Night Shots

[wil59]

I went out and took some shots last night that looked good on the camera LCD screen, but when I got home, they were grainy when put up on the laptop. I used a tripod, and the selftimer function (no cable release, it's in the post apparantly!). Anyhow if you could have a look and let me know what you think.


2) The Deep Aquarium in Hull (ISO200, f/3.6, 1sec)

[wil59]

2) The Humber Bridge (ISO200, f/2.8, 1.4sec)

[donoreo]

Originally Posted by wil59

I went out and took some shots last night that looked good on the camera LCD screen, but when I got home, they were grainy when put up on the laptop. I used a tripod, and the selftimer function (no cable release, it's in the post apparantly!). Anyhow if you could have a look and let me know what you think.


2) The Deep Aquarium in Hull (ISO200, f/3.6, 1sec)

They will always look good on the screen since it is generally 3 inches or less. However if you can zoom in it may help you to see it in more detail. Does your camera go to ISO100? That may help. It may be that your camera's sensor is not that good in low light.

[DigiDiva]

Try using the night auto setting for starters, see how that turns out. Make a note of the exif data on the shots then emulate the settings in manual and start from there, adjusting to how you want the shots to be (aperture, shutter speed etc).

And ensure sensor, and lenses etc are clean...lol

[wavemachine]

They look pretty good to me, you say it is in the post if they are underexposed and you are correcting that and lifting more detail in PP then that will encourage noise which is more noticable with dark shorts.

If you use Photoshop or Elements then under the FIlter ment there is an Option Noise\Despeckle which may help.

By shooting on a tripod with a low ISO you are doing the right thing.

[markgozz]

They look pretty good to me too and I can't see much if any sign of noise .

I don't know much about your camera but I'm guessing it has much the same menu options as most DSLR's , have a look to see if it has long exposure noise reduction and if so turn it on and then close down the aperture a few f/stops which will increase the shutter time but with the tripod that won't matter ( lenses don't tend to work at their best wide open ), keep the ISO at the lowest standard level and try and get the exposure right in camera because as Dave has said PP work on recovering detail from shadows can produce noise .

Mark

[wil59]

OK, thanks guys, great comments. I am at work without camera now and will have a look at all of those suggestions over the weekend, thanks again.

[wil59]

Here is one I did for the night time comp at the weekend and was torn between this and the Scarborough picture that I entered. I don't know the details of the photo as the files are at home, but this is one that I really like. It was pp to turn to black and white, and also softned up a little. It is the remains of Scarborough Castle.

[donoreo]

Originally Posted by wil59

Here is one I did for the night time comp at the weekend and was torn between this and the Scarborough picture that I entered. I don't know the details of the photo as the files are at home, but this is one that I really like. It was pp to turn to black and white, and also softned up a little. It is the remains of Scarborough Castle.

Date Time Original 2012:09:02 09:41:12
Exposure Time 3
F Number f / 5.60
Exposure Program Landscape mode
ISO Speed Ratings 200
Metering Mode Pattern
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal Length 56.70mm
White Balance Auto white balance
Make FUJIFILM

[wil59]

Thanks Donoreo!