Night time, the right time...post your late hours photos here.

NorCalNomad wrote in post #9725811
both of those shots need a tripod...or a remote cable to take out that shake

I HAD A TRIPOD!!!
but it was kinda windy that night...

IVOlution wrote in post #9725836
I HAD A TRIPOD!!!
but it was kinda windy that night...

then you need something to weight it down and/ or use a remote cable...if not a remote cable then be VERY light on the shutter button. I'm not sure if the G11 has mirror lock up

my shots were done w/o a tripod....although results would be much better if i did have one. i just used the 2 second timer.

When you take night pictures it is best if you still have light in the sky. A black sky is very uninteresting. Try to shoot during the first 20-30 minutes after sundown; you will have the best light.
Have a sturdy tripod, use a remote or delayed timer, mirror lock-up (if using SLR...) and bracket your exposures; take at least 3 different exposures of the same scene because you don't really know how they look until you get to a big screen. When you color-balance try to go towards the magentas as this will balance the fluorescent lights of most nightscapes and make them more pleasant.

Light rail train crossing the bridge over Tempe Town Lake in Tempe, AZ. The blue part of the glow flows the train as it crosses the bridge. When the train is not present, the lights slowly change colors in other pattrens.

I was just prior to this trying some street photography and I forgot to change my ISO, and shot this at 800.

Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikkor 35 1.8
Exposure: 1.3
Aperture: f/10.0
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 800

NorCalNomad wrote in post #9725839
then you need something to weight it down and/ or use a remote cable...if not a remote cable then be VERY light on the shutter button. I'm not sure if the G11 has mirror lock up

no mirror...

scroller52 wrote in post #9727345
my shots were done w/o a tripod....although results would be much better if i did have one. i just used the 2 second timer.

You just leaned it on that little wall?

juanpafer wrote in post #9727377
When you take night pictures it is best if you still have light in the sky. A black sky is very uninteresting. Try to shoot during the first 20-30 minutes after sundown; you will have the best light.
Have a sturdy tripod, use a remote or delayed timer, mirror lock-up (if using SLR...) and bracket your exposures; take at least 3 different exposures of the same scene because you don't really know how they look until you get to a big screen. When you color-balance try to go towards the magentas as this will balance the fluorescent lights of most nightscapes and make them more pleasant.

Tnx guys...Juan I am aware of the "black sky effect" and the 1st set of photos in the thread is done well and there I did use 2sec timer and around 5 different expos untill I got what I wanted. It was much more windier than the other night...This time I didn't use the timmer, big diferance,huh.
Anyway I was inspired by Rmitchell's Mosque and Bigpow's City Hall on page one of this thread...they both did black sky photo...will go there again this weekend and try to do it better!

Very nice "V" Dean.

Plaza de Toros, Barcelona

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ISO 80, f4.5, 15sec

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Here is my best ones:

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I think theres a few of these threads around, but what the heck..

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AP I love the last one!!!
Well done...enlighten us with some EXIF?
tnx

IVOlution wrote in post #9789911
AP I love the last one!!!
Well done...enlighten us with some EXIF?
tnx

Hey thanks.. Almost all my night shots are HDR'd so no exif. I do usually try to set my camera at f16 ish and adjust the shutter to center the meter and let it rip at +/- 2...

I hope that makes sense.

This church was f20 at 2s/6s/ and 25 seconds..

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these were taken in Hong Kong using my 30D w/ 35 ƒ2 @ ƒ2.8/ISO 1000/shutter approx 1/100

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