very nice sir......i see that one of your neighbors down on the left has the biggest tv on the block?
Glad you like them. I like that one too... something about the light trails following the curves of the roadway gives the picture a little extra character. I'd like to see... I have somewhere a long exposure of Montreal at night... very picturesque city. I was visiting a very dear friend at the time so the visit itself hold some great memories. I think that has to do with the way the camera processes the picture but I can't be sure. I think it's interesting as well.
i especially like the 1st one - softer colors than the rest. how long are those exposed for? if that's the proper term. shutter speed might be it? i dunno
Shutter speed is the proper term I think. The first one was 8 seconds as it was closer to sunset and there was a lot more light. Too long an exposure and the picture would wash out. The others are 15 seconds... maximum setting on the camera I own. Tripod was used of course... I ain't anywhere near steady enough to pull that off hand held... I doubt anyone is.
Montreal at night- taken several years ago. A copy of the original photo was resized for this format; the original is a far larger file.
Very interesting, thank you! stinkfoot, have you tried to photograph Star Trails also? Maybe you will enjoy this! Of course, this can be very difficult in urban/city.
The longest exposure I can do is 15 seconds with my camera so the trails are very short. A weakness of the camera is its processor- which tends to produce very grainy low light shots.. What I'd love to be able to do is to point a camera with a more robust image processor due north and angle it up 48.2 degrees from horizontal (I live at 41.2 degrees north latitude) to catch the circular stellar "whirl" pattern created by the earth's rotation. THAT would be a cool picture.
Yes, I see 2 post above now (I apologize). Maybe you can try to reduce ISO, to 100-200? Have you tried this?
I am limited with my manual settings... I can reduce the iso to 80 and the f-stop ranges from 2.8 to 8. Ultimately I'm going to need to research the camera market and probably spring for an SLR. Thanks for checking in.
