Night Photography around the Bays

[jungle_sg]

Some of the night shots I took around Marina Bays of city skylights and I Light Marina Bays exhibits. Please comment good or bad, thanks.

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Pic 5

 

[jungle_sg]

Pic 6

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Pic 8

 

[ngck12]

The horizons are tilted, white balance totally off, maybe it will turn out better if you convert them to BnW, and i believe your noise level is too high. Digital blending and HDR may bring out more details.

 

[mccm33]

Maybe he likes the warm colour ,exposure -1.3

 

[jungle_sg]

i was playing with the white balance the whole nite, end up chosing the warmer balance, did not use Auto WB the whole nite. I do not understand why you mentioned noise level too high, I used ISO 100 throughout the whole nite but all the shots are pretty long exposure due to small aperture used.

which pic horizons are tilted?

Yes, HDR will bring out a nicer balance but no time to do that due to rush for time, maybe next time

Thanks for your comment

The horizons are tilted, white balance totally off, maybe it will turn out better if you convert them to BnW, and i believe your noise level is too high. Digital blending and HDR may bring out more details.

 

[ngck12]

In my eyes 1, 5, 6, 8 are tilted. some by just 3-5 degrees, and noise may be due to long exposure due to heated sensor especially no. 1(anyone can confirm this?)

I'll just shoot more and talk less. Cheers

 

[jungle_sg]

i do check the verticality and i do not use the horizon cos of the angle of the shot the coast line may not be straight, so i always check on the building line instead, all except 6 which is slightly tilted but no as much as 3-5 degree as u stated, using Photoscape which is useful, when I frame the shot I normally use the guide lines in my camera against the straight edge of the building in the middle of the shot

In my eyes 1, 5, 6, 8 are tilted. some by just 3-5 degrees, and noise may be due to long exposure due to heated sensor especially no. 1(anyone can confirm this?)

I'll just shoot more and talk less. Cheers

 

[mccm33]

Your style of shooting i merely you to use a shift lens,don't take night shot when there's no moon light.
Cheers

 

[jungle_sg]

tks for the comment, will try to shoot during full moon next time

Your style of shooting i merely you to use a shift lens,don't take night shot when there's no moon light.
Cheers

 

[Ahtim78]

In my eyes 1, 5, 6, 8 are tilted. some by just 3-5 degrees, and noise may be due to long exposure due to heated sensor especially no. 1(anyone can confirm this?)

I'll just shoot more and talk less. Cheers

Yes, Pic 1 is noisy. The fact is that it will create noise when u use long exposure like 8 secs, 10secs onwards.. etc

For Nikon, there is a function where i can switch on "low noise, long exposure".

 

[jungle_sg]

becuase i was using the smallest aperture, i need much longer exposure time, will try to balance this next time, if i am not mistaken, i have set the noise reduction to the max

Yes, Pic 1 is noisy. The fact is that it will create noise when u use long exposure like 8 secs, 10secs onwards.. etc

For Nikon, there is a function where i can switch on "low noise, long exposure".

 

[spongebob601]

hmm... you shouldn't set the aperature too low... pictures will start to smoothen instead of the supposed more sharp and crisp pics because of diffraction... think don't set it below f/16, that should help reduce the need for long exposure time?

 

[jungle_sg]

yes, lesson learn, trial and error la

hmm... you shouldn't set the aperature too low... pictures will start to smoothen instead of the supposed more sharp and crisp pics because of diffraction... think don't set it below f/16, that should help reduce the need for long exposure time?