Helpful Posts: I've been shooting lately with my Nikon P330 compact. While the camera has some issues--struggling with focus and flare in artificial/low light, painfully slow processing, etc, the 1.7 sensor with 1.8 lens is capable of some fine imagery. While it does ok on standard JPG, it is great on macro and pretty darn good on RAW. This shot was taken about midnight last week during the cold snap. It has had quite a bit of PP applied, but the sharpness is pretty good.
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15th January 2014, 04:22 AM #1
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Night Shooting on a smaller sensor
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15th January 2014, 09:59 AM #2
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Re: Night Shooting on a smaller sensor
Dave, this is a nice shot with a lot of potentials. One thing the main scenario is right smack in the middle of the frame. Maybe you should lose a little bit on the left side? Then crop a little bit of the foreground to follow the rules of third? Then see if you like it.
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15th January 2014, 10:16 AM #3
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Re: Night Shooting on a smaller sensor
Very nice.
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15th January 2014, 08:41 PM #4
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Re: Night Shooting on a smaller sensor
I think you are right that I could lose some foreground, but I wouldn't want to crowd the barge by cutting off on the left.
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15th January 2014, 11:19 PM #5
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Re: Night Shooting on a smaller sensor
Hi, Dave. Very nice image. It shows compact cameras can do a good job! I would also crop a bit of the left size, just to remove that blue glow (until the first pine). I would not care for the rule of thirds here, though. Usually, IMHO, mirrored/reflected images dont need to strictly follow that rule. I think you might try cropping a bit of the upper and bottom parts (in the same proportion, just to turn the square ratio (1:1) into something wider, like 4:3 or 16:9. Just my opinion.
Nice job!
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17th January 2014, 04:00 AM #6
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Re: Night Shooting on a smaller sensor
New crop based on comments. I like it better this way.
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17th January 2014, 01:07 PM #7
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Re: Night Shooting on a smaller sensor
A pleasing scene with lots to explore Dave. For an image taken at midnight, it looks a lot like an afternoon shot. Was there a lot of ambient light available?
Originally Posted by Lectrolink
New crop based on comments. I like it better this way.
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17th January 2014, 10:48 PM #8
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Re: Night Shooting on a smaller sensor
This is in Connecticut, about 50 miles out from Manhattan. That light in the distance is NYC metro lights. Don't forget, however, that I added a good deal of light in PP.
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17th January 2014, 11:07 PM #9
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Re: Night Shooting on a smaller sensor
...I'm glad you did, Dave. And I am impressed by the P330. It is very good for a small sensor! Originally Posted by Lectrolink
Thanks for sharing.
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