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My first picture at nighttime

  • 17-03-2006 10:25pm
    #1
    Dimy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys,

    Bought a tripod last week and finally had the chance to experiment with it tonight. It was very cold and windy along the coast, the last making it quite difficult to take long exposure shots without making the camera move around. Out of 20 images I shot this night, 19 failed... but this is the only one I found worth keeping. As I couldn't get auto-focus I focussed manually. It's taken with a Canon EOS 350D, 13.0 seconds exposure and f/4.5 aperture (ISO 100). Any coments are appreciated.

    307753.jpg

    Thanks,
    Dimy


Comments

  • #2
    BrookieD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,705 ✭✭✭BrookieD


    great shot and welcome to DPchallenge.com ;-) i left you a comment over in Dpchallenge


  • #3
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    Thats a cool shot I really like the effect on the lights in the background.. Lovely colours too....


  • #4
    Dimy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Dimy


    BrookieD wrote:
    great shot and welcome to DPchallenge.com ;-) i left you a comment over in Dpchallenge

    Yeah I saw, thanks BrookieD :)

    Here's three new attempts I made yesterday:

    308120.jpg

    308121.jpg

    308122.jpg


  • #5
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    I love the colours, kind of coppery :) I have yet to try and take some night photos, good job.


  • #6
    Benster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭Benster


    I think the 1st one has merit in the abstract shapes in the foreground, I like it. The rest I find too cluttered and I'm not sure what the main subject is in some of them.

    If your camera has integral flash, try the first one again and give it a burst of flash just before the shutter closes (rear-curtain flash) - it could illuminate the shapes enough to give them an odd look against the warmer background.

    Also, if you have a camera bag, try hanging it underneath the tripod to give it more stability during wind shots, it should bed the feet into the ground more.


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