Wellington (NZ) By Night...

[mr judkins]

Well, only just getting back into photography after a number of years, I've currently got a friend's tripod on loan. I figured before having to return it, I'd have my first attempts at some city night photos.

This is the best from night one (tonight)...

http://judkins.smugmug.com/photos/139260339-M.jpg

One limitation I'm dealing with is a pretty simple digital camera (Lumix FZ3), but at least it's got full manual aperture / shutter speed.

I'd like to get out a bit more in the coming weeks to keep playing.

Has anyone got some tips, or advice on these kinds of shots?

As for candid street stuff, I passed SO MANY bouncers outside clubs. I'm thinking I might go out over a few nights and approach a bunch of them as a potential series...

[Skippy]

Well, only just getting back into photography after a number of years, I've currently got a friend's tripod on loan. I figured before having to return it, I'd have my first attempts at some city night photos.
This is the best from night one (tonight)...
One limitation I'm dealing with is a pretty simple digital camera (Lumix FZ3), but at least it's got full manual aperture / shutter speed.
I'd like to get out a bit more in the coming weeks to keep playing.
Has anyone got some tips, or advice on these kinds of shots?
As for candid street stuff, I passed SO MANY bouncers outside clubs. I'm thinking I might go out over a few nights and approach a bunch of them as a potential series...

Hi Mr Judkins, looks like your doing pretty darn good from the looks of that shot :thumb
Manual settings, tripod, remote always comes in handy for this kind of work,
but not sure what your using or if that camera has a remote.

Light trails such as the ones you caught in this image, and the stars you captured in the lights look great :clap

Looking forward to seeing more from you soon....... Skippy
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[mr judkins]

Thanks for the encouragement Skippy!

No remote, so I use the anticipatory method of a 2-second timed release to minimise movement. Sigh.

I've always found my previous slow shutter speed shots of light trails a little ho-hum, what I like about that they are secondary to the "subject" of the clock.

Thanks for putting a name to the "stars" in the lights too - I've never had a good way to describe those!