Bridge!

[t0ny99]

Lovely evening yesterday, thought I'd try my hand (for the very first time!) at few night shots and ended up at Kingston Bridge.

Any and all criticism gratefully received!

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Some others [url]here|http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/1751069[/url]

[john_p]

I think they look great. Colours are amazing and the still water works the reflections really well.

[V6GTO]

Number 2 does it for me, well done!

Martin.

[te51cle]

Good images, no. 3 is my favourite though I would have cropped off the reflections of the lights right at the bottom of the frame as they're a bit of a distraction.

I like the monochrome version of no. 1 but I think it loses some of the atmosphere of the coloured version. Have a go at toning it in blue or yellow and see what happens.

For those who haven't done this before tick the colourise box in Hue & Saturation then move the sliders about till you get something you like.

[t0ny99]

Cheers guys, comment on #3 appreciated; only when I viewed the images back at home did I wish I had framed the shot better to include the reflection of the left hand lamp too (but then I also had to clone-out the edge of the towpath...must have been half-asleep).

Still trying to get my head around balancing longer exposure time versus higher sensitivity - binned a lot of shots because of noise. Would I be better served manually fixing the ISO number and concentrating on shutter/aperture, rather than having the auto-ISO introduce another variable? If so, how best to judge what setting?

Getting there, slowly...into double digit page numbers in the manual now

>> Edited by t0ny99 on Wednesday 31st August 18:48

[te51cle]

t0ny99 said:

Would I be better served manually fixing the ISO number and concentrating on shutter/aperture, rather than having the auto-ISO introduce another variable?

:yesnod: Almost certainly. I expect your camera was often setting itself to 400 ISO. Try setting it at 200 ISO and take a few more shots. Examine them and if you like them then stick with it, if you think they're still too noisy then go down to 100 ISO in future.

[_dobbo_]

Seconded - in low light the camera will likely crank the ISO right up. I set mine manually.

Trouble is you then forget you've left it at ISO 1600 and get super noisy images!

[t0ny99]

te51cle said:

I like the monochrome version of no. 1 but I think it loses some of the atmosphere of the coloured version. Have a go at toning it in blue or yellow and see what happens.

Tried it with "Variations", bit of yellow and took the highlights and shadows down a bit - lost that cold blue tinge. Top tip!

[V6GTO]

t0ny99 said:

Would I be better served manually fixing the ISO number and concentrating on shutter/aperture

I never use anything but ISO 100. It's a personal thing, but I think grain only works on B&W.

Martin.

[-DeaDLocK-]

V6GTO said:

I never use anything but ISO 100. It's a personal thing, but I think grain only works on B&W.

Noise can be artificially simulated if needed, so I always shoot as low as I can.

It's easy for you an 100 though - all your shots are always taken in gorgeous sunshine! (git!)

To compensate for camera shake at higher ISOs I find myself having to knock it up when it's a bit dark.

I think there will come a day when the ISO setting will be an integral part of a digital camera's exposure calculation algorithms, where it can set the ISO (within pre-defined limits) as well as the shutter/aperture automatically to ensure adequate exposure. I would really appreciate something like this.

Totally irrelevant for film of course, but ISO on digital cameras is as useful a tool on determining exposure (and to a limited degree, creative effect) as the opening or speed is.

Just blabbering. Feel free to ignore me...