Kawasaki on Pedestrian Seawall

[Kazdog]

Took this Saturday Night on a seawall in Norvan. The interesting part of the shoot was it was my camera,.. trophy_23 taking the picture and our buddy's bike who kept changing things as we were shooting. So really its a dual effort between trophy_23 and I. C&C appreciated very much :)

[muay_thai_dan]

hmm, its very noisy.

and it looks like it was taken with a fast shutter speed hand held?

for a night shot with static subject....id suggest shooting wiht a tripod, set you ISO to some kinda low number. (i dont know what exactly cuz i never did a night shot yet, but 400 and bellow id say?-can some one else give some input on ISO?) ...i would put it on 100 anyhow since the bike isnt going no where. and then set a longggg shutter speed accordingly. this will give you a nice clear noise free image !

try that out :)

edit: oh and other than that, your horizon is not straight. its crooked. and its too high. use the rule of thirds. if you dont know what it is, google it! id set the horizon in the bottom 1/3...so you could see the nice skyline and the sky.

also, you can try to do a multiple exposure shot. that would look good with the lights, and the bike, and the sky.

anyhow. try those things and report back! good luck!!

[PhotosGuy]

1. 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)

2. The bright top of the pic makes the bike look dark by comparison? Look at post #30 here to see what I mean: A few Car Lighting Tips (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=70290)

3. I don't care much for the crop with the empty space at the left & the bike butting up against the right side. Give it some room to "move into" the frame. See the "Move..." link in my Sig.

Lots to think about, right?

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[Kazdog]

:) Thank you for the feed back, I definatly don't disagree with either of you on the critical comments, infact I wondered about those things myself but figured I would get some help in how to make the picture better for next time. It was set up on a tripod I tink with an 8 second shutter at ISO 400.

Believe it or not I just pulled out my old photography courses (I'm really rusty havnig switched from film to digital) and did some brushing up on rule of thirds :) ahah great minds think alike.
thanks very much
Thanks very much