Night Shot - Sigma 12-24

Catalyst · 27th March 2004

One of the night shots taken with Sigma 12-24 at 12mm on Nikon F90X using Fuji Press 800. Negative scan by KTDI. Comments are welcome!

theITguy · 27th March 2004

Hi, I feel that the dark sky is a bit too empty. I personally like a deep/dark blue sky that will give a cool look. Anyway, may I have the chance to view the original scan?

Zaf · 3rd April 2004

Night shot I took resting my D70 on a ledge on the 16th storey of my block with a sigma 12-24 at ISO 250 at F4.5 and 4 secs. Any comments from the gurus???

Kit · 3rd April 2004

Both pics were shot too late in the night thus you have the "floating lights" syndrome as not much details can be seen.

I would also like to see a 100% crop of the second pic. I wonder why you used such a shallow DOF.

Zaf · 3rd April 2004

Originally Posted by Kit

Both pics were shot too late in the night thus you have the "floating lights" syndrome as not much details can be seen.

I would also like to see a 100% crop of the second pic. I wonder why you used such a shallow DOF.

You are right the shot was taken at 9.00pm and at 12mm. I gather that you mean that if I use a smaller aperture the and shot the picture earlier in the evening the light would be much clearer. Actually this is my first attempt in night phtography without flash. Thanks for the pointer, appreciate it.

Kit · 3rd April 2004

I usually shoot night shots between 7pm - 9pm when the sky is still blue and you can still make up building details.

A smaller aperture would result in a deeper DOF for greater detail definition especially at the edges.

27th March 2004	#1
Catalyst Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NorthEast Posts: 323	Night Shot - Sigma 12-24 One of the night shots taken with Sigma 12-24 at 12mm on Nikon F90X using Fuji Press 800. Negative scan by KTDI. Comments are welcome!

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Kit Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bukit Timah / Melbourne CBD Posts: 6,034	Both pics were shot too late in the night thus you have the "floating lights" syndrome as not much details can be seen. I would also like to see a 100% crop of the second pic. I wonder why you used such a shallow DOF. __________________ arkitectural photography http://arkitecturalphoto.1x.com/

3rd April 2004	#6
Kit Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bukit Timah / Melbourne CBD Posts: 6,034	I usually shoot night shots between 7pm - 9pm when the sky is still blue and you can still make up building details. A smaller aperture would result in a deeper DOF for greater detail definition especially at the edges. __________________ arkitectural photography http://arkitecturalphoto.1x.com/

27th March 2004	#2
theITguy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In this small world Posts: 2,042	Hi, I feel that the dark sky is a bit too empty. I personally like a deep/dark blue sky that will give a cool look. Anyway, may I have the chance to view the original scan?

3rd April 2004	#3
Zaf Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Eastern Part of Singapore Posts: 61	Night shot I took resting my D70 on a ledge on the 16th storey of my block with a sigma 12-24 at ISO 250 at F4.5 and 4 secs. Any comments from the gurus???