracting.
#7. That's some really nice looking stone work. I woulda focused more on that. It also needs to be leveled out. And unless your meant to have the camera in there as a sort of "tacky vs. classy" motif, I'd shoot around it.
#8. I don't know how to work around it, but the I had the exact same problem with red flare when I was shooting the Magnolia Building on film. Tips for this anyone?
#11. Easily improved by leveling it out.
"Dallas is a magnificent and wide open city, and I'm deeply envious of any urban explorers who have the good fortune to live there." -Ninj. |
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 2 on 1/16/2006 12:49 PM >
| | | | I'm in no position to criticize, sorry.
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Explorer Zero
| | | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 3 on 1/16/2006 1:18 PM >
| | | | I assume its a point and shoot type camera so you may have some limitations to work around
See if it has focus lock and exposure lock sometimes you can fool p&s auto focus cameras into working right
See if you can manually set the aperture (fstop) as there appears to be very little depth of field (check the menu on p&s) or barring that see if you can set ISO down (I have a Canon p&s that'll do 50) but that might force the f up and you need to stop down though
Focus lock might not work on long exp tripod situation most p&s require you to hold the shutter down so use the self timer focus on the subject then reframe and let go
best you can hope for is see if there is a full manual exposure setting stop it down slow it down
you'll just have to experiment with auto cameras they think theyre smarter than you
ps sometimes when Im shooting in a hurry like hit & run stuff I set mine on AV or some call it AP aperture priority its better than full auto in my opinion
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mayhem154
Location: New Orleans
Gender: Male
Hello...
| | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 4 on 1/16/2006 5:45 PM >
| | | | Thanks guys. I'll try the ISO at 50 at see if that helps. I actually used a building ledge and a guard rail as my tripod. Probably explains why some of the shots aren't level.
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RevSM
Location: South Central Texas
| | | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 5 on 1/16/2006 8:31 PM >
| | | | Yeah, I did that for a long time until I decided that I really need a tripod. Best investment in accessories I've made. You can actually take photos from the vantage point you want and even if it looks clear on the LCD doesn't mean that you didn't move a tiny bit during the exposure.
Tetanus for Breakfast!
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AngryScientist
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 6 on 1/28/2006 1:13 AM >
| | | | you can work on composition later, right now you need to worry about getting the focus right and stopping camera shake. a more solid tripod will help, some of them have a hook on the bottom to hang wieght.
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Dokk
Location: Lewisville, Texas
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 7 on 1/28/2006 2:01 AM >
| | | | Unless your camera weighs over a pound, there are a ton of cheap (read: inexpensive) tripods out there. Get one. And use it. One thing you can do to help a little further is set your camera on a tripod, frame your shot, press the shutter release halfway to let the camera get a ball park focus and exposure, then set your camera's self timer. That gets rid of the slight shake that can occur when your press the shutter button, even on a tripod. Also, see if your camera has a night scene mode. This allows an exposure of up to several seconds allowing your camera to capture a ton of ambient light. After you take the shot and get it into your computer, play with brightness and contrast. See if you can adjust gamma. This adjusts brightness and contrast at the same time allowing the pic to remain pretty much viewable. After that, play with saturation to pump up any colors that got lost in the brightness and contrast adjustments.
Some examples:
Before:
All of these were taken with the night scene mode in my camera and were about a 4 second exposure. Post processing really kicks them up and makes them viewable.
[last edit 1/28/2006 2:03 AM by Dokk - edited 1 times]
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mayhem154
Location: New Orleans
Gender: Male
Hello...
| | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 8 on 1/28/2006 3:20 AM >
| | | | Cool, thanks for the tips....
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 9 on 1/28/2006 4:56 AM >
| | | | I got a little bendable tabletop tripod when I was in Australia and it works great. I can bend it around anything small like a handrail and pretty much did what Dokk suggested. I have a little Fuji Finepix 3.2 but it still did well.They still lose resolution when you save for web but the originals print great.
I'm a blatant waste of time and resources. |
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Mellon_Collie
Location: Utah'ish
Gender: Male
Chingblot.
| |  | | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 10 on 1/28/2006 9:58 AM >
| | | | I just took some of my first night shots and at first I thought they turned out a little too well. Most of mine look kind of weird, neat actually, like they were taken in broad daylight. I am just figuring out my camera, and later that night, I found out how to get the more natural, realistic look. Having a tripod definitely really helps. What kind of camera do you have, How long can you have your shutter open,c does it have A/S/M modes or something similar? Looking at your pictures, they are generally speaking pretty good shots I think. The only real limitations are probably either your camera, or how much you know about it. There is only so much you can do with cheap cameras... I know. I don't know what ISO you were using before, but higher ISO's are to a point better for darker shots, but personally, I find higher ISO almost useless. Besides the fact you get more grain. Anyhoo, that is what I think, but I am still very much a photographic novice, so take my avice witth a grain of salt, etc.
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Allva
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Gender: Male
I have my moments.
| | | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 11 on 1/29/2006 8:34 PM >
|  | | | Here's a few I took on Saturday night.
Life is hard, but it's harder when you're stupid. |
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mayhem154
Location: New Orleans
Gender: Male
Hello...
| | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 12 on 1/29/2006 9:13 PM >
| | | | Those are sweet Allva. Love the fog...
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Allva
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Gender: Male
I have my moments.
| | | Re: Night Shots
<Reply # 13 on 1/29/2006 10:21 PM >
| | | | Thanks.
Fog's great...however, as the time went on, it got so thick I almost lost my way home....Sometimes thicker isn't better..
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