Da Mooooon

I took this unexpectedly one late night after having some wine on the beach... not even thinking about pictures. Guess I got lucky. Any thoughts on long exposure night shots? This one was about 6 sec. on a Cannon G3.

Some times its when your not trying that a great shot happens. I really like the color of the picture and those clouds are killer. Nice work. So far I have not had any luck with night shots, I'm always too unstill and the shot comes out blurry, especially after a some of wine ;)
Did you use a tripod?

Yea, I definetly used a tripod. No flash, just open up the shutter for a couple of seconds. When this pic is blown up the clouds are actually a little blurry because they were moving so fast. Was not expecting that. Does any one have any good night shots of San Fransisco?

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Originally Posted by Noslocg

I took this unexpectedly one late night after having some wine on the beach... not even thinking about pictures. Guess I got lucky. Any thoughts on long exposure night shots? This one was about 6 sec. on a Cannon G3.

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Wow Noslocg,

This one leave me speechless (well almost ;) ). I wonder why they wont make it the "featured photo". The mood is stunning.

kudos

Seb

Good work. i like the mood and the clouds are very dramatic.

The exposure looks to have been perfect for the mood this photo establishes. Often, I will bracket my time-exposure shots and find that I may get different photos that work on different levels.

The only nit-pick I have is to possibly clone out the small light on the horizon, on the left. But not necessary...

This one works beautifully.

Tuna

I really love those unexpected great shots. I absolutely love this one. The only thing that bothers me about the shot is the green colorcast. I am a novice, but would someone explain to me why this happens so much with night shots?

Nina,

I agree, it is a bit green. I had it printed this weekend and the colors printed alot lighter than I had expected. The printed version actually did not come out nearly as good as I thought it might be, too bad. Thanks for the comments.