I've been working at night shots.

[Scott™]

Right I posted a picture of the cup back in her standardish form that I took at night. At the time I took a lot of very constructive and needed criticism and here is the shot.

Now I have a new DSLR this is the new shot, but please appreciate the weather, and light are completely different in both pictures.

Not 100% there but I am trying.

C+C welcome.

 

[Adam.]

2nd pic looks amazing.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Looking much better, all you need to focus on now is getting some light on the car.

 

[Scott™]

2nd pic looks amazing.

Thanks mate :star:

Looking much better, all you need to focus on now is getting some light on the car.

And how do I do that? Shut of the shutter speed for less exposure?

 

[Feirny]

Thanks mate :star:



And how do I do that? Shut of the shutter speed for less exposure?

Torches, flashes, spotlights etc.

Good effort though.

 

[Matt W]

Pretty good photo, I like it!

Would be better with some light to the rear end of the car so you can see the back wheel more clearly

 

[Glenn182]

Love the second picture mate, car looks great

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

The simplest lightsource is some sort of white torch, usually LED. Use a long exposure, like 10 seconds or more, and walk round the side of the car shining the light on the car.

Or....get a flashgun, with a remote trigger so you can place it on the floor somewhere aiming at the car.

 

[LowLife.]

Right I posted a picture of the cup back in her standardish form that I took at night. At the time I took a lot of very constructive and needed criticism and here is the shot.

Now I have a new DSLR this is the new shot, but please appreciate the weather, and light are completely different in both pictures.

Not 100% there but I am trying.

C+C welcome.

How do you get images like these?! What camera do I need to buy??

 

[Revels]

Practice trumps camera TBH.

However, you need something that lets you control the settings. So avoid most point and shoot cameras. A bridge camera or an SLR will be fine.

But those could have been with a £150 D50. It's the person behind the camera that makes the difference.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Any need for the quote?!?!?!?!

Could you ask a slightly less vague question lol!

 

[jenic]

Big improvement there mate

Also agree about the person being more important than the camera, any dslr will do.

 

[LowLife.]

Practice trumps camera TBH.

However, you need something that lets you control the settings. So avoid most point and shoot cameras. A bridge camera or an SLR will be fine.

But those could have been with a £150 D50. It's the person behind the camera that makes the difference.

Any suggestions for an entry level SLR? I only have a point and shoot at the moment!

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

P+S will do that, better if it has manual settings though.

 

[Adam.]

Any suggestions for an entry level SLR? I only have a point and shoot at the moment!

I had a Nikon D40 as my first, it was great.

 

[LowLife.]

I have a Panasonic DMC-TZ7.....lol

 

[Stu-]

How do you get the light to look like that? I've tried a few night shots but none have came out like that. (sorry for the HI jack)

The second picture looks really good.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

^ IF you mean the headlight, just a reasonably long exposure like a few seconds or more.

 

[Stu-]

Yeah, like the star shape of the light rays. I've tried a few but none look that good.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Try a 30sec exp with some LED torches/ flashgun on the car. Maybe even less exposure if there's quite a lot of light there anyway.

2nd pic is a massive improvement though.

 

[.Adam.]

Yeah, like the star shape of the light rays. I've tried a few but none look that good.

tripod mate, slow shutter speed.

 

[Feirny]

Yeah, like the star shape of the light rays. I've tried a few but none look that good.

Use a low F-stop, like F22 or so.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

^ Diffraction ftl

 

[Feirny]

^ Diffraction ftl

n00bs don't care about that

 

[Stu-]

Yeah i'm pretty new to the whole photography thing, again sorry for the hi jack.

 

[Scott™]

Cheers for all the responses lads, definitely stuff I will take on board.

As for those starting up the place I learned was right here on Cliosport. It's definitely knowing what to do with a camera rather than rolling with a 1 grand camera that gets results.