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Postby gMaster on Sat Jul 09, 2005 2:52 am

Went out tonite took a few shots of the world famouse harbour....

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D70s
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D70s
25s
f/18
44mm
18.0-70.0mm f/3.5-4.5
ISO400

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D70s
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f/20
44mm
18.0-70.0mm f/3.5-4.5
ISO400

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D70s
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f/20
145mm
70-300mm /f4.0-5.6
ISO400

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70mm
18.0-70.0mm f/3.5-4.5
ISO400
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Postby Geoff on Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:22 am

Nice shots gmaster - some EXIF data would be excellent. Keep on posting :)
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Postby KerryPierce on Sat Jul 09, 2005 4:15 pm

Those look pretty good for your first night shots. I like the first 2 the best. Are you sharpening your shots after you resize them for web display? If not, I'd suggest giving it a try. A couple of these would pop nicely with a little sharpening.
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Postby gMaster on Sat Jul 09, 2005 5:32 pm

any one know why there are a shade of green on all lights? is it expected? Or am I doing something wrong?
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Postby digitor on Sat Jul 09, 2005 5:43 pm

gMaster wrote:any one know why there are a shade of green on all lights? is it expected? Or am I doing something wrong?


What white balance setting were you using?

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Postby gMaster on Sat Jul 09, 2005 5:51 pm

Automatic, Don't know how to set it at night ... try to measure it .. but camera keep on saying NO GOOD, i suspect its too dark.
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Postby digitor on Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:02 pm

That's probably the cause. If you shot raw, you can play around in NC and see what happens. The lights on the buildings are probably metal halides, which might look better with a fluorescent light wb setting, either that or try to find a similar light where you can get close enough to set the wb with a grey card (or expodisc, pringles lid or whatever).

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Postby gMaster on Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:17 pm

Thanks for the tip digitor .. will try again when weather permit.
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Postby Geoff on Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:44 pm

Hi gmaster again, I'm surprised you didn't bump into one of our friendly moderators Glen, you were practically at his back door, or in his backyard :)
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Postby gMaster on Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:17 am

Really, gee Glen must enjoy this brilliant view every nite ...

anyway upload another pic i took tonite ... and stitch up with PTGui
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Postby Andoru on Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:19 am

G'day gMaster. Very nice shots you have there. I like the 4th one the best. 3rd shot is a wee bit overexposed IMO.
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Postby gMaster on Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:42 am

Just played around with the wb with the NEF files , now it is less green ... and a bit of NR work ...
Oh need to refresh your browser so it loads the new images ..
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:02 pm

gMaster

Awesome bunch of shots. Makes me want to (a) get a tripod & (b) visit Sydney to take some night shots while the bridge & sails are still there.
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Postby christiand on Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:06 pm

Very nice photos,

and thank you for the shooting details.
Did you use aperture or shutter priority or did you go manual ?
Once it gets warmer again in Canberra I'll be out at night to do some shots.

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Postby wendellt on Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:27 pm

Welcome

Nice shots of our beautiful harbour

Just a tip if you have the time to compose

For nice framing i find it helps the shot so at least 1 or 2 elements meet up in either corner
I cropped the top of your image todemonstrate

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Postby Willy wombat on Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:40 pm

I quite like these shots Gmaster. Thanks for the exif data - it helps! It certainly is a photographic city.
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Postby gMaster on Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:40 pm

Makes me want to (a) get a tripod & (b) visit Sydney to take some night shots while the bridge & sails are still there.


stubbsy ... well the tripod i use is the cheapo <AUD$10 i bought while i was in Hongkong a while back .... it does the job pretty fine for me so far haha ..just take a lot longer to get it stablised ...
And when u come Syd ... i will be glad to go for another nite shot session with a Verteran like u ...

Did you use aperture or shutter priority or did you go manual ?

Manual ... Only use A or S when in a hurry ..

For nice framing i find it helps the shot so at least 1 or 2 elements meet up in either corner

Hi wendellt, dont' quite understand your tip ... do u mean that some elements should meet one of the four corners of the frame?

Your crop does make it abit more standout .. nice tip.. i will try it next time I take some landscapes. ..
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:46 pm

gMaster wrote:
Makes me want to (a) get a tripod & (b) visit Sydney to take some night shots while the bridge & sails are still there.


stubbsy ... well the tripod i use is the cheapo <AUD$10 i bought while i was in Hongkong a while back .... it does the job pretty fine for me so far haha ..just take a lot longer to get it stablised ...
And when u come Syd ... i will be glad to go for another nite shot session with a Verteran like u ...

Thanks for the offer - might take you up on it. BTW I'm only a veteran if you take my post count into account. I only got my first camera in 2002 and my D70 in December 05 so I'm still on my P's :lol:
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