Nov photo assignment. Night

[DrMoab]

Night or low light.

The rules are simple. You must use available light, no flashes or strobes, it must be a low light situation and it must be shot this month.

Have fun!

[asp]

oo i want to play. i'm getting my first DSLR by the weekend. (nikon d60 with 18-55mm VR and 55-200mm VR lenses). no tripod or filters yet... i don't know what other people are shooting with on here, but what about posting what settings you used for the shot?

[HeepSpeed]

dang - I missed out on my last trip because we forgot the camera for our night run and used the flash around campsite.

oh well, I'm camping over turkey day at J-tree which should make for fun photos!

[CROSBIKE]

Im hoping to get something decent when when I'm in Utah.

[Handlebars]

Ever since the 2000 Leonid meteor storm I have associated meteor hunting with exploring by jeep. That year I passed the night under a sky that spewed shooting stars like raindrops. It was truly something to behold. My Cherokee took me to one of my favorite places to explore at the time, Last Chance Canyon.

This was probably the last good Leonid show in my lifetime as the earth is passing out of the stream of comet debris that spawns the shower. I set the camera up on interval timer in my backyard to catch a few but it only shot 34 out of a programmed 480 exposures. I don't know if the cold caused the malfunction, it was 28 degrees when I set it up and I was sure suffering. The camera was completely white with frost when I retrieved it but the battery indicator showed 3 bars and it worked fine.

Here's one lucky shot with a Leonid exiting the top of the frame.
http://www.fototime.com/75E0518B7B1CB88/orig.jpg
This is looking northeast at 3:08am. 17mm lens, ISO 800, f/2.8 @ 15 seconds. White balance set to 3450k to get rid of the ugly orange glow in the sky due to street lighting as I live smack in the middle of Albuquerque.

[97XJ Jeeper]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g267/97XJJeeper/MISC/P1060972.jpg

[Cnickgo]

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9zc6yMRk9UE/SwyDFWzbI8I/AAAAAAAAA-s/LWvAwr9UqhU/s720/CRW_8257.jpg

Wasn't lucky enough to catch a Leonid, this is my favorite from the night. Always liked Orion. Quality isn't as great being uploaded as usual.

[Handlebars]

Winter must be coming if Orion is here! Have you ever taken a close look at his belt? There is a naked eye nebula there. This is a crappy pic from last winter:
http://www.fototime.com/445C4F8C8528C83/orig.jpg

That was taken with a 200mm lens, it also looks great in binoculars. I hope to get a better photo of it this winter.

[IntrepidXJ]

Independence Monument with Grand Junction, the Book Cliffs and even a little bit of the Grand mesa in the background.

http://myxj.net/g2/d/168047-2/Independence_Night.jpg

[XJEEPER]

Independence Monument with Grand Junction, the Book Cliffs and even a little bit of the Grand mesa in the background.

http://myxj.net/g2/d/168047-2/Independence_Night.jpg


Cool shot, Randy!

[Handlebars]

Another astronomy photo. It is quite common to see the International Space Station flying over near dawn and dusk. This is the ISS following the space shuttle Atlantis, which had undocked earlier in the day. Below them is an airliner. There won't be many more opportunities to see the shuttle as its retirement is near. This was Wednesday night, they flew directly overhead Thursday night too.
http://www.fototime.com/69B39010C9E69FE/orig.jpg

70mm, 10 seconds @ f/3.5, ISO 400

[97XJ2]

Snapped some tonight, did the best I could with the equipment (Canon PS A720 IS), extended exposure, aperature, etc. Got a few I like. Any tips for cleaning up noise? I didn't have all night and it was chilly so the exposures were a little hit or miss.

[asp]

i went out on thanksgiving night with my girlfriend's older brother to the docks in wolfeboro center. will be uploading tonight. gotta take care of a few jpg artifacts.

[asp]

what it looks like in the daytime:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/tonythetiger734/DSC_0373small.jpg

this was around 1" - 2.5" exposure time, zoom was around 30mm, fstop at 4ish, iso 400
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/tonythetiger734/DSC_0214small.jpg

this was a 30 second exposure time, no tripod, fstop 3.5, iso 400, 18mm zoom.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/tonythetiger734/DSC_0215small.jpg

to the naked eye, it looked more like the one below
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/tonythetiger734/DSC_0188small.jpg

[97XJ2]

Nice! I didn't have a harbor, I realized that the assn. would be closing soon and I had a clear night in Bloomington, MN, and really only one good poseable object to shoot. This is what I came up with
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii85/97xj2/IMG_1030.jpg
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii85/97xj2/IMG_1026.jpg
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii85/97xj2/IMG_1036.jpg

Still finally learning the extended exposure stuff. Wanted to do it ages ago but finally started playing around.

[asp]

thanks, i had someone teaching me the ropes a bit, but it's a lot of trial and error. i'd say i took 50+ pics. if you noticed, i only posted 2 (that i was happy enough with to share). there were a handful more that came out ok, but stuff like the focus was a tad off or one thing was over-exposed. yadayada

[Cnickgo]

Winter must be coming if Orion is here! Have you ever taken a close look at his belt? There is a naked eye nebula there. This is a crappy pic from last winter:



The Horsehead Nebula right around his sword right? People never believe me when I tell them you can see it. Better not to look directly at it and it's easier to see.

[dphillips]

Some valve controllers.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d19/dannyp69/Stuff/valve2.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d19/dannyp69/Stuff/valve1.jpg
Nothing special. Just messing around at work with a new lens.

[HeepSpeed]

this was a 30 second exposure time, no tripod, fstop 3.5, iso 400, 18mm zoom.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/tonythetiger734/DSC_0215small.jpg


This is a fantastic picture!

[dphillips]

Yeah, ^ I'm digging that too ^. How in the hell can you get a 30 sec. expoure like that without a tripod?

[XJEEPER]

You don't. The camera is sitting on something solid. Great shots BTW.

[XJEEPER]

Here's my entries from the weekend.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w52/XJEEPER1/Misc%20Scenery/IMG_1344-1.jpg




http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w52/XJEEPER1/Misc%20Scenery/IMG_1357.jpg


http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w52/XJEEPER1/Misc%20Scenery/IMG_1350.jpg


http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w52/XJEEPER1/Misc%20Scenery/IMG_1377.jpg

[XJEEPER]

Here's a couple more........

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w52/XJEEPER1/Misc%20Scenery/IMG_1365-1.jpg


http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w52/XJEEPER1/Misc%20Scenery/IMG_1371.jpg

[xj_mike]

Hey, I can play this month. :D

http://gallery.lisaandmike.org/albums/deathvalley09/IMG_0248.jpg

It was dark out and I was playing with long exposure and some other settings and got this.

Also this one

http://gallery.lisaandmike.org/albums/deathvalley09/IMG_0243.jpg

[asp]

This is a fantastic picture!

thanks!

Yeah, ^ I'm digging that too ^. How in the hell can you get a 30 sec. expoure like that without a tripod?

thanks, and see below :wave:

You don't. The camera is sitting on something solid. Great shots BTW.

bingo, it was sitting on one of the pylons with the strap around my neck just in case. thanks


http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w52/XJEEPER1/Misc%20Scenery/IMG_1371.jpg

i like this one

[Handlebars]

I went to the River of Lights at the Albuquerque Botanical Gardens with my 50mm f/1.4 and no tripod.

They have weddings here at the Spanish Moorish Garden, that may explain the bells motif:
http://www.fototime.com/0833EA9C7FDC572/orig.jpg

This old truck is always parked out front
http://www.fototime.com/B26238B68E72BBA/orig.jpg

The zoo is right next door, the elephants made an appearance
http://www.fototime.com/60C0F85C854D5B4/orig.jpg

I had to lay on my belly with the camera propped between fingers and the ground. This was the only situation that a tripod would be called for, but there was no room for one as I wanted the camera as close to the water as possible.
http://www.fototime.com/624EB69E4016556/orig.jpg

These nodding sunflowers made me long for summer again
http://www.fototime.com/CCFB3B559A7CFB2/orig.jpg

What did you shoot Ryan? :)

[asp]

fast lenses are sweet. i particularly like the one of the truck.

[Begster]

Damn, I have a sweet night picture, but its from a year ago so I can't submit it.

Nice harbor pics Anthony.

[asp]

thanks mark

[DrMoab]

What did you shoot Ryan? :)

I shot a lot of cold medicine shots all last week. I was down in bed with the flu. The rest of the month I was too busy working.

I did however grab some with my P&S last night and I was going to post them but I left my camera in the truck. When I get home off my load I will get them up.

Alex, what ISO and shutter speeds where you shooting those at?

[Handlebars]

Bells: f/1.4 @ 1/250, ISO 200

Truck: f/4 @ 1/50, ISO 500

Pachyderms: f/1.4 @ 1/125, ISO 200

Fountain: f/6.3 @ ½, ISO 200

Sunflowers: f/1.4 @ 1/500, ISO 200

Having a fast lens mean you don't need no stinking image stabilization nor a tripod. :greensmok

[DrMoab]

Having a fast lens mean you don't need no stinking image stabilization nor a tripod. :greensmok

Come on. Don't sell yourself short. You have a steady hand. We have a city park that does something real close to that. I would like to get there with my 50mm 1.8 not quite as fast as yours but it should do the trick.

[DrMoab]

Two that I took. One of them was tonight...so sue me.

All I had was my little P&S and no tripod. So I was just setting it on anything I could find that was solid and setting the self timer. Nothing great.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/4157439520_088ed44a40_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2499/4156677913_c3e242661c_b.jpg

[karstic]

http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx74/karstic/PB285479.jpg

Happy Birthday, Sonia.

[Carol.92124]

Great pic, Stephan! But why did you give her a roll of toilet paper for her b'day?

[nightfoam]

Just a couple from a camping trip with the NWC

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii269/pelewanabesega/TSF%20Thanksgiving%2009/nicksfire.jpg

1/5 sec F/3.5 ISO-100


http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii269/pelewanabesega/TSF%20Thanksgiving%2009/saturdaycampfire2.jpg

60 sec F/5.6 ISO-100

[bigalpha]

this was a 30 second exposure time, no tripod, fstop 3.5, iso 400, 18mm zoom.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/tonythetiger734/DSC_0215small.jpg



I like that you can see to the bottom of the shoreline.

[asp]

I like that you can see to the bottom of the shoreline.

thanks, i thought that was one of the things that made it cool too :thumbup:

[DrMoab]

Took this tonight looking at Christmas lights. I know it isn't November but I thought it was a cool pic.

1/40th of a second
F2.8
ISO 250

Handheld woohoo.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2789/4177553837_829782e577_b.jpg