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Title: Night Shots
Post by: brummie on April 24, 2006, 22:31:10 PM

Thought id take a couple of night shots as i was bored :D

(http://www.brummie.me.uk/old/uploads/nightshots/DSCF3072 (Medium).JPG)
(http://www.brummie.me.uk/old/uploads/nightshots/DSCF3074 (Medium).JPG)
(http://www.brummie.me.uk/old/uploads/nightshots/DSCF3075 (Medium).JPG)
(http://www.brummie.me.uk/old/uploads/nightshots/DSCF3076 (Medium).JPG)
(http://www.brummie.me.uk/old/uploads/nightshots/DSCF3077 (Medium).JPG)

Title: Re:Night Shots
Post by: DEViANCE on April 24, 2006, 22:33:09 PM

look cool. you get those streeky light effects by leaving the shutter open for quite a while do you? i like that effect.

Title: Re:Night Shots
Post by: brummie on April 24, 2006, 22:35:47 PM

Quote from: DEViANCE

look cool. you get those streeky light effects by leaving the shutter open for quite a while do you? i like that effect.

Yep. Shutter needs to be open for quite a long time to actally photgraph the road at night anyway.

Title: Re:Night Shots
Post by: DEViANCE on April 24, 2006, 22:37:57 PM

how do you keep the camera so still while the stutter is open?

Title: Re:Night Shots
Post by: brummie on April 24, 2006, 22:39:49 PM

Quote from: DEViANCE

how do you keep the camera so still while the stutter is open?

For them i used a mini tripod on the roof of my car  :D

If you save one of the pics and then open up its advanced properties in explorer you can see all the setting used to take the shot.

Title: Re:Night Shots
Post by: Serious on April 24, 2006, 22:48:09 PM

For photies of more than about 1/30th of a second a tripod is preferable although someone with a very steady hand might manage 1/4 sec.

Title: Re:Night Shots
Post by: soopahfly on April 25, 2006, 18:29:17 PM

Who stole the car in the 2nd pic?

Title: Re:Night Shots
Post by: Eagle on April 25, 2006, 18:40:34 PM

 
Ah, the FinePix S5600. :)

Nice work :)

Title: Re:Night Shots
Post by: Smugs on April 25, 2006, 18:52:07 PM

They look nice well done.

Title: Night Shots
Post by: Christopher Monkey on April 25, 2006, 20:09:51 PM

Anyone else getting redxd?

Title: Re:Night Shots
Post by: snellgrove on April 25, 2006, 22:29:15 PM

Nice one Brummie.

That first one must have been a bus then :lol:

I am currently hooked on the idea of 10+ minutes pointing at a clear starry night.. but ever since I wanted to do that, whats it been? completely overcast for nearly half a week now, night and day. :cry:

:edit:

ok, so not too many stars out during the day, but I was trying to say its just been overcast constantly for what feels like forever!!!

Title: Night Shots
Post by: Mardoni on April 25, 2006, 22:39:05 PM

I love that second picture, its fantastic.

Wished I had bought a camera with more manual functionality tbh, bloody Coolpix 4300 is a click and shooter :(

Title: Re:Night Shots
Post by: brummie on April 25, 2006, 22:44:57 PM

Quote from: snellgrove

Nice one Brummie.

That first one must have been a bus then :lol:

I am currently hooked on the idea of 10+ minutes pointing at a clear starry night.. but ever since I wanted to do that, whats it been? completely overcast for nearly half a week now, night and day. :cry:

:edit:

ok, so not too many stars out during the day, but I was trying to say its just been overcast constantly for what feels like forever!!!

yeah it was a bus, single decker.

I only have 15secs maximum else id love to do stars.
Summer soon so youll have more opertunity :)

Title: Night Shots
Post by: brummie on April 25, 2006, 22:47:05 PM

Quote from: Nimrod

I love that second picture, its fantastic.

Wished I had bought a camera with more manual functionality tbh, bloody Coolpix 4300 is a click and shooter :(

thx :)

they had stopped to turn right for the last part of my exposure but the naughty people forgot to indicate  :roll:

cant you atleast select a manual shutter speed on yours?
TBH mine is an over glorified point and shoot :)

Title: Re:Night Shots
Post by: Serious on April 25, 2006, 23:28:29 PM

The Coolpix 4300 should have a manual exposure mode but its 3X zoom would definitely limit the Astronomy option. The exposure option is normally hidden away in the options.

Title: Night Shots
Post by: redneck on April 25, 2006, 23:43:43 PM

had a play with a sony ds 10 something today.
you know the £700 one lol

very nice :D 10 mpixel. took a picture of a cliff. you can zoom right in on the blades of grass clinging on for dear life in the photo