I went out earlier to get myself some pizza and BBQ chicken wings, again. lol I hope I won't get fat living here in Canada because I have been eating quite a lot of junk food since I got here
Anyway I've always found weekend nights a lot more interesting to take photos and somehow the street lights and the higher temperature seem to agree with me.

#1 Taken with ISO 1600, shutterspeed at 1/5s to achieve narrowest possible aperture while shooting handheld to produce images with noticeable starbursts.


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#5 Welcome to Regina


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Get a damn tripod !

Stop with this iso 1600, I despise that ISO cause it sucks on my camera, lol.

Oh, try changing the WB next time, to get some different lighting lol.

This post was edited by chantal7 on Jan 16 2009 11:12pm

haha you know I have discovered that certain pics can not be taken with tripods course in a few of the pics above I actually walked on to the middle of the street to shoot them lol. I would probably been run over by cars if I had a tripod with me. BUT you are absolutely right I am sure the street lights would have looked a lot more amazing if I had a tripod which would allow me to use lower ISO, much slower shutterspeed which means an even narrower aperture.
hmm I kinda find most of the pics look quite natural because the street lights have this orange color so if I changed the WB they probably would look a lot "paler" lol I am not sure though but I will keep that in mind and try to take some night photos with different WB next time thanks for pointing out!

This post was edited by Futurama on Jan 16 2009 11:29pm

i like #4

Ya, well those are different lol. I'd still prefer a tripod, much clearer picture

haha yeah I guess using a tripod would make those picture absolutely sharp lmao. I am still not sure which tripod to buy though it seems picking a tripod is like a million times harder than choosing a camerabody or a lens. Oh well I guess I will post some early morning pictures later course it seems that I will have to work tonight starting in ten minutes lmao

Good night to you all and thanks for the comments

Get a decent one, ball head.

So I have heard too I mean not only do I have to buy an expensive tripod I also need to get an expensive ballhead thingy too My guess is that I may will have to spend around 600-800 dollars on a good tripod plus ball head... haha that's why I have been taking night pictures with my camera handheld
hmm do you actually use a ball head with your tripod? That is if it could be used with a ball head in the first place lol.

This post was edited by Futurama on Jan 17 2009 06:33am

lol I actually managed to take a few pictures earlier after I got off work. I didn't walk far because I was just too tired. The low traffic on a Saturday morning gave me the opportunity to stand in the middle of an otherwise very busy street and take a few photos and I remembered to change WB to tungsten. It did make my pictures look more natural but I still kinda like the orange color in some of the night photos I've taken so far.







This post was edited by Futurama on Jan 17 2009 07:13am