23rd Feb Night Photos

Postby **Okibi** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:05 pm

I was out helping a mate take some long exposure night photos last night.

I managed to snap a few pics of my own

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:36 pm

Nice shots

I'll have to try it out sometime

TieNN89 · Postby **TieNN89** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:53 pm

Nice pics

EGG80X · Postby **EGG80X** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:51 am

awesome plate!

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:24 am

Nice one. I'm a fan of the ones with the cars going past. The lines make it look almost like a Mazda advert of old

For some reason though, I'm not such a fan of the first two. The lighting doesn't seem right... If I was to try again, I'd say reduce the exposure time and use a flash as well to help balance the lighting for the foreground.

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:29 pm

Thanks for the advice.

It was a last minute thing especially given the lack of sleep I got the night before and my flash batterys were flat (although I could have used in inbuilt flash a bit). :oops:

in a few pics I did paint with the car in light with a tiny LED torch I keep in the glove box.

I wouldn't have used much more flash in the first picture, I think that shadow adds to the effect.

I would have got more pics of cars going past but at 3am there was a distinct lack of traffic on that road

I got my mates g/f to drive her skyline up and down the road 3 times but i'd have felt guilty if i'd made her drive up and down the road again and again while I got things right. After all i was meant to be there helping a mate take pics, not the other way around.

I'd love to take longer exposures and reduce the aperture but I don't have a remote yet so the longest exposure I had was 30 seconds. The first and probably others I had to open it right up just to get enough light.