Images of Canberra - At Night

Oh and soulman – post some shots to admins to put up – Im keen to see the local talent 🙂

I got a roll of consumer Fuji 100 from the reject shop today – just to prove to myself that I still have the ability to shoot on film each shot as I want….

Digital has played a part in making me dumber.

Soulman – if you ever wanna go out one night and trade tips a’la me and Jazz – I am all ears….

Keen to see this tripod thats worth more than my car too 🙂

sorry danman, can’t help bragging about the big expensive stuff I get cheap from overseas. And thank you for the ego boosting comments.

I do how ever disagree about ISO noise. Not a problem at lower ISOs for the most part, but a lot of high mega pixel cameras are now having increasing noise problems. The reason? The sensors are just as small, but the increased number of photo sites that make more pixels are allowing less light through. As a result, APS-C sensors with 10 or more MP are now having noise problems at ISO 200 or more. That said, the Canon 400d and the Nikons are the exeptions, very good cameras.

Also, agree with you about Velvia. I use 35mm Velvia 100 (don’t use 100f Velvia, poor colours) with a cheap Canon ELAN7 for a lot of my landscape work. Don’t buy Velvia locally though. I know I keep bragging about buying overseas, but Velvia is great film and people deserve to know where to get the good stuff at a good price. At Teds, it is A$20 per roll. In the US, shipped via FedEx, you can get it for A$10 a roll. I bought a 20 pack for A$100 from the US including shipping. At Teds, that would cost over $450!

no post processing at all alephnull, apart from resizing them.
i have another where the lake looks like it is covered in grass.

“If I had a choice – I would get a manfrotto tripod with a pistol grip ball head…”

Nothing like pistol-gripping a good man, huh, Danman??? WTF?!! You said it: “overkill”.

Very nice, the greenish tinge gives an almost cross-processed look.

Err overkill….

Look at any of my night shots here – I use a $120 no name tripod and a D70.

Works a treat.

Maybe what you have is good for commercial uses – but I cant justify that kind of dosh for a tripod.

Its obvious to me too that your penis is larger than mine as well, as your gear is more expensive….

Digital noise is an artefact of the past – just set your ISO and fstop lower and open your shutter longer…

If I had a choice – I would get a manfrotto tripod with a pistol grip ball head – all for about $600….

Simmo – How True 35mm Velvia slide film on a 200 buck minolta SLR

Very nice photos. Impressed with the lack of noise too.

Have you tried any lunar shots. I use a 100-400mm Canon L Series lens (shipped from the US for A$1600, sells for A$3000 locally) and its always exciting to identify all the detail you can pick up.

With regards to tripods, can’t go past Gitzo with an Arca Swiss Z1 Double Pan Head. Absolutely the best for moon, night and wildlife photography.
Just make sure you get these and other decent tripods from overseas. I reccomend BH and Adoramma in the US. I got the Arca Swiss head and Gitzo 3530 tripod for $1400AU from the US including shipping. Teds quoted over $3500 for the set. What a rip off!

every photography enthusiast in Canberra has to have an obligatory commonwealth avenue shot, it’s in the rules.

They were indeed taken with a tripod. theres no way i can hold a camera still for 20 – 30 seconds at a time.
I used a cannon 400D with an EF24-105 F4 L lense.
shutter speeds and apeture varied a bit on each shot.

The first one has a shutter speed settings 10, apeture 5, on iso 100

Love that first one … would look great in sepia or black & white too.

nope.. the first one wouldn’t look so cool in black and white.

Love the first one! The third one is nice, but the sign sort of ruins it for me.

The 1st one is awesome!

Just for the camera nerds lurking, can you add the details if poss? Camera, Lens, exp, apeture, etc…

The first one would probably look good in black and white.

oh Wow. that first one of the bridge is fantastic !!!!

bonfire – usually would use a tripod for night shots, based on the fact that, imo, you usually need a longer shutter time, and i dunno about you, but ihave trouble holding a camera steady as it is..

i assume you used a tripod ?

my night shots always turn out crap. i need a better camera.

what are you using ?