Night time time exposure.

[KaplanMultimedia]

Hi everybody. I've been a POTN member for quite a while now but I'm usually hanging around in the other categories. This seemed to be the best category to post this picture.

I was bored last night so I took my new Peleng fish-eye lens out for a little evening stroll. This shot was taken with an exposure of around 30 seconds at f/11 and ISO 100. I made sure to wait for a car to pass so I could get a streak of colors from the head & tail lights.

I hope you like it. Your CC and comments are appreciated very much. :D

[EllenC]

I love it! Fantastic colours.

I'm coveting a wide angle something fierce.

[dan_o_no]

Very crisp shot with great colors, and I especially like the handful of stars shining through!

[BottomBracket]

Wow, impressive! I have been thinking about getting that Peleng, it really looks like a great performer. Did you have to defish this in post processing?

[bikerider]

That's it I'm taking my Peleng out tonight! Great shot, lovely rich colours and nice and sharp at 100iso. I did some band shots with the lens a little while ago at 400iso, the results were disappointing.
Roger.

[BearLeeAlive]

Vera nice shot. I have been coveting this lens for a while, it is just about time to pull the pin.

[asdf54]

wow, nice and bright, looks good

[Mills]

Love It! Great shot, amazing color and clarity.

[Tlee05]

Wow niceee ! how did u get such nice colours for a night time shot i normally have a orange tint too it.

[KaplanMultimedia]

Wow, impressive! I have been thinking about getting that Peleng, it really looks like a great performer. Did you have to defish this in post processing?

No I didn't, but you can see some vignetting in the four corners because I forgot to clone them out. This lens is capable of providing a distorted fish-eye effect when tilted up or down, but it looks pretty good under certain circumstances like this one.

Thanks very much for your comments. :D

[KaplanMultimedia]

Wow niceee ! how did u get such nice colours for a night time shot i normally have a orange tint too it.

Well to tell you the truth, I originally had an orange tint too. But since I shot in RAW, I was able to click on the sidewalk for my white balance and everything magically turned out the way you see it here. Thanks very much for your comments. :D

[Matty777]

Wow That is how to make a boring street and hydrant look as interesting as anything you could travel the globe for.

Love it!!

Would love that in full 1280 x 1024 for my monitior as a background desktop (hint hint ;) )

[Balliolman]

Great viewpoint! A striking shot of a typical street!

[andydajo]

Simple and an excellent result

[mrclark321]

Great shot Joel I really like it!

Dan

[KaplanMultimedia]

Wow That is how to make a boring street and hydrant look as interesting as anything you could travel the globe for.

Love it!!

Would love that in full 1280 x 1024 for my monitior as a background desktop (hint hint ;) )

Thank you Matty, that's really very nice of you to say. If you PM me, I'll be happy to email you a larger version.

[twodogs239]

Beautiful colours and very crisp. great shot!

[xFilter]

Very nice shot. I look look at this shot for hours, so detailed.

[d100763]

wow, best hydrant shot I have seen, great colors, nice touch with the streaks.
30 seconds expo???!!!

[adam*]

Very nice

[scorpiojo]

Great night shot with vivid colors.

[RuggerJoe]

Did you do something to get the star effect on the street lights or did it just come out that way?

[Maureen Souza]

That is very cool, Joel. Love that the fire hydrant is in the forefront and the streetlight looks like a giant star.

[Kevin]

Great shot Joel. That Peleng fish-eye has much potential. Keep these up and I will easily talk myself into acquiring one.

[Skippy29]

I just bought one 10 minutes ago off of Ebay, can't wait to get it

: )

[graykita]

Very very nice, I like it a lot

[Gregory B]

Well to tell you the truth, I originally had an orange tint too. But since I shot in RAW, I was able to click on the sidewalk for my white balance and everything magically turned out the way you see it here. Thanks very much for your comments. :D

Very nice shot.

May I ask what program you use to allow you to chose the white balance by clicking on something in the pic? I'd love to have a go at it.

[SoaringUSAEagle]

One of the neatest shots I have seen!! Well done

[KaplanMultimedia]

Did you do something to get the star effect on the street lights or did it just come out that way?

All I did was close the iris down. Most lenses will make a star effect on a bright point of light just by closing down the iris to f/11 or greater.

[KaplanMultimedia]

Very nice shot.

May I ask what program you use to allow you to chose the white balance by clicking on something in the pic? I'd love to have a go at it.

Thanks Gregory. I shot in RAW and processed the image in DPP. You should have gotten it with your Canon DSLR. It has a "Click WB" feature that lets you click on something white in the image. The sidewalk is more of a gray color, but that works too, just as you can white balance your camera on an 18% gray card.

[Michaelmjc]

I dont know how you guys are getting blue skys at night, I have yet to be able to get one even remotely close to blue.. How you doing it?

Nice shot BTW.

[KaplanMultimedia]

I dont know how you guys are getting blue skys at night, I have yet to be able to get one even remotely close to blue.. How you doing it?

Nice shot BTW.

Thanks. The answer to your question is in my reply right before your post.

Edit: I think you'll also have pretty good success if you set your white balance to the outdoors, sun setting.

[cfcRebel]

Really nice shot Joel! Impressive work.
Question: (you didn't expect these many question, did you?:D) Did you stop down the EC for this shot, or just neutral? Thanks.

[KaplanMultimedia]

Really nice shot Joel! Impressive work.
Question: (you didn't expect these many question, did you?:D) Did you stop down the EC for this shot, or just neutral? Thanks.

Thanks very much. From past experience, I knew that most night time shots come out more exposed that I prefer when the decision is left up to the camera, so I manually adjusted the EC down approximately 1 f/stop.

[Gordeez]

Great shot. The fire Hydrant fit's in well.
Learned alot in this thread for my future Night shots. Thanks EVERYONE!

[PsychProf]

Joel, I really enjoy the variety of your posts. And you have understandable replies to the questions you receive. That helps all of us learn from your experiences! Glad to see you are giving the new fisheye a workout.

[KaplanMultimedia]

Joel, I really enjoy the variety of your posts. And you have understandable replies to the questions you receive. That helps all of us learn from your experiences! Glad to see you are giving the new fisheye a workout.

What a nice thing to say. Thanks Pat, I appreciate your kind words very much! :D

[Michael L]

Colorful, vivid, and sharp. I love it.

[B.C.]

yea great shot