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[rockjedi]

Loving all these shots peeps. Keep them up.

[rocknrumble]

Friendly Neighborhood Spider by Night...

 

[alden]

Any technical details on the spider shot?

[Rontography]

Nice spider rocknrumble. I hate spiders though. They freak me out.

 

 

Here's one that used to live in my front yard.

 

[rocknrumble]

I hate spiders too... But it just looked like too good an opportunity...

 

Sigma 150mm F2.8 Macro Lens

Shot at:

F3.8

1/125

ISO 3200

 

I believe I also had my Speedlight on as well for that one (I tried shots with and without flash)

[rockjedi]

This as my first attempt at night photography, not home yet to put it through lightroom but what do you all think.

Taken at 15mm 2.8
33.3 sec,
Foreground lite with head torch,
Iso 800.

All opinions and reviews greatly appreciated thanks.

Craig

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[K-9]

Very nice shot. It came out looking smooth like a painting. Well done.

[nbanjogal]

This as my first attempt at night photography, not home yet to put it through lightroom but what do you all think.

Taken at 15mm 2.8
33.3 sec,
Foreground lite with head torch,
Iso 800.

All opinions and reviews greatly appreciated thanks.

Craig

 

Well done, Craig! Especially for your first attempt at night photography! (Nobody will ever see my first attempts. Ugh.)

 

The sky has an interesting texture to it closest to the light--nice. 

 

If you were to reshoot this, you might try a warming filter on your torch for a less artificial look to the light (just a piece of clear gold cellophane will do), and maybe even less torch. Also, can you shoot at a higher ISO? I see you were shooting at 15mm, which allows you to have the shutter open longer without too much coma, but the stars in the corner are still starting to stretch a bit. Upping the ISO could allow you to drop your shutter speed a bit. Don't worry too much about noise--Lightroom can fix that pretty well in a shot like this. Composition wise, I'd kind of like to see more sky,

 

I'd love to see what you do in Lightroom with it. If you haven't already, check out David Kingham's web site--he has some free Lightroom presets specifically for night sky photography. They help me immensely when processing night sky photos.

 

I like what you have done here--it makes me anxious to get back to nightscapes. I'm taking the winter off from night photography--too darn cold right now (it's 14 degrees tonight--that's Fahrenheit, folks). But I am making plans for many of the moonless nights to come this year. Thinking Devil's Tower, Wyoming...

[Stas]

Very good photo, but I have few questions. On my notebook I cant understand on what you were focussed? Looks like that on trees on foreground. Sky looks like strange (again on notebook screen). Did you try to make another photo and focuss on sky? Also lights on wright side of sky dont looks good. What is it?

[Timbali]

I've had really good luck over the years letting the camera do the exposure work. Yes, you'll need a tripod, but use your camera's program or auto mode. You can even experiment with lower ISO settings. If you don't have a remote shutter release, just set the camera's self-timer, hit the button, step back and let the camera do what it wants to. Depending on the ambient light, you could have an exposure time up to around 20-30 seconds. I've done this with film and digital. It's really amazing what the camera can do and still allow YOU to take all the credit! Here's an example of that very technique.

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[iNYONi]

I've had really good luck over the years letting the camera do the exposure work. Yes, you'll need a tripod, but use your camera's program or auto mode. You can even experiment with lower ISO settings. If you don't have a remote shutter release, just set the camera's self-timer, hit the button, step back and let the camera do what it wants to. Depending on the ambient light, you could have an exposure time up to around 20-30 seconds. I've done this with film and digital. It's really amazing what the camera can do and still allow YOU to take all the credit! Here's an example of that very technique.

Stunning shot.

[rockjedi]

Thanks Nban, loving the link to the photographer you sent. It's done wonders to some of the other shots I took.

This one has more sky in shot.

I am currently trying to warm the other shot up, (will have to wait till next year before I get back out there taking more shots with warming gels ect) and use a few layers to see what I can do to it. Once I have it finished I'll oust back up. But many thanks for your feedback. It's been most useful and very educational.

Stars, yea I had some trouble focussing that night trying to find the right balance. But I just liked the mood from the shot. I'm always trying to improve and I will one day get it spot on. The light could possible be from the one sodium light that I couldn't get rid off. Was tempted as a climber to go up and cover it but wouldn't have been a good option to try and do.

And finally. Timball, I absolutely love the light night shot. I can't wait for my next heavy thunderstorm in the middle of nowhere to try and get a shot like that.

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[rocknrumble]

[alden]

Nice Moon, Rock. Check this one out too. 

 

[nbanjogal]

Okay you mooners, I'm curious to know lenses and settings. Please?

[alden]

Okay you mooners, I'm curious to know lenses and settings. Please?

 

OK. D80, Tokina 400mm prime on a tripod, ISO 200, f/6, 1/640 second ss. Post processed, cropped, increased contrast, sharpness, and brightness. Converted to B&W.

 

NIKON D80 ISO 200 Focal Length 400mm (600mm in 35mm) Aperture f/6 Exposure Time 0.0015s (1/640)

 

[PrettyCranium]

Great moon shots!  I've been wanting to do this.  Here's a tutorial I found, haven't tried it yet, but it looks good.  Now I have to wait for a clear night:

 

How to Photograph the Moon and Supermoon: The Complete Guide

[Tony892]

I've had really good luck over the years letting the camera do the exposure work. Yes, you'll need a tripod, but use your camera's program or auto mode. You can even experiment with lower ISO settings. If you don't have a remote shutter release, just set the camera's self-timer, hit the button, step back and let the camera do what it wants to. Depending on the ambient light, you could have an exposure time up to around 20-30 seconds. I've done this with film and digital. It's really amazing what the camera can do and still allow YOU to take all the credit! Here's an example of that very technique.

Really like this image.

[rocknrumble]

Sigma 50-500mm. I shoot a variety of shots in manual mode playing with the aperture and shutter speeds until I find an exposure that I like and fine tune it. Mine has some sharpness and brightness/contrast done as well but pretty much as shot. I shoot a very narrow aperture so I can use a slower shutter speed. I do it on my tripod and use my remote to trigger the shot.

[alden]

Next time I plan to use a small aperture too. I think it will improve the sharpness.