London at Night
Discussion
Decided to take my camera and tripod into London the other night to try and capture some night time shots for the first time. I was quite pleased with the results, some of which are below. Greatful for any comments or criticism.
1: Big Ben from Westminster Bridge
2: London Eye from behind
3: London Eye from Westminster Bridge
4: Nelson watching the moon
5: Trafalgar Square
6: London Eye from across the Thames
There's more here
1: Big Ben from Westminster Bridge
2: London Eye from behind
3: London Eye from Westminster Bridge
4: Nelson watching the moon
5: Trafalgar Square
6: London Eye from across the Thames
There's more here
Interesting.
The Eye doesn't seem to work as well as I thought it would but I really like the surreal feeling about 5 and also 4, especially the idea behind 4. My personal preference would have been for a clearer moon but I apreciate that it would require a lot of extra work and presumably a two exposure approach.
Thanks for sharing them.
The Eye doesn't seem to work as well as I thought it would but I really like the surreal feeling about 5 and also 4, especially the idea behind 4. My personal preference would have been for a clearer moon but I apreciate that it would require a lot of extra work and presumably a two exposure approach.
Thanks for sharing them.
If you save the file to your computer (right mouse click; save pic as) and THEN do the properties of the file itself, the EXIF data is still in there. I can't see ISO in it, though for some reason maybe I didn't look in the right place?!
Anyhow I REALLY like the shots!! I love the feeling they give and I'd have been very proud to have taken those
Anyhow I REALLY like the shots!! I love the feeling they give and I'd have been very proud to have taken those
Thanks all for the comments. They were all taken with a Nikon D70 with an 18-70 lens and a sturdy tripod. ISO was 200 (the D70's lowest setting 
) and taken at anything from 15 to 30 seconds or longer in bulb mode (all the ones here are 30 seconders I think), all taken at f20. Also used a IR shutter release gizmo thing.
LongQ - now you mention it, that would have been a great shot, I'm slightly annoyed I didn't think about that at the time, but was pleased with the nelson shot anyway.
Really enjoyed taking the pictures, and learnt quite a bit throughout the day, not least low f number means large appeture - I knew this already but as you see below it's quite apparent at night (f4.5, 18mm, 30 seconds) - almost makes it negative interesting but not at all what I was after.
) and taken at anything from 15 to 30 seconds or longer in bulb mode (all the ones here are 30 seconders I think), all taken at f20. Also used a IR shutter release gizmo thing. LongQ - now you mention it, that would have been a great shot, I'm slightly annoyed I didn't think about that at the time, but was pleased with the nelson shot anyway.
Really enjoyed taking the pictures, and learnt quite a bit throughout the day, not least low f number means large appeture - I knew this already but as you see below it's quite apparent at night (f4.5, 18mm, 30 seconds) - almost makes it negative interesting but not at all what I was after.
I was surprised too, Di, but according to this yup ISO 200....
www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond70/page2.asp
www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond70/page2.asp
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