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selvin · Jun 27, 2003, 1:30 AM

A view of the San Antonio skyline from the 19th floor of the Hilton Hotel,

at dusk,

and at nightfall

It's amazing the difference in mood.

Aloha

Klaus DK · Jun 27, 2003, 4:27 PM

Selvin! The first one is fine. The other one...well

why not read about NIGHTSHOTS on my website. You obvious have a great location for nightshots. You will be able to do much better than the second one - go to my website and read the article
"Photos of the night".

Just a friendly advice.

Klaus DK · Jun 27, 2003, 4:29 PM

Sorry didn't mean to sound arrogant!

eric s · Jun 27, 2003, 10:41 PM

My thought when I saw them was... I wonder if you could do something with PS where you blended the two together. I don't know how it would come out (and I certainly don't have the PS skills to do it well) but it came to mind.

It's a pity you didn't get a more colorful sunset, but it doesn't always work out that way.

Eric

selvin · Jun 28, 2003, 12:04 AM

Klaus,
Read your piece on night shots. Thank you. You weren't arrogant.

Incidentally, you might have preferred the companion to the second shot, which is shown below.

Eric,

Your point is an interesting one about blending the two together. In fact I deliberately tried to take both shots from about the same angle etc. in case I wanted to do something weird later. This was done without a tripod by the way with the camera perched atop a railing 19 stories up. the things we do to get interesting shots.

Aloha

Klaus DK · Jun 28, 2003, 1:39 AM

You might also use spotmetering and find some middletones in the shot. Then try again. But it seems to me that your shutterspeed is much too fast. You need a longer one.

selvin · Jun 28, 2003, 1:55 AM

Klaus,

Your point on the shutter speed is probably correct since the second photo was taken at 1/15 sec and F3.0. Should probably have pushed the aperture to f8.0 and then slowed down the shutter speed appropriately.

Oh well, now that I'm back in Hawaii I'll wait until my next trip to San Antonio and also remember to carry a tripod since I didn't have one on this last trip. Balancing a camera on a railing is hardly the way to go even for 1/15 second.

Thanks much for your advice.

Aloha

Klaus DK · Jun 28, 2003, 5:06 PM

Right Selvin, and remember to check your digicam for "noise reduction or pixelmapping".

Jun 27, 2003, 1:30 AM	#1
selvin Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 7,204	Downtown San Antonio A view of the San Antonio skyline from the 19th floor of the Hilton Hotel, at dusk, and at nightfall It's amazing the difference in mood. Aloha

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Jun 27, 2003, 4:27 PM	#2
Klaus DK Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,216	Selvin! The first one is fine. The other one...well why not read about NIGHTSHOTS on my website. You obvious have a great location for nightshots. You will be able to do much better than the second one - go to my website and read the article "Photos of the night". Just a friendly advice.

Jun 27, 2003, 4:29 PM	#3
Klaus DK Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,216	Sorry didn't mean to sound arrogant!

Jun 27, 2003, 10:41 PM	#4
eric s Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,803	My thought when I saw them was... I wonder if you could do something with PS where you blended the two together. I don't know how it would come out (and I certainly don't have the PS skills to do it well) but it came to mind. It's a pity you didn't get a more colorful sunset, but it doesn't always work out that way. Eric

Jun 28, 2003, 12:04 AM	#5
selvin Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 7,204	Klaus, Read your piece on night shots. Thank you. You weren't arrogant. Incidentally, you might have preferred the companion to the second shot, which is shown below. Eric, Your point is an interesting one about blending the two together. In fact I deliberately tried to take both shots from about the same angle etc. in case I wanted to do something weird later. This was done without a tripod by the way with the camera perched atop a railing 19 stories up. the things we do to get interesting shots. Aloha

Jun 28, 2003, 1:39 AM	#6
Klaus DK Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,216	You might also use spotmetering and find some middletones in the shot. Then try again. But it seems to me that your shutterspeed is much too fast. You need a longer one.

Jun 28, 2003, 1:55 AM	#7
selvin Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 7,204	Klaus, Your point on the shutter speed is probably correct since the second photo was taken at 1/15 sec and F3.0. Should probably have pushed the aperture to f8.0 and then slowed down the shutter speed appropriately. Oh well, now that I'm back in Hawaii I'll wait until my next trip to San Antonio and also remember to carry a tripod since I didn't have one on this last trip. Balancing a camera on a railing is hardly the way to go even for 1/15 second. Thanks much for your advice. Aloha

Jun 28, 2003, 5:06 PM	#8
Klaus DK Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,216	Right Selvin, and remember to check your digicam for "noise reduction or pixelmapping".