Post your low light long exposures

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Again a couple of hours walking to end up with a clouded sky. Then onward to the same bridge to see what the D750 + new wide can do.

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They both do a good job.
 
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Thanks. It seems the new lens is quite some better than the DX lens even while cheaper. I only noticed it isn't a good idea to turn long exposure noise reduction off.

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And the last survivor of the first run.

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After these shots I fear the D3300 has served its purpose.
 
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Another of last night. During the exposure a car drove by somewhere behind me and while that usually ruins the shot, here the headlights briefly lit up the side of bridge.

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I went out when dark and today it started to rain. The only place left to shoot was below my other bridge.

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It's so much easier composing a shot when you got the tripod with you.
 
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I got me a CP filter today. I never used one but I should have gotten it earlier, especially for landscape in this region. While reading more about it, the general consensus was that you shouldn't use it at night.

MUST...USE...FILTER...AT...NIGHT.

I can't resist a good shouldn't.

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I should've overexposed 2/3th more.

This is about the same shot I took last week without the filter.

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One of the disadvantages is that what the cam considers correct exposure isn't enough to process it in post. It's enough to show it as I see it but that doesn't work on a computer screen. I need to overexpose at least 2-3 stops when the light is very low. Noise also increases but that's likely fixed when using a longer shutter.

This one is overexposed 4 1/3th stops in LR and I still could add more.

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Without the CP I would not see the stars and the glare of the lights/reflection would start washing out the brighter areas.
 
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I'm slowly getting addicted to night photography. The light and colors are amazing. Some split-toning on top and it looks spiffy.

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John Braden said:
They look cool! I'd love to know the EXIF data though! :(
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It should show when you mouse-over. Normally my night shots are 30 seconds 100 ISO. With this lens wide open at f/2.8.

I noticed some shots had ISO 50 and 125. Shooting with gloves does that. I wish I could lock the settings.

The shots don't look like this when they roll out of the cam. I don't even see all those colors and details when I'm shooting. I just open up as long as possible to collect the data without washing out the highlights and then pull it all up in post. That's only possible at low ISO else I increase noise to insane level. The other advantage of low ISO is the cam performing at its best in regards to DR, tones and color sensitivity. In night shots that really shows.

Here's that church SOOC. That's not much darker than what I see when I'm there.

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