1st Low Light Attempt
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sonicbuffalo_RIP
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looks good, but to experiment....try bumping up the ISO a bit.
I'd only bump up the iso if you felt you needed a faster shutter speed. It looks like you were going for fountain blur and you were successful. I like the look. Maybe if you went to 200, you could go a little higher on shutter speed to make the trees sharper and still blur the water.
I struggle to frame a good picture, but I'm thinking less water here and more trees and building would be good. Maybe keep the street light and bright reflection out of the view. Reflections look better on smooth water.
If you want the scene to look more like night, use manual exposure and give less of it, otherwise your camera will try to make it look normal like it does now. It all depends what you what. If you go for the nighttime look, then maybe try including the street light. It looks like a great place to have fun experimenting.
I struggle to frame a good picture, but I'm thinking less water here and more trees and building would be good. Maybe keep the street light and bright reflection out of the view. Reflections look better on smooth water.
If you want the scene to look more like night, use manual exposure and give less of it, otherwise your camera will try to make it look normal like it does now. It all depends what you what. If you go for the nighttime look, then maybe try including the street light. It looks like a great place to have fun experimenting.
Thanks for the help Nick. This was a park in a fairly urban area, so I was trying to get some of the street light in.I was also going for the blur in the water. I was there also during a sunny day and went for a different take on the same site. Here is an example. But I'm lucky to have a lot of landscape in my area that is beautiful in both isolated and crowded areas so I'm going to try and just experiment with all types of settings while I learn to use the camera.
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You can bump the iso up to 800 or even 1600 with the D800 to freeze the tree and grass movement; the IQ won't suffer. But the shot will end up looking like it was taken in daylight as Nickt said. If you want to make it dark then underexpose the shot by -1 or even -2 stops or more.
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The blurring of the water looks very good but the thing that bothers me the most about the image is the very deep depth of field. If you find that you have to use a smaller f/stop to get the shutter speed you want, use ND filters or wait until the light levels go down further.
sonicbuffalo_RIP
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nice shot!
Depends on where you are in a city or somewhere where there is little light pollution. Getting stars from a city location is not easy.
The 14-24 is great at getting big sky when used at 14mm. Make sure you use a tripod and a remote release (or 3 sec delayed release) if you want star shots be sure to keep the shutter speed below 20-25 secs to avoid the stars appearing as stripes due to the earths rotation.
The 14-24 is great at getting big sky when used at 14mm. Make sure you use a tripod and a remote release (or 3 sec delayed release) if you want star shots be sure to keep the shutter speed below 20-25 secs to avoid the stars appearing as stripes due to the earths rotation.
No, That's from the HD processing, Here is the orig from the RAW file..The specks on the water are actually debris from party boats littering.
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I think your sensor need a good cleaning. I can see quite a few dust spots.
Actually I am returning this D800 in exchange for the new D810, but for future reference how could a virtually brand new camera have a dirty sensor?? I am extremely careful when changing lenses and use the built in cleaner frequently. How would one go about cleaning the sensor? Or would it have to have been sent back to Nikon to do this? Is it possible that the spots were from dust on the lens? Also, Here is a shot of a white wall with the same lens..
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