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Offline Chris_

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Nighttime Photography
« on: March 05, 2012, 08:00:10 PM »
I decided to try some night time photography since I got my camera sorted out after the auto focus stopped working.  I'm not a fan of using flashes and I wanted to see how far I could push my camera.  I did manipulate these pictures for brightness and contrast but it was the default setting for auto correction in Office Picture Manager -- I didn't spend hours touching up my pictures.  Most of these pictures were taken at F22 w/ ISO 100 or 200.

It would have helped if I had remembered to clean the lens off.  Sorry. :thatsright:









That was fun.  I might try it again.
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Re: Nighttime Photography
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2012, 08:15:38 PM »
I used to play around taking pics of star trails. LONG exposures on a tripod. I'd develop them myself back in those days of 35MM black and white film.
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Re: Nighttime Photography
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2012, 08:21:29 PM »
I can't seem to get my camera to do full-manual mode for those really long exposures.  The longest one I got was about 1-2 minutes.  Looks like I'll have to check the manual again.
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Re: Nighttime Photography
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2012, 08:24:05 PM »
I can't seem to get my camera to do full-manual mode for those really long exposures.  The longest one I got was about 1-2 minutes.

That's a bummer. I can still get about 1 hour with my Fuji digital SLR camera. I'll try it later this year, when it's warmer out there.
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Re: Nighttime Photography
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2012, 12:22:32 PM »
That's a bummer. I can still get about 1 hour with my Fuji digital SLR camera. I'll try it later this year, when it's warmer out there.

Tried this back before the digital with a Nikon and the very fastest speed film I could get.  B&W.

Girlfriend and I sat on the steps of a bank down town from 11 PM to bar closing and I withought flash took pictures of the people leaving the bars and them drunk climbing light poles and the usual horse play.  Good natured bunch of people all kind of horse play on their way home,  later a few fights and the cops arriving.

So this is what goes on while some of us sleep.   When ones self is in the mix we miss much, just get home before we pass out.

An experiment with the camera, film turned out clear as a bell.   No flash, little light but the film speed brought it all home.

I have digital cameras that are no where as good as the old 35mm, how I miss the old film and the stuff one could do with it.

Some of the best photos I ever took was with those disposable cameras that were water proof out Kayaking. On the beach with no worry about sand or them getting wet.

There is so much lost with the digital camera, fear of loss or theft, and darn I just like loading a camera with film and the wait to see how it all turns out.

My Nikon has sat in the closet for years, perhaps I should get it out and hunt up some film for it, be more fun then just pointing a digital and pressing a button for instant results.