night time photography
- Thread starter mother goose
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Take the same shot changing the f stop and speed.
mother goose said:
very nice pic....it's got that mystic and exotic feel to it....
nice house you live in, my lord....
MiamieNeSeX said:
Take the same shot changing the f stop and speed.
Want to go to Vegas now.
Tan
night photography tips
<B>mother goose</B>: i've been trying to shoot beautiful night photos for the past three years... and to convey all that i've learned would mean a looooooooooooooooooooong post. so here's a condensed list of tips:
one of the best tips i've learned is to take night shots just AFTER
sunset. Let the sun go down and the sky darken... usually there's about 30-60mins before the sky goes to pitch-black where there is still color in the sky. This is <B>the</B> window of opportunity.
there's an old saying that the best light is the first hour of sunlight, and the first hour of dusk. that is true.
to improve contrast... just make sure you get the correct exposure. To get that is a bit difficult & where experience helps... so it's best to 'bracket' (bracketing is where, for example, you shoot 1 shot @ 10secs, another @15secs, last @20secs and see which comes out best)
a practical tip i can give is to take notice of the color of the object you're photographing. if your shooting white objects (NSX's), your light meter can be fooled and will underexpose. Again i suggest bracketing.
Also contrast can be improved by buying $$$ pro lens and using certain aperture settings (as MiamieNeSeX comments), and also buying filters to correct the color of artifical lights. All of which is a long post in itself... i suggest you purchase a photography book/mag... for under US$10 you can get decent advice.
oh, and lastly... with practice you'll learn to read and judge a scene... so be patient and keep trying... and don't forget to post your pix here on prime.
hope this helps.
-neo
<B>mother goose</B>: i've been trying to shoot beautiful night photos for the past three years... and to convey all that i've learned would mean a looooooooooooooooooooong post. so here's a condensed list of tips:
one of the best tips i've learned is to take night shots just AFTER
sunset. Let the sun go down and the sky darken... usually there's about 30-60mins before the sky goes to pitch-black where there is still color in the sky. This is <B>the</B> window of opportunity.
there's an old saying that the best light is the first hour of sunlight, and the first hour of dusk. that is true.
to improve contrast... just make sure you get the correct exposure. To get that is a bit difficult & where experience helps... so it's best to 'bracket' (bracketing is where, for example, you shoot 1 shot @ 10secs, another @15secs, last @20secs and see which comes out best)
a practical tip i can give is to take notice of the color of the object you're photographing. if your shooting white objects (NSX's), your light meter can be fooled and will underexpose. Again i suggest bracketing.
Also contrast can be improved by buying $$$ pro lens and using certain aperture settings (as MiamieNeSeX comments), and also buying filters to correct the color of artifical lights. All of which is a long post in itself... i suggest you purchase a photography book/mag... for under US$10 you can get decent advice.
oh, and lastly... with practice you'll learn to read and judge a scene... so be patient and keep trying... and don't forget to post your pix here on prime.
hope this helps.
-neo
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no problems mother goose... hehee... what a comical username. 
I like the pix you posted; never seen a white NSX with white rims! Looks very petite... but bet it's a pain to keep the rims clean. 
That pix below would look AWESOME if you'd used a red-gradient filter (so the sky is red and fades into normal)
Oh, another tip... get into photoshop... then you can 'tweak' your photos... although you can't resurrect bad originals.
keep practicing... and dont hessitate to ask more Q's, although i'm not a Pro... just a "very serious novice"
maybe "imola-orange" has a few suggestions coz he has taken some good pictures (including POTM)
I like the pix you posted; never seen a white NSX with white rims! Looks very petite... but bet it's a pain to keep the rims clean. That pix below would look AWESOME if you'd used a red-gradient filter (so the sky is red and fades into normal)
Oh, another tip... get into photoshop... then you can 'tweak' your photos... although you can't resurrect bad originals.
keep practicing... and dont hessitate to ask more Q's, although i'm not a Pro... just a "very serious novice"
maybe "imola-orange" has a few suggestions coz he has taken some good pictures (including POTM)
In photoshop, messing around with levels & brightness/contrast can often help strengthen (removing the haze, greys, and upping the contrast - you can really get some nice effects with dark blue skies and white clouds when doing this) an already good photo.
Image>Adjustments>Levels
Best of luck
Image>Adjustments>Levels
Best of luck
ditto <B>PHOE<FONT COLOR=red>N$X</FONT></B> about a high-res pix for wallpaper.
Also, MotherGoose, do you have a higher-res version of the NSX by the lake? I reckon i could 'enhance' this a bit for you with photoshop.
-The one
Also, MotherGoose, do you have a higher-res version of the NSX by the lake? I reckon i could 'enhance' this a bit for you with photoshop.
-The one
Thanks guys!
More wallpaper like picture I put up here:
http://photos.yahoo.com/enesix/
Take your pick...
More wallpaper like picture I put up here:
http://photos.yahoo.com/enesix/
Take your pick...
Here's some 5MP images from Guus his car:
http://short-circuit.xs4all.nl/guus/PICT0005.JPG
http://short-circuit.xs4all.nl/guus/PICT0007.JPG
http://short-circuit.xs4all.nl/guus/PICT0013.JPG
http://short-circuit.xs4all.nl/guus/PICT0101.JPG
Mich
http://short-circuit.xs4all.nl/guus/PICT0005.JPG
http://short-circuit.xs4all.nl/guus/PICT0007.JPG
http://short-circuit.xs4all.nl/guus/PICT0013.JPG
http://short-circuit.xs4all.nl/guus/PICT0101.JPG
Mich
Thanks a lot DutchBlackNSX and mother goose!
I just have to say again, that is one of my favorite NSXs. It's amazing how good it looks, and with the number of miles you've got too! If I had a white NSX, I would want it to look just like that. Too bad your car isn't local.
Hmm, I wonder if I can paint my white Kyosho model to look just like yours?
I just have to say again, that is one of my favorite NSXs. It's amazing how good it looks, and with the number of miles you've got too! If I had a white NSX, I would want it to look just like that. Too bad your car isn't local.
Hmm, I wonder if I can paint my white Kyosho model to look just like yours? Here is a photo I took at about 2am (very dark) in the morning. One thing that helped me was a Noise reduction and I had to adjust the white balance. The noise reduction would definitely help on the leading post photo. Not all cameras have this option. If you want more details, let me know.
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Hey Smooth, awesome picture!!!
I love NSX any time of the day!!!
Wow Trevor, no Photoshopping... that photo commands respect! Very nice. I notice the filename is 12.jpg... Does this mean you have other photos taken from the same shoot worthy of posting?
I have attached a night NSX photo i picked up from somewhere... (Anyone know the owner? Who deserves the credit for this?) Very nice.
I have attached a night NSX photo i picked up from somewhere... (Anyone know the owner? Who deserves the credit for this?) Very nice.
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I think that's one of the NSXs in Hong Kong...
