doubleohfive
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Tribune Studios (now known as Sunset Bronson Studios), January, 2008.
Pictures contest - night pics
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Tribune Studios (now known as Sunset Bronson Studios), January, 2008.
Since I've already made one drive-by post after a long absence, I might as well make another.
Small White Car seems to have been industrious enough to figure it out on his own manually, but most cameras have an automatic setting that does this exact thing. It's called 'slow-sync flash' or 'night flash' or whatever silly ass marketing concoction tests well.
Basically, your flash fires (freezing whatever it hits with its thousandths of a second duration), but the shutter stays open long enough to record the low ambient light. The risk is that your ambient exposure might be blurry, which will then mix with your crisp flash exposure and cause odd mixed-light 'ghosting'. You've probably seen this before.
Another thing to note is that the light from a flash is closer to the color temperature of daylight, whereas in most low light situations, your ambient light is much warmer.
Btw, some cool pics in this thread. I love taking night shots too. There's just something about the ethereal quality of light at night in long exposures:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5200829831_15c0018eb3_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5020/5430689490_64b2fb8c2c_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5942152127_1d578c5ab4_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5961685284_ddbb0ca811_b.jpg
And these aren't for entering in the contest. After all, it might be another two and a half years before I return again.
Small White Car seems to have been industrious enough to figure it out on his own manually, but most cameras have an automatic setting that does this exact thing. It's called 'slow-sync flash' or 'night flash' or whatever silly ass marketing concoction tests well.
Basically, your flash fires (freezing whatever it hits with its thousandths of a second duration), but the shutter stays open long enough to record the low ambient light. The risk is that your ambient exposure might be blurry, which will then mix with your crisp flash exposure and cause odd mixed-light 'ghosting'. You've probably seen this before.
Another thing to note is that the light from a flash is closer to the color temperature of daylight, whereas in most low light situations, your ambient light is much warmer.
Btw, some cool pics in this thread. I love taking night shots too. There's just something about the ethereal quality of light at night in long exposures:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5200829831_15c0018eb3_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5020/5430689490_64b2fb8c2c_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5942152127_1d578c5ab4_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5961685284_ddbb0ca811_b.jpg
And these aren't for entering in the contest. After all, it might be another two and a half years before I return again.
^ Hey, stranger! 
Since I've already made one drive-by post after a long absence, I might as well make another.
Small White Car seems to have been industrious enough to figure it out on his own manually, but most cameras have an automatic setting that does this exact thing. It's called 'slow-sync flash' or 'night flash' or whatever silly ass marketing concoction tests well.
Basically, your flash fires (freezing whatever it hits with its thousandths of a second duration), but the shutter stays open long enough to record the low ambient light. The risk is that your ambient exposure might be blurry, which will then mix with your crisp flash exposure and cause odd mixed-light 'ghosting'. You've probably seen this before.
Another thing to note is that the light from a flash is closer to the color temperature of daylight, whereas in most low light situations, your ambient light is much warmer.
Btw, some cool pics in this thread. I love taking night shots too. There's just something about the ethereal quality of light at night in long exposures:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5200829831_15c0018eb3_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5020/5430689490_64b2fb8c2c_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5942152127_1d578c5ab4_b.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5961685284_ddbb0ca811_b.jpg
And these aren't for entering in the contest. After all, it might be another two and a half years before I return again.
I bow down to the master.
You built a time machine out of a Volkswagen Beatle. Actually that makes sense, the cuteness must help with time travel.
Halloween, 2005.
Beautiful church, looks like something out of a fairytale.
I like it too!!Here's another one from my trip to Thailand. I'm not sure if it's really a night shot but I knd of like it.
Ooh, gorgeous! I like it just as much as the lightning shot. Looks like the clouds over the sun couldn't have been more strategically placed if you'd arranged them yourself.
Here are a few from this week's vacation. They may not all be technically "night", but the last one might qualify, at least.
Here are a few from this week's vacation. They may not all be technically "night", but the last one might qualify, at least.
I seriously want a martini right now. Nice shots!
^ Thank you. And, believe it or not, that was not "staged". I came in from the kitchen, set the drinks down, saw where the sun was and grabbed the camera. Love chance shots like that.
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