I got bored earlier again and went out to take some more night photos and it took whole a lot longer than I thought lol but anyway here are the results. I kinda regret that I used the 17-85 lens instead Sigma but oh well.

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5. 100% crop of a handheld shot xD


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I like the light strokes in the first one. I need to go and do things like that my self!
And I loooove the railroad tracks. Nice atmosphere, calm and quiet.

Thanks, buddy! Glad you like em
I just wish there are more buildings and stuff to take pictures of in this city. The downtown area is really the only place worth taking pictures of during the night.

Where I live there is even less to take photos of.
If you come from a big urbanized place, you will find these humble old houses pretty interesting, but if you have been there for like 6 years everyday you will find it boring....

I think your city is great, there are lots of people and industrialized places, which I find interesting, I do not know if you do ?

The fact that you keep and post so many pictures make me think that you could spend more time composing and thinking about the shot. You have good photography knowledge so you should work on improving individual pictures.
Just take it really easy and press the shutter release only if you are totally shure that is what you want, if not, move or try something else.
Think more and your photography will take a huge leap.

yep this sounds like good advice, but keep taking the number of shots you do - you have a higher chance of getting a good shot. Professional photographers take loads and out of 100 shots they might get 5 good ones....

or if you want to take Astragony's advice about releasing the shutter only when you're sure get a film camera with 24 exposures -

then we'll see if you're trigger happy




This post was edited by doyleo on Jun 12 2009 09:49am

Hms. I agree with Astragony though. It's better to consistently take good shots rather than just spam and hope for a few usable ones.

Taking pictures isnt gambling, the one who takes the most shots doesnt have the best pictures. I´d take a small amount of high quality shots over a huge pile of low quality pictures anytime.
By taking more time for a picture you increase the chance of it being a good one..

This post was edited by SeaBas on Jun 12 2009 10:01am

hmm what I like about this city is there are quite a lot of abandoned buildings and lots of junk and crap laying around which could be interesting to take pictures of.



Thanks, dude! I do remember you telling me the same thing awhile ago but I guess I have kinda got carried away lately after I have got myself a tripod and was being able to take those very long exposure shots so I wanted to try it on almost everything I saw lol but the next time I go out taking night photos I will try to remember your advice and be more careful



Yeah I have to agree with you and Nevereon here even though it's kinda hard sometimes especially when you just bought something new and wanted to try it out on almost everything xD

This post was edited by Futurama on Jun 12 2009 11:38am

Spay and pray is not my kind of tactic.
I am not saying to take less pictures as it's good to experiment, just take them more consciously, look in the viewfinder for a good time before pressing the shutter, make sure everything is where it should be.
And also ask yourself: "is this shot really worth it?".
If the answer is "no", it's no problem, just move on.

Cheers.