Viva Las Vegas

[Esoterra]

It's funny how people that find out I live in Las Vegas, actually think I live on the strip, or they ask me..."Hey, Eso... I bet you are down on the strip ALL the time eh?" Quite the contrary. This was my first trip down to the strip in about 2 years... and I forgot about how fun shooting neon and lights can be. I think I am going to try to get down there more often. Feedback is appreciated.

http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/3016/thestrip0220dr.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

That's pretty god Eso.
I was there in March - great place for night shots
(theres some on my Yahoo site)
What camera??
Do you/Can you experiment with the exposure? I personally
tend to go for under exposure on those sorts of shots
Do you remember any of your settings?? Just interested.

[Esoterra]

Geoff:

D70s and I beleive I was using the Nikkor 50mm 1.8. I should have under exposed it a little. I wish I could have expirimented more... but after 20 shots or so.. a huge dust storm ravaged the strip and it turned into your worst nightmare. I will have to get down there again soon and shoot some more pics (under exposed). Thanks for the feed back.

Eso

[Geoff Chandler]

Go for it!! - love to see the results when you've done them...
Obviously I can't get there easily!!
But,
Here's one I took at night.
details: -
A200, ISO100, 1/3rd sec with Antishake (held steady!!), f3.2, tungsten white,
-1ev, equive 60mm focal length

[Rex914]

I recently went to Las Vegas this summer and apart from some food photos, the rest was a diaster. Day photos were so-so at best, and the night photos.... I won't say anything more about them. For reference, that was a point and shoot camera with no manual controls or prolonged exposure options.

If you plan to take pictures in Vegas, bring along a decent camera with manual controls AND/OR a tripod to even think about taking any nighttime shots.

[tekriter]

here's my shot of the Excalibur...
handheld at 1/15th, iso 200

[Bluedog]

Quite often its easy to locate a column ledge to steady the camera for nice accurate night shots in Vegas:

1/6s f/2.8 at 28.0mm iso200

http://www.pbase.com/smith_xt/image/45939461/original.jpg

[abhinav]

http://static.flickr.com/26/47052045_601ac7ff1b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/32/47052039_15dad246a8.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/32/47052035_f416be21e5.jpg

[D70FAN]

I have found the porn racks to be plentiful, and strategically located, so that using them with a mini tripod works great.:D

[Phill D]

I'm sure I've posted some Vegas pictures before but couldn't see them in here so here are a few more. First my view of the Paris by night shot.

[Phill D]

Second the famous dancing fountains.

[Phill D]

And third you could only find this in Vegas.
Oh I found my previous Vegas posts & lots of other peoples by looking at my posting history (just to prove I wasn't going barmy) but none of the earlier posts seem to show up when you look at the thread taking a route from the forums page. Anyone know how come?

[Geoff Chandler]

Second the famous dancing fountains.
Great shot Phil!
Also the Harley shot!!
Here's another fountain shot (Belagio) to go with it...

[Geoff Chandler]

Here's a different night shot - didn't want to mess with it as I liked it as it was (A-200 again)
Sorry - lost the orig one and so also the exif - it was A-200 Hand held though.

[pestalnmore]

Geoff,
I think you are a PRO! Carla

[Geoff Chandler]

Geoff,
I think you are a PRO! Carla
HA HA! - thanks - but that's just too kind!:)

[black_z]

Cool pics!!:D



This reminded me of my trip there, too.




Resized and untouched...

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4072/26qk.jpg

[Esoterra]

I posted this on an earlier thread, but I eventually made it up to the top of the stratosphere...

http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/5281/vegaslights32zm.jpg


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