----- Original Message ----- From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I think Peter covered things pretty well, but here are some examples > of night shots....these were done way back in the day. > > http://www.bigdayphoto.com/cityscapes/the-strip.htm > > I think I took this with a pz-1p and 20-35/4, probably shot on Delta > 3200 at 1600 at f/4. I would guess from the light trails the shutter > speed is about 1/30. I just rested the camera on a ledge, set the > camera in AV mode and bracketed. Bright point source lights like this > will often make the meter overexpose. > > http://www.bigdayphoto.com/cityscapes/power_authority_07300001.htm > > Spot metered right around the sign, and bracketed. 645N and 35mm. > > http://www.bigdayphoto.com/landscapes/co_silhouette.htm > > Wanted the mnountain to go black. Probably spot metered off the sky, > added -1 compensation to make it go a little dark, then bracketed > around that. In this sort of situation the light changes quickly, so > you have to keep re-metering. > > http://www.bigdayphoto.com/landscapes/nm-bridge.htm > > Metered off the sky to make sure it was saturated. Probably spot > metered off the cloud. For this sort of thing, you want a really long > exposure, so I picked a small aperture, maybe f/16. IIRC, I was right > on the edge of needing to compensate for reciprocity failure, so, > again, I did lots of bracketing. In this situation you might not have > enough time to do all the bracketing you might like. So you really > want to try and nail it the first time.
Tom Van Veen is no longer allowed to post photos to this list. He's giving me an inferiority complex! > This last summer I was at the beach and tried to do a little night > photography and totally screwed it up. Spot metered off the sand, > added some time for reciprocity failure. Didn't realize I was metering > at 400 and shooting 100 speed film. Got nothing back...the moral of > the story is when it's dark you can't see anything! Bring a > flashlight! Oh, wait a minute, he is human after all....! Seriously, once again, nice work! Christian
