showing movement in the night...

[mysticalbeing]

hi guys,

im not sure if there is already a thread on this but i wan't able to find it!
so if there is please say so...

i started playing with shooting moving traffic at night with long shutterspeed.
the location i shot from wasn't the best... just wanted to share..
by the way: the quality of the pic went down a lot coz the resizing....
if there are more of you guys out there who made some shots in this genre please share....

peace & love

joshua

[canonloader]

What kind of shutter time did you use on this?

[Cyrus001]

I love long-exposure shots. Here's my best traffic shot.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1086/595561904_dbe648f7b2_o.jpg

[mysticalbeing]

Canonloader: sorry i forgot to mention the picture info. here it is: 30sec F/10 @ 50mm & 100 ISO

Cyrus001: nice shot, where is it made? in cali? the pyramids look familiar to me...


bless

joshua

[bikerider]

good to see people adventuring into night shots...your shot looks a little overexposed for the lighting conditions, probably 10-15 sec for that would have been okay. Here is a sample of mine- 10sec @ f11 iso 100
http://mrlowlight.smugmug.com/photos/184259049-L.jpg

[mysticalbeing]

nice shot bikerider! yeah ur right, just playing with all the possibilities and then finding the best setting.. thanks for the advice....


J

[Cyrus001]

Canonloader: sorry i forgot to mention the picture info. here it is: 30sec F/10 @ 50mm & 100 ISO

Cyrus001: nice shot, where is it made? in cali? the pyramids look familiar to me...


bless

joshua

That shot was actually taken in Edmonton, Canada.

@Bikerider: Pretty shot. The blue lights are really cool.

[bikerider]

thanks Cyrus that shot of yours is very good too, you've done well in capturing a big landscape which I think is much harder than a tighter shot.

[virtualaly]

My share of night shots from atop a building. Shutter speed was around 20 seconds with an aperture of f/16 taken at around 7pm. Used a Canon 400D with a 17-40mm f/4L lens

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t219/virtualaly/Petron%20Mega%20Plaza/w-city-lights.jpg

[poynter]

I went through a phase where thats all I wanted to shoot.

http://www.poyntofdesign.com/images/photography/photography_comp_34.jpg

[toosik]

i like your picture cyrus
it's awesome.
i dont have a tripod yet so probably cant take pictures like that yet

[zippy25]

Wow, really like bikerider and virtualaly's posts of night shots. They both are great!!

[Grace]

I love all these...Its one of the things I've been dying to try...and just haven't.. :)

thanks!

[virtualaly]

This was shot at a local cemetery nearby (Manila Memorial Cemetery) at night. The moving objects here are the Clouds.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t219/virtualaly/Manila%20Memorial%20Park/w-lamp-post.jpg

taken at 9:21pm in complete darkness other than the weak light of the lamp post at 95 seconds, with an aperture of f/8, and ISO setting at 100

[bikerider]

cooool pics Aly!

[Cyrus001]

That's a really inspirational pic there aly. Did you take it during a full moon?

[virtualaly]

cooool pics Aly!

Thanks, BIKERIDER!!! It was a bit scary doing the shots at the cemetery at night when my shooting buddies were nowhere within site. The long exposures made it more stressful for me.

[virtualaly]

That's a really inspirational pic there aly. Did you take it during a full moon?

Yes CYRUS001! My photography buddies really scheduled our night shoot during a full moon. By experience, it would be difficult to capture the night without any light source such as the moon. I took the following shot at the same venue and time as my light post shot.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t219/virtualaly/Manila%20Memorial%20Park/w-monument-and-fountain.jpg

This was taken at night (around 11pm) also in complete darkness except for the full moon with a shutter speed set at BULB (around 3 minutes) at f/16 and ISO 100. Notice the small light streaks in the sky, those were stars.

[lennyp06]

I really like that last shot aly, i love night shots and playing around with lighting:)

[virtualaly]

I really like that last shot aly, i love night shots and playing around with lighting:)


Thanks, Lennyp06! Here's another one of the same series where I increased the temperature in the WB to make the night skies turn orange.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t219/virtualaly/Manila%20Memorial%20Park/w-red-pole.jpg


Taken at around 10:30pm in BULB exposure (2 minutes) at f/16 set at 100 ISO.

[lennyp06]

I do not have alot of wb expierience but is that pp or out of the camera

i am not worthy

[BERTUZZZZi]

Lion's Gate Bridge

[Gamut]

These are so great. Night time is so beautiful when seen in light.

[jbone]

wow these are all awesome shots. I need a tripod!!!!

[virtualaly]

I do not have alot of wb expierience but is that pp or out of the camera

i am not worthy

The White Balance editing is done in DPP (Digital Photo Professional) the RAW software of Canon. You can adjust the WB depending on your preference before you convert the RAW file to JPEG. I didn't have to post process my pictures in Photoshop (well except for my watermark).

[lennyp06]

The White Balance editing is done in DPP (Digital Photo Professional) the RAW software of Canon.

Is that equivelant to lightroom?

[virtualaly]

Is that equivelant to lightroom?

Yup, but the DPP software comes free when you buy your Canon DSLR camera.