-= ARCHIVE - Best Night Shots

It's actually a view from my home window. First there's a road with parked cars and one passing by left its light rail to the picture. Behind the cars and threes there's sea and boats lit by the moon.

The intention with this was to capture the mood not the details

TSKFin wrote:
It's actually a view from my home window. First there's a road with parked cars and one passing by left its light rail to the picture. Behind the cars and threes there's sea and boats lit by the moon.

The intention with this was to capture the mood not the details

even i didn't got that but i act as i understand.
ok, i accept the mood.
Thank you very much for your explanation anyway, and sorry for asking

Beautiful shots on this thread. Very impressive.

you don't have to havve a good lens. i have a very similar shot that was taken with the kit lens and it looks just the same. because you have to have a tripod, you can close the lens to f9 and even the kit lens looks great in f9.

pretty much:

1) camera mounted on a tripod.
2) about 2 sec shutter speed or more depending on traffic
3) use remote shutter realese or timer
4) take the shot
5) check the histogram and the image and correct the settings as you see fit.


remember, faster shutter to freeze motion and slower shutter to show movement

all with 350d

this shot with 10-22

amazing shots you got there Ryan, the 2 last ones should be posters on a wall...

Wow, that firework shot is simply perfect.

here's my favourites

early morning on a cruise ship:

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Great photos. Here are mine:

A bit busy, but I like the drama of it.
XT with kit lens, 30mm, f/13, 2 sec.

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I love the California Adventure one so much!!! I was planning to try that next time I am there! Did you take a tripod or just lay the camera on the railing?

I like this one of Costa Rica coastline at night. I wish it wasn't cloudy and had some stars and the moon in it. I used my kit lens.

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Here are two of my favorites both taken with my 10D and a Sigma 20mm f/1.8 which I no longer own.
The first is of City Hall in Green Cove Springs while the second is Friendship Fountain and the Jacksonville, Florida skyline.

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@Ryan, hey man....did you use any noise reducing software for the fireworks shot or just a very low ISO? can you also tellus your exposure settings for the lighthouse shot? thanks.

@mrcaesar, did you PP that first shot coz if the sky were really like that its amazing hehehe.

Thanks - I used a tripod. I also took shots as the sun set, but they didn't come out as well. There is an amphitheatre-type plaza across the lake where I set up. No one was there, and this was the height of summer.

Dirk