Night Photography Suggestions

[vickerman]

I'm playing around with different settings for my night shots but was looking for some tips from more experienced individuals.

Any and all comments or tips are welcomed and appreciated.

Thanks Guys and Gals.

[weezerfan84]

What are you shooting with and what lens?

[vickerman]

Canon Rebel XTI with a Tamron 18-200mm lens.

[weezerfan84]

What type of effect are you trying to gain. You want sharp pictures or do you want pictures with a lot of light bleed. This can easily go so many different ways. With the range on your lens I'm sure you are zooming in quite a bit, because it's not going to get very wide. I would doubt that it's that sharp wide open. I'm just as new to this as you are as well. If you zoom are you looking for a shallow depth of field or a more defined depth of field. That can be altered two ways. If you want a shallow depth of field get as close to the subject as possible (however close you can and your lens will still focus) trying to keep the f/3.5-8 and then adjust your iso and ss as need be. If you want a sharper image you can step back a little and set your f/ at a higher number. Your dof will be more defined, but it also lets in a lot less light so your image could be noisy (with a high ISO) or you could get camera shake (slow shutter speed shooting handheld). Can you give us an example of what you would be shooting, ie. people, buildings, landscrape, traffic, and what effects you're particularly looking for? I'm learning as I go just like you are.

[Atomic79]

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[PhotosGuy]

Some of the best "night shots" I've seen were taken before it's totally dark while there's still some light left in the sky. You don't need much, but you need some.
Lets See Your 30 sec. exposures (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=4476828)