First Night Shot Brisbane City lights

[Striker (Tony)]

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 (Andrew)]

That's truned out beautifully Tony, lovely colours.

[Striker (Tony)]

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 (David)]

very pretty tony!!!

[Matty P (Matt)]

Great image Tony, I love the colours.

[firstlight (Tony)]

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 (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by 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.

I have used exposures up to 120 min in my HDR city photos Tony, check out these: HDR City shots

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 (Tony)]

Thanks Dennis, Dave, Tony, Matty and Robert.

I have used exposures up to 120 min in my HDR city photos

You mean 120 seconds dont you.

Thanks for the tips Andrew

[iceman (Mike)]

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

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Striker

You mean 120 seconds dont you.

Thanks for the tips Andrew

Yep sorry Tony, I meant 120 sec.

LOL Mike.

[vindictive666 (John)]

niiiice one Tony


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


LOL

regards john

[Striker (Tony)]

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

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

vindictive666 niiiice one Tony


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


LOL

regards john

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

[Octane (Humayun)]

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...