Moscow at night

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  • 06-23-2006, 05:24 AM
    yakkosmurf
    Moscow at night
    I stayed out all night on the Summer's Solstice taking pictures around Moscow. Here are some of the better ones, that I've had time to upload. I was borrowing a friend's tripod, so a few of them are a little crooked. Nothing I can't fix when I get home. Let me know what you think. It was my first try at using the manual shutter and aperature settings on the camera. It was a great learning experience.

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  • 06-24-2006, 12:37 PM
    swmdrayfan
    Re: Moscow at night
    Shoot Yakko......these are pretty good. I don't have any nitpicks.
    John
  • 06-24-2006, 12:54 PM
    Coastal Flyer
    Re: Moscow at night
    Night photos are so much fun. These are very nice and fun to view. Nice job.

    CF
  • 06-24-2006, 01:18 PM
    julsoph
    Re: Moscow at night
    That first shot is pretty stunning...really nice.

    Emily
  • 07-08-2006, 08:38 PM
    yakkosmurf
    Re: Moscow at night
    Thanks. I sent off an order this morning to get a 20x30 copy of the first one. I'm curious to see how it looks being blown up so large. I converted the RAW image into a TIFF. I'll keep you posted.
  • 07-08-2006, 08:40 PM
    yakkosmurf
    Re: Moscow at night
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by swmdrayfan
    Shoot Yakko......these are pretty good. I don't have any nitpicks.
    John
    Thanks. I'm blown away that you have no nitpicks. :D
  • 07-09-2006, 06:04 AM
    Alison
    Re: Moscow at night
    Wow! Breathtaking images!
    And I always say this to EVERYONE...it would be nice to know what settings you used.
  • 07-09-2006, 03:27 PM
    yakkosmurf
    Re: Moscow at night
    I meant to include the settings information. Sorry for the omission. Here it is.

    First picture: 8 second shutter, F11, ISO 160.
    Second picture: 7 second shutter, F8, ISO 160.
    Third picture: 2.5 second shutter, F7.1, ISO 160.

    Any suggestions for changing those parameters to get better results? I did take about 6 of each of these, and these settings produced the best photos for each shot.
  • 07-09-2006, 08:12 PM
    GB1
    Re: Moscow at night
    Wow! Very nice, but I've always been a sucker for night shots. These really look sharp. The only area that I dont like is in #2 where the building facade looks a little washed out to me. The bottom shot is also a tad bit crowded, but that's forgivable since that's what it is. Otherwise, very nice.

    The top shot is really really pretty. But I would crop off about half the sky above the (approx) center steple's red light. That would be pur-fect.

    GB