Well after reading some photography magazines at borders tonight i was inspired and went out and got a tripod so i could take some decent night shots. it was just a cheapo from best buy but i was in a hurry to get it and start taking pics. just took it out and started shooting so they'll get less granier when i figure out just how to use the tripod.
here is a pic i took using a street light.
the first one was edited in photoshop and the second is the original
what do you guys think? --especially from you photography buffs, i'm just learning and want to get better
btw: just using a sony cybershot 3.2 mp
thanks for looking

 

here are two others that i liked. these are right out of the camera...i'll chop them at some point...

 

btw i was trying to capture the beautiful lines of the car...

 

I like pics 3 and 4

 

what the hell! where is everyone?

 

I like 4 the best. The others seem to lack a focal point. The brightest point of the light leads my eyes to the bumper, but theres nothing interesting there.

Also what is your ISO setting on? Set it on its lowest setting and make use of your timer to take night time tripod pics

 

^^^no i had the iso set automatic and it was iso 320--didnt know what i was doing.
now i know-so next time i'll have it set at iso 100

 

lowering the ISO will reduce any grainyness in your pictures....but its more suceptible to camera shake... so thats why I recommend to use your timer in conjunction

 

looks really nice

 

Yeah, everything he said ^^^ And you might also want to play around with the white balance, shutter speed and apature to find the right picture you have in mind.

 

wow, glad to see one of my posts come back from the dead
check out my more recent night shots with my new D50 for more info and better try with the following ^^^ except for wb

 

https://g35driver.com/forums/picture-share/81233-night-photoshoot-new-nikon-d50.html
here it is