Monday, August 15, 2011

Night Time Photography





As you can see the images above were taken at night. I used Fuji film (800 ISO) for all the shots in this post. The lens for shots 3 and 4 were taken with my favorite, a Tamron 70 to 300mm, auto focus, zoom lens. Additional lighting was provided by my Minolta HTsi Camera Flash. The camera was set on "auto", and the pictures (I think) came out "ok".

Shots 1 and 2 were taken with the same camera, using the same roll of film, with the same "auto" setting. The difference is I used a smaller lens, a Minolta 35 to 80mm auto focus lens. And, I added a "star" filter, which is what gives the star effect from the street lights. I like the effect, but hate the graininess of the pictures. I'm experimenting with this camera, and I thought a few night time shots would be a nice change and challenge. In the future, I think when using a shorter lens, I'll also opt for manual mode instead of auto. Doing so would have let me over-ride the camera's aperture setting, and given me the option of letting in more light.

If you have any night time photos tips, let me hear from you. Until then, happy shutter bugging...


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