The Plaza lights

DanielB

went out with my girlfriend to the Plaza tonight to take some shots of the annual christmas lights display. these have been up since thanksgiving.


here ya go:thumb













hope ya enjoyed them:thumb

Daniel

gubbs

Hi Daniel,
Well exposed but a couple of them look a little soft, did you use a tripod?

The cinema sign looks good though

DanielB

gubbs wrote:

Hi Daniel,
Well exposed but a couple of them look a little soft, did you use a tripod?

The cinema sign looks good though

yeah.... but i don't have a cable release.:cry so thats why some of them are softer. these were the only ones i could salvage...

flyingdutchie

DanielB wrote:

yeah.... but i don't have a cable release.:cry so thats why some of them are softer. these were the only ones i could salvage...

If you don't have a cable release and you need long shutter times, you can do the following to prevent camera shake and therefore softness:

1. Set your shutter on a timer. Your camera probably has that to take group-shots that include the photographer his/herself. Or,
2. Stop down your aperture (f/11, f/16 or even f/22), so that you need really long shutter times. If your shutter time is really long (at least 2 seconds), the little shake of when you press the shutter will hardly register.

erich6

flyingdutchie wrote:

If you don't have a cable release and you need long shutter times, you can do the following to prevent camera shake and therefore softness:

1. Set your shutter on a timer. Your camera probably has that to take group-shots that include the photographer his/herself. Or,
2. Stop down your aperture (f/11, f/16 or even f/22), so that you need really long shutter times. If your shutter time is really long (at least 2 seconds), the little shake of when you press the shutter will hardly register.

Good tips!