While on holidays - Spanish Night 3

[nicolas claris]

Following http://www.openphotographyforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9578 and Michael Fontana suggestion…

With the fool Moon as a softbox…
1Ds3 - 24-70 @ 28 mm - ISO 1600 - ƒ5.6 - 11:11 PM - August 6, 2009

 

[nicolas claris]

A liitle earlier…

With the fool Moon as a softbox…
1Ds3 - 24-70 @ 24 mm - ISO 1600 - ƒ5.6 - 10:16 PM - August 6, 2009

 

[nicolas claris]

Counter field…
With the fool MoonS as a hardbox… or fooled moons…

1Ds3 - 24-70 @ 46 mm - ISO 1600 - ƒ5.6 - 11:01 PM - August 6, 2009

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Hi Nicolas,

I like them a lot but I have a question about the 3rd one. Did you locally adjust the saturation of the yellow/orange area of the village atop the cliff? I think that the saturation seems to much to my taste and the luminousity can be reduced just a little bit. Also, I see some reddish blotch underneath that area but it might be a lens flare. Lastly, why did you shoot @ ISO 1600? Did you not have a tripod available? Just curious...

Thanks for sharing

Cheers,

 

[nicolas claris]

Hi Cem
Thanks for stopping by and comments…

Hi Nicolas,

I like them a lot but I have a question about the 3rd one. Did you locally adjust the saturation of the yellow/orange area of the village atop the cliff? I think that the saturation seems to much to my taste and the luminousity can be reduced just a little bit.

No, no local saturation, but I agree with you, could be deemed and desaturated a little bit…
This is edited on my laptop, and the viewing is much less accurate than my 30" Spectraview work station ;-)

Also, I see some reddish blotch underneath that area but it might be a lens flare.

These are ( as well the one on the sea down below) reflection from the house lighting, I kept them as I like this kind of unattended effect… just like on clouds and sky around the moon(s)…

Lastly, why did you shoot @ ISO 1600? Did you not have a tripod available? Just curious..,

Some of the shot (yes it is 8 blended pics) are 30" long, so yes I had a tripod!
I tried lesser ISO (of course!), but had to expose longer a,d got much more noisy pics I'll have to revisit my edit of those, just in case I missed something ;-)

This last shot (the 3rd one, have been quite tricky, just like shooting facing zillions watts light…)

Thanks againg for your insight!

 

[nicolas claris]

Lastly, why did you shoot @ ISO 1600? Did you not have a tripod available? Just curious..,

Also do not forget that all these pics have been shot at NIGHT!

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Also do not forget that all these pics have been shot at NIGHT!

Yes, of course . I understand the need to set the ISO to 1600 since you have been bracketing for up to 8 frames. Otherwise the overexposed frames may take longer than the 30 seconds exposure limit which is applicable when shooting in aperture priority Av mode. If you use the bulb mode, you can expose longer but then you have to calculate how long long you should expose for yourself ;-).

Cheers,

 

[nicolas claris]

Yes, of course If you use the bulb mode, you can expose longer but then you have to calculate how long long you should expose for yourself ;-).

Cheers,

Done that! not difficult, but I found (as previously wrote) that the files were too noisy… will revisit them though…