Its another night again...

playplay · 5th December 2008

C&C are welcome

After a hard day work, its night time again.. all HDB lighting are turn on, the road is busy with cars.
The red light trail is the movement of the LRT train.

No post processing yet. Any advise?

First thing i would like to point out photos might not be very sharp as I do not have a tripod yet.
Aperture: F2/8
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 31mm
Exposure: 4 secs

aero · 5th December 2008

just my opinion, the steet lights seem too bright(distracting)

cytan · 5th December 2008

Yup i agree to it too .. Seems a bit over exposed haha "p Did you used f2.8 for the picture ?

Probably you used too wide of aperature + long exposure that why bit over exposed .

You can try with tripod about f11 with the same shutter speed probably the result will be better..

Just my 2cents worth

Cheers

wildsoyabean · 5th December 2008

TS what do u intend to portray in this shot?

playplay · 5th December 2008

Originally Posted by cytan

Yup i agree to it too .. Seems a bit over exposed haha "p Did you used f2.8 for the picture ?

Probably you used too wide of aperature + long exposure that why bit over exposed .

You can try with tripod about f11 with the same shutter speed probably the result will be better..

Just my 2cents worth

Cheers

Thank you for your critiques. Will take note and tone down the street lights. Yeah this is my 1st shot with DSLR camera.

What i wanna achieve in this photo is the feeling of the busy road with cars and LRT, which finally lead a viewer back home with the HDB lightings.

night86mare · 5th December 2008

Originally Posted by cytan

Yup i agree to it too .. Seems a bit over exposed haha "p Did you used f2.8 for the picture ?

Probably you used too wide of aperature + long exposure that why bit over exposed .

You can try with tripod about f11 with the same shutter speed probably the result will be better..

Just my 2cents worth

Cheers

the issue has nothing to do with "too wide of aperture and long exposure".

yes, in the end they result in a slightly overexposed picture, but iso also contributes to exposure. with the same iso and shutter speed at f/11 he will probably get an underexposed picture actually.

i do not find the picture too bad, it is not fantastic, but it is a decent night shot, albeit as mentioned, slightly overexposed. use a smaller aperture, if your base iso is not 200 use iso 100.. and you probably will lengthen the shutter speed.

i would also use tungsten white balance here, but that's just my preference for night shots, i do not like heavy yellow casts present in my pictures.

have you tried seeing what the picture looks like when you angle your camera slightly to the right? if there are only trees there, you can get a very interesting picture, much more interesting than this, if you ask me.

playplay · 5th December 2008

Originally Posted by night86mare

the issue has nothing to do with "too wide of aperture and long exposure".

yes, in the end they result in a slightly overexposed picture, but iso also contributes to exposure. with the same iso and shutter speed at f/11 he will probably get an underexposed picture actually.

i do not find the picture too bad, it is not fantastic, but it is a decent night shot, albeit as mentioned, slightly overexposed. use a smaller aperture, if your base iso is not 200 use iso 100.. and you probably will lengthen the shutter speed.

i would also use tungsten white balance here, but that's just my preference for night shots, i do not like heavy yellow casts present in my pictures.

have you tried seeing what the picture looks like when you angle your camera slightly to the right? if there are only trees there, you can get a very interesting picture, much more interesting than this, if you ask me.

Thank you. 1 more lesson learnt

To use alternative white balance to reduce yellow cast. and use a slightly smaller aperture.
Yeah you are right. Under F/11 its underexposed. Quite dark.

kritikosN1 · 5th December 2008

The road does not look busy. Having a light trail due to long exposure does not make a instant busy highway.

Exposure is correct for high key but your aperture is wrong. It is 2.8 and not 2/8. Get a cheap tripod and try again, your setup is not that heavy that requires a strong and expensive tripod.

1/10, 1 mark for the pink light trail.

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playplay Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Choa Chu Kang Posts: 396	Its another night again... C&C are welcome After a hard day work, its night time again.. all HDB lighting are turn on, the road is busy with cars. The red light trail is the movement of the LRT train. No post processing yet. Any advise? First thing i would like to point out photos might not be very sharp as I do not have a tripod yet. Aperture: F2/8 ISO: 200 Focal Length: 31mm Exposure: 4 secs __________________ My Humble Portfolio Last edited by playplay; 5th December 2008 at 12:19 AM.

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aero Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Punggol Posts: 395	Re: Its another night again... just my opinion, the steet lights seem too bright(distracting)

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cytan Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Kallang Posts: 86	Re: Its another night again... Yup i agree to it too .. Seems a bit over exposed haha "p Did you used f2.8 for the picture ? Probably you used too wide of aperature + long exposure that why bit over exposed . You can try with tripod about f11 with the same shutter speed probably the result will be better.. Just my 2cents worth Cheers

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wildsoyabean Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 694	Re: Its another night again... TS what do u intend to portray in this shot?

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kritikosN1 Deregistered Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 31	Re: Its another night again... The road does not look busy. Having a light trail due to long exposure does not make a instant busy highway. Exposure is correct for high key but your aperture is wrong. It is 2.8 and not 2/8. Get a cheap tripod and try again, your setup is not that heavy that requires a strong and expensive tripod. 1/10, 1 mark for the pink light trail.