From my hometown.





This post was edited by Qhotex on Dec 6 2008 07:42am

nice pics! I really like the first one with all those "starbursts" which aperture did you use?

Thank you.

What do you mean ? Lens or the settings ?

the f number. I know you have to use pretty narrow aperture to create starbursts and yours are like really "strong" and apparent and I guess you used a tripod too when you too that pic

This post was edited by Futurama on Dec 6 2008 08:15am

I used F16. And yes I used a tripod.

It would be crazy without a tripod! xD

This post was edited by Qhotex on Dec 6 2008 08:43am

lol not that I am nickpicking here but it spells tripod. "Tripot" sounds just too funny almost like something you can smoke
well a tripod definitely helps but I believe it's still possible to take good night pics hand held all you need is a camera with good high ISO performance, a fast lens with IS and steady hands - lol
but of course tripod is necessary if you want to get some nice starbursts like those in your pics since I doubt any human being can hold a camera absolutely still for one or two seconds

This post was edited by Futurama on Dec 6 2008 08:41am

Haha. Try-pot.

I did it once hand held, and it did not worked out very well.

Maybe later tonight I will go out and take some more night photos.

oh its fun to take night photos. I used to do that all the time during the summer and fall. The night life is very interesting in big cities and you can find quite a lot of stuff to take pics of but taking photos of people in the night is hard though. You would probably need a fast lens, like ef-s 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM to get some good night portrait pics

Yeah. I would like to go to a big city and take pictures.

I do not know what I should buy next. I like night and I like macro.
But is the USM slow+ I thin ki heard something about it.

uh USM is short for Ultra Sonic Motor and it makes the lens focus fast and makes almost no noise
I've heard those lenses without USM, like the kit lens you've got with your XSI/450D, are slow and noisy

hmm if you are into night photography you probably should get a lens with wide aperture. the ef 50mm f/1.8 II is a cheap lens and good one even though the build quality is poor but I am sure if you dont plan on to drop it or anything it should be satisfy your need for a night photo lens unless you want to zoom too. then you may want to look at ef-s 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM which cost like 1200 dollars or the much cheaper Sigma or Tamron 17-50 something f/2.8 lenses

This post was edited by Futurama on Dec 6 2008 09:02am