First Night Shot Brisbane City lights

[Striker]

Been wanting to do some night shots for a while.

Here's my first attempt.

Brisbane City from Kangaroo Point cliffs.

I tried imaging in HDR but come out grainy as hell....maybe my ISO was too high....need help with HDR at night.

This image was Taken with
Canon 40D
Canon 10-22mm
ISO 800
50 second exposure
F22

[RB]

That's truned out beautifully Tony, lovely colours.

[Striker]

Thanks Andrew...fairly happy with it.

Is ISO 800 too high for 50 second exposures night shots.....I am trying to work out why my HDR images are so noisy.

[Dennis]

Very nice Tony - the view really has atmosphere! Well done.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

very pretty tony!!!

[Matty P]

Great image Tony, I love the colours. :)

:thumbsup:

[firstlight]

Very nice, Tony. Well composed.

[Robert_T]

Nice tony, it's got a look of HDR about it:)

probably was the ISO, 800 is pretty high to start with and HDR adds noise.

cheers,

[RB]

I have used exposures up to 120 min in my HDR city photos Tony, check out these: HDR City shots (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=33750&highlight=luna+park)

I would recommend you open up the lens a little though, I used f/8 or there abouts and also a much lower 200 ISO.
Experiment with these ball park figures and see how you go.

:)

[Striker]

Thanks Dennis, Dave, Tony, Matty and Robert.



You mean 120 seconds dont you.

Thanks for the tips Andrew

[iceman]

Nice work Tony. Try some darks and flats to get rid of that noise ;)

[RB]

Yep sorry Tony, I meant 120 sec.

LOL Mike.

[vindictive666]

niiiice one Tony


if you dont stop i may have to sneak around and steal your camera :)


LOL

regards john


:) :D :P ;) :lol: :eyepop: :thumbsup: :rofl:

[Striker]

Funny Mike...dont start on me otherwise I will mention something about your swamp shots recently posted.....lol



Your welcome John then I can get my new 5D through my insurance.

[Octane]

Tony,

Gorgeous shot. :)

Regards,
Humayun

[AlexN]

A great couple of shots indeed...

From almost the same spot I took this image, settings were F/8 ISO800 30sec..

At the time I didnt have a remote shutter cable, and hence was limited to 30sec exposures. with a cable I would have done 1 min exposures at ISO400 or perhaps longer at ISO200...