Number 4 was about the first shot when I tried to create an interesting subject, the I noticed the platform that was in the lower left corner and turned the camera to avoid it.
Number 3 the platform is no longer visible but the scene is not very interesting, it misses the building with the changing colors
Number 1 has a good composition the building with the changing colors is just off the middle to the left, the scene looks pretty harmonical. But is slightly overexposed.
Number 2 is just a bit better with the scene the building on the left side that is cut of in number 1 is not longer visible. Also the exposition seams better than number 1
Number 5 is the same picture as 2 but is digitally altered a bit. The overall apearance on my screen is a bit better than in 2.
On my computer number 5 is, in my opinion, the best of all available pictures of this series.
I think these pictures illustrate well that composing a picture takes some shots and critical judgment when taking a picture. I did about 12 shots on the same subject to get a good one.
On some cameras you do have an automated function to take three shots in a row one with the measured av setting, one a little bit lower and the third one a little bit higher. When using this you should normally get at least one good shot.
For thes pictures I used my Canon EOS 300, with 400 iso film. As base for the camera I used one of the big sturdy binoculars where you can put in a coin and get a closer look at the view, as I had no tripod with me. For the shutter speed I tried with something from 10 to 30 seconds.
Anybody would like to add or comment?
Martin
Some points about digital photography:
Use the lowest possible ISO setting in order to avoid too much noise on your pics
Use long time values and make loads of shots to get a good one eventually
Did I already say to use a Tripod?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[ This Message was edited by: mortimer on 2006-01-09 08:00 ]
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Posted: 2005-02-13 00:39:00
Im learning too. I noticed that with my (simple) digital camera that it does not even focus properly if theres not enough light! My 35mm compact camera was a disaster at night unless the subject was within 6 meters of the flash, city lights hardly succesfull.
Ive been noting some spectacular pics at GLOBO for a while on this topic because there are so few of them, suppose because its so DIFFICULT to take them. Please post more experiences and samples here of night-shots, the ones ive found are:
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Posted: 2006-01-11 06:22:00
I collected these over the last few months, those in the first list below I rated ***** and find increadible achievements in night photography. The last 4 in this list were rated ** or *** by others when I found them. Perhaps we can add notes to them and rate them correctly?
