Trying a little low light photograpy

[RAD2LTR]

I thought I'd try a little low light/night photograpy.












Enjoy,
Will

[Pete]

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Last time i tried night shots of the bridge was with Kodachrome 64 and a Canon AE-1...

Cool stuff, thanks.

[RAD2LTR]

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I was shooting a Nikon D7000 with a couple of cheap lenses. The small lens is actually ok, the big one 70-300mm F4-5.6 with no special lens coatings or VR could stand to be replaced. I have some $$$ to do so at this time, I just haven't figured out what lens I want. I mostly do sports photograpy (car racing or airshows) so something with a little more range than a 300mm might be nice, but I'd like something faster as well.

Will

[RAD2LTR]

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I was up at a friends vineyard a couple weeks ago and shot these. The first two pics are illuminated by a big quartz halogen light on the side of the house.



The rest are all long exposure with a full moon. Nothing else.





Will

[AAFO_WSagar]

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Nice... Esp like the first two!

[AirDOGGe]

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The second shot with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge in the background in my favorite, though all the air traffic seen over the south bay area behind San Francisco in the 3rd photo is interesting if not fascinating.


The exposure of Constellation Orion shows the Nebula quite clearly. Very cool.

[RAD2LTR]

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Thanks guys. Night photography is a lot of fun. I'd love to get a star tracking mount for my tri-pod that will allow me to shoot really long exposures without the blur. They are pretty expensive though.

I thought this shot was pretty good as well.


Will

[AAFO_WSagar]

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I'd like to get to try this one again!!

[AirDOGGe]

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I'd like to get to try this one again!!

Now that's my kind of night photography!

[RAD2LTR]

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I'd like to get to try this one again!!

Was that done with a HUGE flash? Obviously it was an air to air shot, but it looks to have been a short exposure due to the lack of a full prop blur. I'm curious how this shot was taken. Its a cool shot.

Will

[AAFO_WSagar]

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Was that done with a HUGE flash? Obviously it was an air to air shot, but it looks to have been a short exposure due to the lack of a full prop blur. I'm curious how this shot was taken. Its a cool shot.

Will

I was second seat in the photo plane, having to shoot "over shoulder" out of a Baron. The other guy was Paul Bowen's assistant.. he was shooting flash... I either managed a shot at the same moment he did or the Baron's strobe and I synced...

Apparently there's a "guy somewhere" who specializes in "posing" airplanes in low light settings, often with backlighting being provided with beautiful sunsets and city backdrops... He uses a super strobe that is powered by a car battery!!

I've seen his stuff somewhere but wow... what a good trick to have in the bag.

And yes, he was close enough to allow a normal speedlight to collect enough light for that type shot.

[AAFO_WSagar]

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here's the data from the original file...

Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
Shot at 58 mm
Exposure: Auto exposure, Shutter priority AE, 1/125 sec, f/5, ISO 400, Compensation: +4/3
Flash: none
Focus: AF-C, Center, at 8.4m, with a depth of field of about 4.5m, (from about 1.7m before the focus point to about 2.8m after)
AF Area Mode: Dynamic Area (closest subject)
User Comment: COPYRIGHT 2006 Wayne Sagar/AAFO.COM
Date: March 16, 2008 5:46:19AM (timezone not specified)
(3 years, 11 months, 7 days, 9 hours, 56 minutes, 34 seconds ago, assuming image timezone of US Pacific)

File: 2,848 × 4,288 JPEG (12.2 megapixels)
2,165,823 bytes (2.1 megabytes) Image compression: 94%
Color Encoding: Embedded color profile: “sRGB”

[helenhews]

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These photos are nice. I've never made such good night photos

[AAFO_WSagar]

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Welcome to the hangar.... your IP address shows you are from quite a ways away from Chicago!!

[RAD2LTR]

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These photos are nice. I've never made such good night photos

Thanks. I'm finding that the key to night photography is patience, a good tripod, and a camera with a decent sensor that you can set to a bulb setting. For these shots, I think I shot them at either 100 or 200 ISO. I used a long exposure time and just let it sit there. A remote is also key to keeping the camera from moving.

Will