Night Shoot, advice welcomed
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From: Southern Cali --> 818
A few tips:
Never take a picture on the shadow side of an object, as you did in the first, second, ad second to last picture.
Also, the lighting in the middle pics aren' so ideal. Other than that, most pictures look pretty good for a first attempt.
Never take a picture on the shadow side of an object, as you did in the first, second, ad second to last picture.
Also, the lighting in the middle pics aren' so ideal. Other than that, most pictures look pretty good for a first attempt.
looks good I would adjust the white balance b4 shototing and also maybe increase te exposure a little bit I don't have the nikon and do not know the features on it but on my rebel xt that is how I took my pics a couple nights ago
I've got a Nikon D40 as well and I use the Nikon ML-L3 remote when I use my tripod, works great.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...ansmitter.html
Great job for your first try at night shots. I plan to do a night shoot soon myself.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...ansmitter.html
Great job for your first try at night shots. I plan to do a night shoot soon myself.
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: The Valley, AZ
Thanks for all the tips and that link to the remote is sweet CandlestickPark, thanks! I just ordered one 
Lol wicked... I have not been on frenzy in forever I think, your making me all nastalgic...

Lol wicked... I have not been on frenzy in forever I think, your making me all nastalgic...
Originally Posted by Triji
Really?.... I see the vent on the fender and automatically think "ohhhh M3! Nice!"
How can you tell?
How can you tell?
car looks great man. dslr really brings out the color.
Originally Posted by Triji
Thanks for all the tips and that link to the remote is sweet CandlestickPark, thanks! I just ordered one 
Lol wicked... I have not been on frenzy in forever I think, your making me all nastalgic...

Lol wicked... I have not been on frenzy in forever I think, your making me all nastalgic...
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: The Valley, AZ
Thanks for the comments and feedback... I just read my D40 manual and was messing around with the shutter speed and the aperature settings and am looking forward to my next jaunt.
Here are 2 of my fav pics from my last shoot.

Here are 2 of my fav pics from my last shoot.

The grainy pics are due to you ISO being too High. Changing the ISO setting on your camera changes the sensitivity to light of the image sensor inside of it.
The lower number that you select the less sensitive the sensor is to light (and conversely the higher the number the more sensitive it becomes).
This is useful when you’re shooting in different lighting situations - particularly when there’s low light and you might not be able to use a flash (you’d bump up your ISO setting in this case).
The only cost of increasing ISO is that as you do it you’ll notice that the ‘noise’ or ‘grain’ in your shots also begins to increase.
You probably won’t notice this graininess on your images when lookin at them on the LCD on your camera - however when you get them back to your computer they’ll become noticeable with higher ISO settings.
Digital Photography school ;-)
The lower number that you select the less sensitive the sensor is to light (and conversely the higher the number the more sensitive it becomes).
This is useful when you’re shooting in different lighting situations - particularly when there’s low light and you might not be able to use a flash (you’d bump up your ISO setting in this case).
The only cost of increasing ISO is that as you do it you’ll notice that the ‘noise’ or ‘grain’ in your shots also begins to increase.
You probably won’t notice this graininess on your images when lookin at them on the LCD on your camera - however when you get them back to your computer they’ll become noticeable with higher ISO settings.
Digital Photography school ;-)
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From: Southern Cali --> 818
Originally Posted by Triji
Thanks for the comments and feedback... I just read my D40 manual and was messing around with the shutter speed and the aperature settings and am looking forward to my next jaunt.
Here are 2 of my fav pics from my last shoot.


Here are 2 of my fav pics from my last shoot.







