How about night shots?

[explorer]

ok, my oly c750uz is not the best camera for night shots as it can only get 'decent' shots at iso100 or lower because of the noise issue. nevertheless, allow me to start this thread. i'm sure you guys have hundreds of night shots specially those living in the cities.

http://www.pbase.com/explorer/image/42369325.jpg

[explorer]

here's another one :D

a clubhouse :D

http://www.pbase.com/explorer/image/42368612.jpg

[nitr0uzv]

wow lots of lighting

did you use a tripod? or was it handheld

the think about olympus is you can use higher isos without noise

wonder why

my cousin has an olympus and her photo was at 320 iso showed no signs of noise at all

[gstafleu]

Nice night shots explorer. That first one is a good Pisa shot (as in Leaning Tower Of :)).

Here is Trafalgar Square by night:
http://publish.uwo.ca/~gerard/photos/TrafalgerSquareNight.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Explorer - Don't under estimate the Power of an Olympus C-750, and don't under sell your abilities to get good photos!
Gerard - nicely exposed shot - got that believable look to it that I like - I mean it looks 'for real' unlike so many night shots that just look cool but slightly artificial.
Here's one of my more recent shots - China Town SF from my Son's School trip.

[iplayazi]

Explorer - Don't under estimate the Power of an Olympus C-750, and don't under sell your abilities to get good photos!
Gerard - nicely exposed shot - got that believable look to it that I like - I mean it looks 'for real' unlike so many night shots that just look cool but slightly artificial.
Here's one of my more recent shots - China Town SF from my Son's School trip.

Just curious what settings did you use? The moving people are still in focus.

Thanks

Todd

[explorer]

Explorer - Don't under estimate the Power of an Olympus C-750, and don't under sell your abilities to get good photos!


wow! did you take that with your oly c740uz? perfect lighting! probably i haven't pushed my c750uz that much the way you did to your c740.

here's another night shot with nothing but oly c750uz :D the shadows are my wife and i when we were having a good time in boracay island (philippines) last january :D

http://www.pbase.com/explorer/image/39573548.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

explorer - actually - that one was the A-200, but the C-740 does a very good job too. I have taken some tricky concert type pics, on the C-740, at my sons school using either Manual White or tungsten white - at 400 asa with pretty impressive results. The A-200 was very new to me when I topok that shot - so I was experimenting a bit.
Todd - I'm viewing at work - so I can't remember the setting - but it was around 1/15th sec @F2.8 hand held but steadied a bit and utilising the Anti Shake.
Thanks for the comments guys.

[Geoff Chandler]

Just curious what settings did you use? The moving people are still in focus.

Thanks

Todd
Back home now - the pic was orig taken on the A-200 at 5mp
settings were 100 asa, 1 1/5th sec at F3.2 ~with Antishake (brilliant!)
Focal length 49mm (35mm equive)
Geoff

[Cold Snail]

Here's the first attempt of a night shot taken with my (then new) D70 and 28-80mm Nikkor.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/coldsnail/DSC_0990Custom.jpg

This is how it fell out of the camera.
I must get back up there to do some more a little earlier in the evening.

[Geoff Chandler]

Cold Snail - a stunning shot of Tower Bridge!
Explorer - I love your shot with the shadows in the foreground
Me? Right now I don't have many Digital Night shots - but I have some holidays coming soon so I will be playing!!
Here's one of a set I took in Croydon a few months back - with the A-200...
(The orig is better at 8mp)

[pbt1234]

I have always loved night shots, but they seem difficult to get the right lighting. Great job to everyone here!

pbt1234
DMC-FZ20

[iplayazi]

Back home now - the pic was orig taken on the A-200 at 5mp
settings were 100 asa, 1 1/5th sec at F3.2 ~with Antishake (brilliant!)
Focal length 49mm (35mm equive)
Geoff

Thanks for checking man! (still perfecting the night scenes with my s2!)

cheers

[aparmley]

My night shot contri hope you like, not quite like the rest, but still a night shot! :D

[ReF]

whoa, what happening there? interesting shot!

[explorer]

a magnificient sand palace :D boracay island, philippines

oly c750uz: 0.77s f/2.8 at 8.6mm iso50
http://www.pbase.com/explorer/image/39573543.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

explorer - well done with what I imagine must have been quite a tricky exosure - I assume from your shots you are well versed with the C-750 - my C-740 is basicall a cheaper version, no hotshoe, 3.2mp, only 100 asa - 400asa
otherwise virtually identical - I know as I have at least one friend with one. Happy to comare notes with you.
This is a C-740 night shot 2004 November 5th time
400ASA, F2.8,1/13thsec tweaked the colour a bit after as i didn't yuse the manual white

[aparmley]

whoa, what happening there? interesting shot!

This was a shot of the Night time Airshow at Fair St. Louis.

[ekk]

some night shots of downtown orlando.

http://ekkizsikk.info/gallery/albums/july4th/MG_4348.jpg

http://ekkizsikk.info/gallery/albums/july4th/MG_4356.jpg

http://ekkizsikk.info/gallery/albums/july4th/MG_4359.jpg

[Q B@LL]

ekk...i've always wanted a shot of the courthouse...kinda looks like something outta Superman. I like your Eola shots too...is that taken from an office or something? Nice either way. Here are some I've posted before:

Lake Eola

[Q B@LL]

and Downtown Disney

[MikeK]

awesome reflection!

This is from Key West. Only the one guy didn't move :) I went there recently as well, maybe I saw that other forum person :) The last three are the same fire people as in another thread.

[ekk]

Q B@LL .. nice shots!!! citywalk would be a nice place to take night pics though im too lazy to go out there lol .. the shots i took were from my buddy's condo building. metropolitan something. right across from lake eola.

[Q B@LL]

Thanks ekk...your buddy has a nice view and a nice place to hang his hat. As for City Walk, I took my camera once but didn't take any pics...prolly cause I had one too many at Pat O'Briens :D I'll prolly go out there again and take some soon though...maybe after Hurricane Dennis clears out...hehe

[Bluedog]

I'll add one of the Bellagio in Las Vegas. I set the 350D/XT on a ledge for support and lightly touched the shutter release button:

Canon EOS 350D/XT
Focal Length 28 mm > Tamron 28-75mm XR Di
Exposure Time 1/6 sec
Aperture f/2.8
ISO Equivalent 200

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

[canuckpuck]

I took this pic on a recent trip to Shanghai. It was a smoggy night hence the fogginess in the picture. Taken with the Canon 50 1.8 II lens.

I know the picture looks shaky but that's because it was hand held and there were a lot of ppl around :)

[Bald Eagle]

I must say, all the night shots on this thread are awesome. very well done. here is my small contribution, taken tonight. hope you like.

[Bald Eagle]

im not sure about this one, let me know what you think about it.

[explorer]

twilight in manila bay (philippines)....as seen from philippine westine hotel :D

oly c750: 6s f/2.8 at 6.3mm iso50
http://www.pbase.com/explorer/image/39633501.jpg

[TheWengler]

This thread is pretty old. These night threads don't get much action I guess. Here are a couple from last weekend.

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[toriaj]

I think the Lights in the Night thread (http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13373&page=29) has seen the light of day a little more than this one (last post in 2005? :eek:)

Looks like you're having fun with those starry apertures! I've been wanting to try a night shot turning the moon into a starry light. Lately though I haven't taken night shots, they're difficult to set up if you're not in a well-lit area. Great work here.

[TheWengler]

Yeah, tell me about it. I had mixed results.

[TheWengler]

Here's a high contrast night shot with some intentional grain. It's from the same night as the others.

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[toriaj]

That one's my favorite, Lukas. I really like the composition and the pier.

[razzmatazz]

Been going through all the lovely images in this thread..........I really find them Stunning!!
As I was having some, just thought I might as well share, they are not up to the high standards of the posted images but here they are anyway.....

#1.Hong Kong, Victoria Harbour.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/Subratadaskol/R86mmZyvEQI/AAAAAAAABY4/5hDAnSXNrYM/s800/IMG_0213%20copy.jpg

#2.Laser Show, Hong Kong, on a Cloudy Evening.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/Subratadaskol/SC7OSsSVnSI/AAAAAAAAC-I/XGMvrdZ0bm0/s800/IMG_1782%20copy2.jpg

#3.Temple Street Night Market.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/Subratadaskol/R_tzJrpoWmI/AAAAAAAACDE/wvv1oDW_Ylc/s800/IMG_1660%20copy.jpg

[jetrim]

Cool shots Razz...

I'm still playing around and trying to learn night shots, but here's one from earlier this evening (C&C welcome)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3052/2769134185_ef8e1a4b74_b.jpg
9th street, Fort Lauderdale
Fuji S-2
Tamaron 100-300 Macro
f5.3/3sec
ISO 100

[DownByFive]

I think people can guess where this is...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2266/2224146921_bfa852ccab_o.jpg

Nikon D70
Tamron 75-300
f/18
8 sec.

[toriaj]

Wow, another great shot from you. I love the clarity, the small aperture was a great choice here. Where did you focus?

[DownByFive]

Wow, another great shot from you. I love the clarity, the small aperture was a great choice here. Where did you focus?

Thanks! IIRC, I focused down toward the street in the foreground, but I imagine that focus was at infinity, so it probably didn't make too much difference. As much as I hated that Tamron lens (which I've since retired), it has actually captured some decent shots for me...

[SANJU]

zoomed in moon shot around 5 am ....

[duffer18hcp@sbcglobal.net]

Looks like a possibility, hurry grab the camera, quick set and shoot out of the window even.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/2810700585_08065749d5_b.jpg