Nanaimo nightscape

This was my first attempt at shooting anything at night, and it wasn't as easy as I thought it was going to be, not the sharpest picture but was the best one I got last night.

[IMG]http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/x...nscape_006.jpg[/IMG]

it's a good start! I haven't been able to get a decent one yet!

Here's another one.

[IMG]http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/x...oatnet_008.jpg[/IMG]

Very good start. I think with night pictures you need a really steady tripod to get them sharp. A couple of other things I've heard about longer exposures.
- Lock up the mirror as it can cause some movement
- Set long exposure noise reduction.
I havn't actually tried this things so maybe others that have can comment.

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Originally Posted by asnow

Very good start. I think with night pictures you need a really steady tripod to get them sharp. A couple of other things I've heard about longer exposures.
- Lock up the mirror as it can cause some movement
- Set long exposure noise reduction.
I havn't actually tried this things so maybe others that have can comment.

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Thanks for the info asnow, I forgot about locking the mirror up. I just got a nice heavy tripod and a camera remote so that should help but I cant figure out how to get rid of the starbursts.

That first shot is a nice scene. You got some nice flare there using a small aperture (high fstop).

Love the first one! I never get tired of a nice night scene.

Very nice on the first shot Turns.