Post Dark Photography

[Cantab]

This is yet another stunning image Allan.

I agree with Steve.
In fact this version is my favourite of the two.

[Cantab]

Does this clock look alright; it was blown but I had the idea of borrowing the one above.

My initial reaction was that clock looked a little bit blown but when I looked at a larger version of the image, I think not. A great shot.

[arith]

great stuff Bruce.

[Polar01]

Bruce: thanks very much, I like the second image better. The first image was probably truer to how it really looked as far as the camera could record as it taken about 40 minutes after the sun had set. The second image is more how I saw it in my mind, more whimsical in nature.

Cheers:

Allan

[Ollokot]

Hi Folks, Great stuff on this thread.
Yours thoughts on this image would be most appreciated, I left the white balance as shot so as to keep the ambient light, I just don't know if the shot works, maybe too much darkness but I wanted to try and portray the light into the night,
Main shot at f/8, 62 seconds at iso 100, extra shots at faster shutter speeds so I could blend some detail back into the light.
Best Wishes, Pat

[arith]

It is an amazingly good photo of the light at the light house Pat; don't know if I prefer the pitch black to a hint of a horizon but certainly still one of my favourites so far.

[victor]

Re Long Exposure Timings at Night.

Could be well worth trying the following:

Set Iso to 6400

Select Aperture/Shutter Speed to give an exposure time in seconds.

Then set the Iso to 100 and convert the seconds to minutes. 1 second at iso 6400 = 1 minute at iso 100.

I also the Jiffy Exposure Calculator from this web site http://www.stacken.kth.se/%7Emaxz/files/jiffy.pdf which is simple and saves the old brain power !!

Hope this is useful.

Regards

David

[Ollokot]

Hi David,
I will certainly look into that,
Best Wishes, Pat

[Ollokot]

Hi Steve, Thank you for your comments, here is a shot of the same subject in Portrait orientation taken just after the landscape version,
Best Wishes, Pat

[Polar01]

Pat for me I like the landscape version better as there is a feel of the land falling away to the left and we can see a line of twin breakers on the beach. What I most like is how the light at the top of the lighthouse throught the glass is not blown out and that is hard to do. An excellent image.

Cheers:

Allan

[Cantab]

Pat, this photo is stunning. Like Allan, I prefer the landscape version.

I like the total blackness as that's what it can look light in reality, and it makes the lighthouse more dramatic. I noted two tiny spots of white, perhaps where the horizon was - lights on a distant shore?

Congratulations,
Bruce

[Ollokot]

Hi Bruce,
Thank you for your comments which are most appreciated. The two tiny spots of light are navigation buoys that flash at intervals, I am happy that you noticed them as I wanted to incorporate them in the frame. I have since done an edit to the shot to try and correct the skew that seems apparent in the top part of the lighthouse.
Best Wishes, Pat

[arith]

I think everybody is right here and landscape is the way to go. I think the light is remarkable but I like the wall and the couple of dots because I thought they could be bouys or something. I've never been in pitch black except in a darkroom so don't know what it is like, just remembering Lizard Point it was a full moon, so it don't count.

The original photo is great Pat.