Edinburgh glow, shot from Aberdour, Scotland.

Just returned from my first evening/night photography outing. Having read "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson yesterday, I thought I'd have a bash in 'Manual' mode.

http://static.flickr.c​om/83/273788645_f581da​b3ef_b.jpg

Kit lens, 30 secs at f5 (I think).

I realised while thinking to myself on the way home that I should have used a smaller aperture to obtain greater depth of field. That would have caused problems though, as I wouldn't have known how to calculate how long to hold the shutter open for!
As a result, it's a bit soft.

The diagonal line in the sky is a plane coming in to land at Edinburgh Airport. There are a few hot pixels dotted around and also a couple of tiny little white box outlines with a single white cross in each (could have been a flashing helicopter light, as there were a couple around)

Not much PP, as I don't know an awful lot about it yet. USM and colour noise reduction is all, nothing else tweaked.

C&C, advice and tweaking all very welcome.

Thanks,

Jon.

I`m glad you added that larger version,the other one was too small.

You managed to capture some wonderfull light in this one,good work.

I'm glad of the link to the larger photo too as even your larger attached one doesn't do justice to the golden hues of your photo.

Nice one Jon

I take it the white streak in the sky is a Jet l?

Lovely golden colours you've caught there

Very nice. The golden colors are amazing.

Thanks for the kind comments folks. I really enjoyed getting out and actually taking some pics. I've had my head buried in photography magazines and books, trying to learn learn learn.

Buggbairn wrote in post #2138303
I take it the white streak in the sky is a Jet l?

Yep! Coming in to land at Edinburgh Airport. I saw it approaching and waited until it was in the frame before shooting. In hindsight, I should've shot another without it as it's a bit distracting.

I'm going out for a re-run tomorrow night (weather permitting). I found a good thread about calculating exposure times when shooting bulb exposures. I'll try a smaller aperture and use my watch.

tumblew33d wrote in post #2141327
Yep! Coming in to land at Edinburgh Airport. I saw it approaching and waited until it was in the frame before shooting. In hindsight, I should've shot another without it as it's a bit distracting.

You could just clone it out in Photoshop.

tumblew33d wrote in post #2141327
I found a good thread about calculating exposure times when shooting bulb exposures. I'll try a smaller aperture and use my watch.

That thread sounds interesting. Care to post a link to it?

Originally Posted by tumblew33d
I found a good thread about calculating exposure times when shooting bulb exposures. I'll try a smaller aperture and use my watch
I have use this link
http://www.fredparker.​com/ultexp1.htm

warne wrote in post #2141898
Originally Posted by tumblew33d
I found a good thread about calculating exposure times when shooting bulb exposures. I'll try a smaller aperture and use my watch
I have use this link
http://www.fredparker.​com/ultexp1.htm

That looks like an interesting page. Thanks.

rudgej wrote in post #2141851
You could just clone it out in Photoshop.


That thread sounds interesting. Care to post a link to it?

Doh. I should've thought of that. Is it just the spot healing tool I'd use? I think I'll google for a tutorial or something.

As for the link, here's the thread I was talking about -

https://photography-on-the.net …calculating+shu​tter+speed

Warne, thanks for that other link, I'm going to take a look at it now

tumblew33d wrote in post #2142377
Doh. I should've thought of that. Is it just the spot healing tool I'd use? I think I'll google for a tutorial or something.

As for the link, here's the thread I was talking about -

https://photography-on-the.net …calculating+shu​tter+speed

Warne, thanks for that other link, I'm going to take a look at it now

You can use the spot healing brush tool which would probably work quite well for the jet lights, or the clone stamp tool which is immediately below the spot tool. To use that one, just point to a similar bit of the photo and hold the ALT key and click, then just click on the area to clone out.

Thanks for the link too.

Thanks, I'll give it a bash!

That exposure 'ready-reckoner' table looks like it'll come in really handy (the fred parker link). I'm going to print it to keep with me until I get the hang of this.

Very nice shot. I like the airplane-I presume the dots are the flashing lights-very unique!

I stumbled across this site about a year ago and have used a print out double sided laminated of the exposure table It has improved my low light shooting without a doubt.
The key is to bracket either side of the calculated exposure and you will find you will all ways have useable shots

I should of added in my original post a great shot that you will only learn from.

Thanks Marko and Warne!

Warne, I'm going to do the same and laminate a copy of the exposure chart to keep in my bag. Great find - just what I had been looking for!