Sunset shots at Santa Monica, CA

Tee WhyTee Why Registered Users Posts: 2,390 Major grins
edited August 26, 2008 in Landscapes
Went for a quick shoot yesterday night for a few shots.
1. The typical California Lifeguard tower shots.
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2.
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3. Onto the amusement park on the pier.
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4. The new LED Ferris wheel.
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http://tomyi.smugmug.com/gallery/632884_qxNx6/1/179623820_M6dgN#P-1-15
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2008
    These are very cool ! lovely lights
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  • Tee WhyTee Why Registered Users Posts: 2,390 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2008
    Hey thanks.
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  • gregneilgregneil Registered Users Posts: 255 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2008
    shot a ghost in number 2!

    I love these! Enough it might inspire me to get down there and try a few of my own...

    I love the way the flag is whipping in number 1.
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  • Tee WhyTee Why Registered Users Posts: 2,390 Major grins
    edited August 24, 2008
    Thanks, both were around 10 sec exposures.
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  • canghuixucanghuixu Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
    edited August 25, 2008
    Wow! And some questions...
    Those are absolutely fabulous...

    I do a lot of nighttime photography, mainly handheld. Right now its pretty casual but I would like to improve, so I would love to know any details (body, lens, ISO, postprocessing) you would care to share. I checked the gallery but as far as I could tell no EXIF...

    For the long exposures on the lifeguard stations, what were you doing to stabilize your tripod (I assume you had a tripod and it wasn't 10 seconds handheld) on the beach. I generally haven't had much luck with tripods on the beach, at least not for very long exposures, because of wind, legs sinking into the sand etc...
  • Tee WhyTee Why Registered Users Posts: 2,390 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    Hey Thanks.
    I use a heavy Slik 700DX IIRC tripod, and it's heavy enough to stabilize the camera without any bags or stuff. It also supports upto 15lbs. I'd recommend the sturdiest tripod that you can tolerate carrying if you are considering serious tripod work. I did use a mirror lock up with a remote release. I used a Canon 30D and a Tokina 11-16mm at ISO 100. I generally shoot in AV mode to control DOF or switch to M mode is the lighting gets darker at night and the metering gets easily fooled. I process the RAW image in Canon 's DPP and then PSE 6. Nothing too fancy really.
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  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    these are so well donebowdown.gif

    i love #1 very much so
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  • hawkeye978hawkeye978 Registered Users Posts: 1,218 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    Love #1 with the colors and silhouettes. Also like #4 a lot. The saturated colors really draw me in.
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