NTP Challenge : Night Photography

[Katt]

Hi All - here are my first attempts.

Melbourne at night by Katt1970, on Flickr

Melbourne at night by Katt1970, on Flickr

Cheers,

Katt

[Dan Gamble]

This was my first and second attempts which were taken a few weeks ago at the Melbourne meet-up.
#1

Melb Meet 100915 (3 of 3) by MamboGambo, on Flickr

#2

Melb Meet 100915 (2 of 3) by MamboGambo, on Flickr

[ricktas]

Good work here everyone.

[Brettles]

Brett by Brettles84, on Flickr


TwoFace by Brettles84, on Flickr


Ferry Crossing by Brettles84, on Flickr


Double Exposure by Brettles84, on Flickr

[Brettles]

hmm ive done something wrong there

[Brettles]

IMG_4616 by Brettles84, on Flickr

[MBsa]

I know this challenge hasn't been used in a while but i'm going through all the old ones (hope thats ok). This is one of my attempts at night photography. My house has a lot of street lights around but think i did ok. I would like to try going down to the river for another attempt.
Shutter - 30sec F 4.0 ISO 100

hello by melbphotography2011, on Flickr

[Wranga93]

This was my first image on manual mode, just playing around with the modes.

[superg]

Here is my photo of Outer Harbour, Adelaide.

[in2fx]

I had already captured the sunset shot that I wanted, so decided to have a play with movement while the light was fading

I did resist the temptation to use flash (blinding the driver) to stop the front of the bus at the end

[MrEMan]

I took this one of a giant rock floating in the sky Not sure if it fits the theme but you can only get shots like this at night.

moon.jpg

[super duper]

Went out last night and got some shots, would love some CC!

[Kazren]

Not sure of this qualifies - its indoors with the help of a little LED torch.
Crystals.jpg

[ricktas]

Not sure of this qualifies - its indoors with the help of a little LED torch.

Not really, the thread is about NIGHT photography, it is to teach you how to get outside at night and take photos of the world. Your photo doesnt really explore that at all.

[ricktas]

[QUOTE=super duper;819854]Went out last night and got some shots, would love some CC!


Sorry but we cannot CC them here, this thread is about learning HOW to take night photos, and getting YOU to understand the settings needed to do so. If you want CC on them, take them over to the member photos forums.

Feel free to discuss your settings used, what you learnt here, about the technicalities of taking night photos, that is what this challenge is for.

[kipp]

hi i dont know if that worked but if it did, this is my first attempt at night time photography in bulb mode, can anybody tell me why the stars are spotty and not a clean more continuous line? could it be my apperature is to wide?
ta kipp



IMG_1690.jpg

[ricktas]

What did you shoot in kipp, RAW or JPG. My guess is JPG, and the spotty result is probably related to JPG compression.

[kipp]

What did you shoot in kipp, RAW or JPG. My guess is JPG, and the spotty result is probably related to JPG compression.

thanks rick
yes it was in jpeg i havent bothered to fiddle with raw yet, but maybe i should set it to shoot in both jpeg and raw for the times when im not happy with the result?
is there any free software to open and do basic editing on raw?

[Kym]

How stable was your tripod? Was it windy at all, people walking around? That could explain the star trails.
Also: I'd try f/8 or f/11 next time.

[kipp]

How stable was your tripod? Was it windy at all, people walking around? That could explain the star trails.
Also: I'd try f/8 or f/11 next time.

thanks kim
there was no wind or movement, but at about f/4 or f/5 iso 100. i tried it at about f/12 iso 100 but there wasn't enough light so i had it wide open instead of winding up the iso. i will have another go next time were away, try and take them earlier at night instead of midnight might help as well