First night shot with my new lens

[Raymate]

This was with my new 17-40mm L and it was better than I could have wished for.

http://www.applemk.co.uk/images/junction.jpg

[Sn@ve]

I absolutely love this shot. Nice and sharp... no distracting cars or anything... and it has a European feel to it. Great photo.

[mrcoons]

Wow - a great photo!

[foto202]

Very nice! Super crisp.

[psykopyro]

incredible... the light posts almost make a ceiling of light

[Raymate]

Thank you all for your nice comments :)

[denis]

I'm not normally into this sort of photography but I really do like this shot!

Denis

[Desertraptor]

I absolutely love this shot. Nice and sharp... no distracting cars or anything... and it has a European feel to it. Great photo.

I see plenty of evidence of cars ;)

Awesome shot. I like it lots.
It looks as if the UK roads dept/Gov are taking light polution seriously. It looks like there is little light escaping into the sky.

[Waddo]

Great Fot, Really sharp nice job.

[EoSD30fReAk]

very nice shot.

[adam*]

Most places suffer serious light pollution... I guess they may be trying to change?

[tsw910]

very sharp indeed ... wow !

[denMAR]

That's gorgeous.

[app1rwd]

Look like you are gonna fall in love with that new "L" lens

[Valencia Photography]

This shot is amazing. I honestly think that I could not get a shot like this in San Diego no matter how hard I tried. Like adam* said, too much light pollution. Here's what a typical shot for me looks like :? Light everywhere!http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/speedy_3/wideangle_filtered.jpg

By the way do you have a hi re version. Would be a great desktop wallpaper!!

[karfeef]

very nice image. I'd like to try night shots once i get the hang of my dSLR. One thing that puzzles me though, when using slow shutter to capture the movement of cars and such like, how come it is only really the lights that are visible, where is the streak of the actual vehicle?

cheers

Karf

[rickc]

Very clean shot. Do you remember what settings you used??

[Raymate]

Thank you for all your comments.

Yes I love the L



For RICKC it was as follows:

20 seconds
f8
25mm
iso 100
Average metering mode.

[armada4x4]

Wow, great shot. I'm very new to DSLR or SLR camera. I just got a Rebel XT for Christmas and wish to capture an image similar to yours. Do you mind share the setting you set on your camera to captured that shot?

[Vega$50]

For a first time...that is really outstanding...

[Balliolman]

It is clear why you are pleased ... :-)

[JF1980]

very nice image. I'd like to try night shots once i get the hang of my dSLR. One thing that puzzles me though, when using slow shutter to capture the movement of cars and such like, how come it is only really the lights that are visible, where is the streak of the actual vehicle?

cheers

Karf

I'm no expert, infact I'm a total newbie but I'll use common sense to answer you. The lights leave an impression because they are an intense light source, the rest of the car doesn't produce light, it only reflects ambient light. While the car is moving, the reflected ambient light is not in one place for long enough to leave any real impression (or 'burn') on the sensor. I'm sure if the car was driving slowly enough, and the ambient light was strong enough, then you would infact see a streak of the car.

Someone will probably come up with a better way of explaining this but that makes sense to me.

[ACDCROCKS]

very nice shot

[SQUAREROOT]

Crisp and clear! Dramatic actually!

Nice Shot!

Cheers!
Square

[Raymate]

Wow, great shot. I'm very new to DSLR or SLR camera. I just got a Rebel XT for Christmas and wish to capture an image similar to yours. Do you mind share the setting you set on your camera to captured that shot?


Sure it was:

20 seconds
f8
25mm
iso 100
Average metering mode.

[R Hardman]

Now that is one neat shot.

[JohnnyG]

Very sharp! Excellent!

[MattyB]

well, it raised my eyebrows :D

top shot!

[malla1962]

That is a nice crisp shot.:D

[nmc]

What kind of WB did you use? tungsten or custom?
Niels.

[Raymate]

I used custom, I tried the preset at the time and nothing was right. But the day before I had manual WB some indoor lights at home and I switched it to that. And the result is as you see (done this method a few times now)

[rickc]

Very interesting shot. Thanks for including your settings also.

[BIGTUFFGUY]

great capture. its very crisp

[maggie_potatoes]

I love this photo!

[Raymate]

Thank you :)

[Michaelmjc]

Awesome shot, very shrap and clear. congrats on your new lens!