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turns
05-28-2011, 02:41 PM
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.

http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx255/turns11/nanaimonscape_006.jpg

Bambi
05-28-2011, 09:32 PM
it's a good start! I haven't been able to get a decent one yet!

turns
05-29-2011, 09:39 PM
Here's another one.

http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx255/turns11/nanboatnet_008.jpg

asnow
05-30-2011, 05:47 PM
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.

turns
05-30-2011, 08:42 PM
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.

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.

Mad Aussie
06-06-2011, 05:24 PM
That first shot is a nice scene. You got some nice flare there using a small aperture (high fstop).

aubintbay
06-06-2011, 10:22 PM
Love the first one! I never get tired of a nice night scene.

Hillbillygirl
06-14-2011, 10:06 AM
Very nice on the first shot Turns.