First Attempts at Night Photography

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

08/26/2004 10:35:32 AM · #1

Any help? I'm very inexperienced with this so it was all guesswork.

Thanks,
Lee

siggi

Canon EOS-10D

08/26/2004 10:39:01 AM · #2

the second one is very very good.

thatcloudthere

Canon EOS-1D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

08/26/2004 10:50:02 AM · #3

and so is the first one, crescent moon and all!

although, the placement of the buildings in the composition is questionable...especially the one on the right.

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08/26/2004 10:52:32 AM · #4

Originally posted by siggi:

the second one is very very good.

thanks...anything to improve upon?

Originally posted by thatcloudthere:

and so is the first one, crescent moon and all!

although, the placement of the buildings in the composition is questionable...especially the one on the right.

Yea I had some problems with the buildings and the rectangular light. I had to burn that in quite a lot and I couldn't crop it out for the moon.

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

08/26/2004 11:01:30 AM · #5

One more from the bunch.

thatcloudthere

Canon EOS-1D

08/26/2004 11:08:04 AM · #6

I like the composition but the lighting seems a little too harsh/artificial for the subject. To me, this is most noticable at the top of the leaf.

I think messing with the levels might fix this? Correct me if there's a better/proper way to do this, anybody...

the-O-ster

Nikon D70

08/26/2004 11:15:01 AM · #7

Originally posted by Tranquil:

Yea I had some problems with the buildings and the rectangular light. I had to burn that in quite a lot and I couldn't crop it out for the moon.

could you walk around the "back" of the "steeple" building to get the moon away from the square light and more over the steeple? not sure what kind of access is available to you....