Easy Exposure - Topic: Victoria At Night

nikonguy on Victoria At Night

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:57:11 -0700

Thanks for the comments guys.
I'm having a great time playing around with longer exposures and
night photography. It takes a little practice to second guess your
camera exposure settings but the results can be fantastic. I always
use spot metering so I throw the cameras suggestion on f-stop and
exposure time out the window and choose my own - sometimes it works
and sometimes it don't lol!
That first shot of the old bridge lowering looks way better in high resolution -
almost looks like it has teeth and it's not giving up without a fight.
I'm going to do some more work on it in Lr and see if I can get an interesting
result worth printing.
Dale.

mscharff on Victoria At Night

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:21:58 -0700

I like the second and fourth photos...

Muneer on Victoria At Night

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:17:58 -0700

Nice set of Images Dale, I think you are really enjoying taking photos at night with tripod, will get much satisfaction while capturing in low shutter speed, it will have amazing result. well done.

nikonguy on Victoria At Night

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 05:32:27 -0700

Appreciate the comments Mandrake.
I'm really enjoying using a tripod and taking longer night exposures.
The tugboat and barge were very dark but the lights were quite bright.
My explanation would be that as the dark objects passed by the brighter
background the lights from the boat and the buildings etc. were captured
but the boat became invisible on the finished shot. I took several pictures
of the boat and barge as it made its way past me and the results were always
the same - bright lights/no boat. The weather is changing quickly here now (for
the worse) so I don't think I'll be doing a lot of outdoor stuff for quite a while.
And thanks for the link - I'll have a good look at it later today when I have more
time. By the way - saw your close=up of the spider (nice capture and really focused).
Spiders are not on my top ten list for likes but they do make for interesting subjects.
If you get a chance I really recommend having a try at longer exposures using a tripod,
remote release and higher fstops - f11-f18 work pretty well. I'm also learning that over
exposing works better to capture details in dark areas but that's still in my early learning
phase and it will take time to figure out properly.
Dale.

Mandrake on Victoria At Night

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 04:01:31 -0700

Very nice set of images, Dale.
I especially like the shot of the Delta Hotel and found this link for more information.

http://www.expedia.com/Victori.....4AodeTQApQ

It's curious that you can see the lights (and their reflections) of the tugboat, but no sign of the tugboat itself.
Maybe it disappeared in the ~~fog~~ mist of the Stephen King movie.

nikonguy on Victoria At Night

Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:32:10 -0700

Using a tripod, remote release and 15-25 second exposures.
Our old bridge being lowered following the passing of a tug and barge.
First cars passed over this bridge in 1924. By the fall of 2015 a new bridge
will take its place beside it and this bridge will be sold for scrap.
Twenty five second exposure of a tugboats lights passing by on its way to
the old bridge.
The hotel is on our waterfront and I think it could be used in a Stephen King movie.
Maybe The Shining 2?