My first try at night landscapes

I had a nice starry night tonight so I got the camera, tripod and remote switch, and tried some night photography. Here are my two winners, shot in Raw with the kit lens and then processed in DPP:

The first shot needs to be tweaked to get the horizon right, it is tilted and it looks a bit blurry.

The second shot ... hmmm not much there for me.

Thanks for sharing.

The second one looked better in DPP last night. And on the first one, I don't know whether it's the tripod or the lens. I have a couple of fireworks shots that have a bit of a fisheye look like that one does.

You need a longer exposure, bigger aperture, and higher ISO.

I usually use 30 seconds, f/2.8, ISO 800 or 1600.

Not sure what the subject is.

Okay, I figured out what the problem with the first one is.... wrong picture. This is the one I meant to post.

The horizon still seems to be tilted down to the right. Also, this shot doesn't have a clearly defined subject to attract your attention. At least not mine, sorry!

Cobra351 wrote in post #3835552
The horizon still seems to be tilted down to the right. Also, this shot doesn't have a clearly defined subject to attract your attention. At least not mine, sorry!

I think that my tripod may have been the issue. I discovered this morning that one of the feet was extended and the other two were up. So my tripod may have been tilting slightly.

As for the subject, I was trying to get the starry sky over the lake (the lake is barely visible in the bottom of the shot) but the lights on the gazebo were throwing off my exposure. Plus the moon was behind me and there was too much light behind me to try it from the other side of the lake.

You usually fix TILTED horizons in Photoshop.