Boston Night

[cmr164]

Increased contrast and decreased gamma darken this into a different kind of night scene...

Any comments?

http://www.iisc.com/dgrin/KumiMisc00jul68bostonnight_s.jpg

[gus]

[QUOTE=cmr164]Increased contrast and decreased gamma darken this into a different kind of night scene...

Any comments?

Cmr ....i dont think digital is as clear as film with night shots...ive tried for a long time & they never seem as sharp. Should they be ? ie is there a trick i shoud know about ?

Lord Humungus...ruler of the wasteland.

[Stephen!]

[QUOTE=cmr164]
Cmr ....i dont think digital is as clear as film with night shots...ive tried for a long time & they never seem as sharp. Should they be ? ie is there a trick i shoud know about ?
Heh... Try digital at night in a little airplane... Neigh on impossible!

There's a couple of my very few night time areial shots that even came close to working here:

http://imagesdesavions.com/guam/index5.html

[cmr164]

[QUOTE=cmr164]Increased contrast and decreased gamma darken this into a different kind of night scene...

Any comments?

Cmr ....i dont think digital is as clear as film with night shots...ive tried for a long time & they never seem as sharp. Should they be ? ie is there a trick i shoud know about ?

Lord Humungus...ruler of the wasteland.
Film and imagers both suffer from long exposures. With film you have
reciprocity failure and with imagers problems with the signal to noise
level. There are also issues with both of dynamic range of the subject
and the media. The difference at night between unlit subjects and light
emitting streetlights is way beyond either's ability. What digital does
offer is much more ability to play with the light and to move things in
and out of the dynamic range of human vision.

I like working with digital at night and the only thing I really do wrong
is trying to handhold at too slow shutter speeds. http://www.dgrin.com./images/icons/sad.gif

One thing that you can do in the winter is to put the media and the
battery in your pocket and let the camera/imager chill as much as
possible. It makes a huge difference in sensitivity and noise if you
can get the imager down to 20F or lower.

[gus]

One thing that you can do in the winter is to put the media and the
battery in your pocket and let the camera/imager chill as much as
possible. It makes a huge difference in sensitivity and noise if you
can get the imager down to 20F or lower.
Interesting points mate...ta. I will try & find a few night shots & see if you can disect them for me ...im doing something wrong. Someone once told me you should always use manual focus for infinite night shots but i tried that to no avail.

As for cold temps ?
We are all wearing overcoats at 60f...thats a cold winters morning here.

[SajDesign]

Hi,

I use a Digital camera for my nightshots and it works really fine. Try to use the self-timer and put the camera on a tripod, bean-bag, or wall... whatever. It works (see pictures (http://www.saj-design.ch/boston1/boston1.html))

Keep on shooting....

Saj