ZHP+My other car - A mode experiment - CASEY advise needed :)

[Washburn]

This is my other coupe - 1997 Tbird - ~149k miles - 1 repair (cat conv) to date. I love it, too!

Casey (and others): This is my 1st experiment using A mode - i think F was 5.6... ISO set at 200.
what could I have done better ? I think the street lamp is bleeding light onto the Tbird's back.
1st pic focus on Tbird and sort of on ZHP, 2nd pic on I tried to focus more on ZHP
Only lighting source was the street/parking area lamp. It was otherwise almost completely dark.
( I know i must have shaken the camera although I had it on a chair, and the VR 55-200 lens is not great and VR stuff in the dark...)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/nishang/DSC_0166.jpg



http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/nishang/DSC_0167.jpg

[C Withers Media]

Wash....If you are intentionally shooting a long exposure shot, use a tripod, a shutter release cable or the timer, and a turn off all vibration reduction stuff.. The goal is to keep the camera as still as possible for a long period of time.

Find a way to reframe the shot with both cars completely viewable. As far as the light spill in orange, its really ugly...the only way to combat it is to set your white balance to tungsten and try to fight off the orange with massive amounts of blue or shoot in .RAW and fix it in lightroom/photoshop.

I bet if you converted the second shot to black and white, you would love it.

Also shoot with less Aperture than 5.6 and open the shutter longer....Long exposure range for me is f8 to f13..

[pleasecorrupt]

i second what pswirley says, esp about setting the white balance. might want to crank up the iso a little bit while shooting in the dark, not too high though or itll get grainy. tripod is a must for night pictures, enough said with that. don't know if you were just testing night photography but dont shoot tbird dead center, use rule of thirds for easy composure. from what i can tell picture is back lit which is normally not good for taking photos.

amateur photographer but thats my 2c

[Washburn]

Very grateful for all the comments - will experiment again and post pics when I get time.

The street lamp was just to the right and slightly behind the Tbird - I knew it was gonna ruin the pic, but will see how it looks in B & W. (Casey why did u say the bottom pic will look good in BW? why not the top one?)
Also, I just ordered a wireless remote for the Nikon D40 :)

Thanks, Gents!

[C Withers Media]

Very grateful for all the comments - will experiment again and post pics when I get time.

The street lamp was just to the right and slightly behind the Tbird - I knew it was gonna ruin the pic, but will see how it looks in B & W. (Casey why did u say the bottom pic will look good in BW? why not the top one?)
Also, I just ordered a wireless remote for the Nikon D40 :)

Thanks, Gents!

I suggested the bottom one because I like the DOF with the BMW in focus and the T-Bird shallowed out. One thing I will say is that if high ISO helps you achieve more light to the sensor but it doesnt benefit a long exposure shot...The longer the sensor stays open the warmer it gets, this is where noise starts being introduced into photos.

[Washburn]

Right - Thanks Casey -
I used ISO 200 on that pic.

Also I forgot to mention earlier - I didn't get the BMW fully in frame because there was another car parked behind the Tbird and the xzhp and it would have gotten in frame if i tried to get the ZHP fully.

[danewilson77]

I can feel it...

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Other%20cars/DSC_0167-1.jpg

[Washburn]

hey THANKS :)

[danewilson77]

Yeah....wasnt tryin to step on your toes Boss...I just wanted to see it for myself. Looks pretty cool

My favorite here...lol.

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Other%20cars/DSC_0167-2.jpg

[Washburn]

Hey I LIKE what you did :)

[danewilson77]

I mess around alot...because I have no idea what I'm doing...hehe.

Like Casey has said..."learn by doing".

[C Withers Media]

uhhhhh. stick with the black and white please

[danewilson77]

uhhhhh. stick with the black and white please

Why...that second pic is the sheeeet. All psychadelic and such. Don't be infringing on my artistic side.

[M0nk3y]

Casey...When you say "Turn off all vibration reduction" Do you me the VR switch on the Lens?

Other than shooting night shots, should VR stay on?

[C Withers Media]

Casey...When you say "Turn off all vibration reduction" Do you me the VR switch on the Lens?

Other than shooting night shots, should VR stay on?

Yes and yes. However, night shots is a vague term.....I mean during long exposures.

[Kudos]

hmm, so for a canon, i should turn off the stability control for night shots?

[Washburn]

A guy on another forum said he color corrected my pic: any thoughts ?:

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q253/Rigmeister89/DSC_0166c2.jpg

[danewilson77]

I like it.