Some shots in the dark

[RAD2LTR]

The full moon was out last night over the Bay Area so I headed out to the Marin Headlands to see what I could get.












I'd love to hear everyone's comments or criticisms. Before anyone says it, yes, I need a weighted tripod and to use the mirror hold to keep the camera from moving.

Will

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Some shots in the dark

Not gonna hear any critique from me! I especially like the one that's looking down at the surf... awesome!

I'd ABSOLUTELY love to have a better low light camera. .. The D2X, which I still shoot and probably will for as long as it holds out, was never a very good high ISO platform...

Shot this out BeerNazi's living room window the other zero dark thirty when I got up to... err.... get a drink of water and noticed how cool it looked outside! Had the ISO cranked way up and it was probably well over a second exposure... tripod? What's a tripod... I AM going to have to grab this view with a tripod (I actually do own one somewhere)

Hope ya don't mind me playing in yer lowlight thread!

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Some shots in the dark

BTW... anyone else with Windows 7 using the latest browser from MS notice the image thumbnail enlarger is not functioning on the forum with that combo?

[RAD2LTR]

Re: Some shots in the dark

Believe it or not, those pics were shot at ISO100 F7.1, about 2 min exposures. I manipulated them a little in lightroom but not too heavily.

The pics seem to have autosized on my computer with windows 7. I'm using Chrome as my browser.

Will

[RAD2LTR]

Re: Some shots in the dark

Here are a couple more I shot. The one with the deer I'm surprised even came out. I futzed with it in Lightroom a bit, but still, I could barely see the deer, I'm blown away that the camera was able to even sort of focus on them. All I could see were a few glowing eyes reflecting back at me (I had a AA mini-mag light flashlight)


Pt Bonita lighthouse.






Black car at night... moonlight only.



Will

[Desertdawg]

Re: Some shots in the dark

Will,

Nice shots, I really like the one Point Bonita looking north, with the white water in foreground.

I am just learning the benefits if the MUP option myself.

Hans

[RAD2LTR]

Re: Some shots in the dark

Will,

Nice shots, I really like the one Point Bonita looking north, with the white water in foreground.

I am just learning the benefits if the MUP option myself.

Hans

The surf was pretty strong that night. I think it was about a 2 minute exposure so everything moving will blend into a diffuse blur. Add some moonlight to that, and well, you see the results. The MUP option is something I just never seem to remember to set it to. I make it to the remote setting and call it good. It seems to work just fine with stars, but when I start messing with artificial light, it seems to make a difference.

I shot this at Timber Cove in December, well after the sun was down. The surf did a nice job of becoming a mist or fog due to the long (45 seconds or so) exposure. Yes, I again failed to use the MUP function.


Will