How to improve this picture
Jul 3, 2017 16:41:16 #
Post Processing?
B8ssist wrote:
I was wondering how I can improve on my night shots like this one. I am using a Nikon D3400 with the 18-55 lense. Any suggestions?
Jul 3, 2017 17:11:50 #
Bobspez wrote:
Post Processing?
There is still nothing in focus
Jul 3, 2017 17:18:07 #
AlfredU
Loc: Mooresville, NC
I suspect it is camera shake rather than focus error. But you are correct, nothing is sharp. I think we learned earlier that the photographer didn't use a tripod. Camera shake. That's why God made tripods.
Jul 3, 2017 17:31:29 #
It's hard to tell without seeing the original full size pic to download so we can see the exif data to tell us the iso, shutter speed, and aperture, but he may have focused on the tree rather than the street. There might be limited depth of field due to a wide open aperture. This may have been improved as a time exposure with an aperture of f8 or higher, with a tripod. The shutter speed may have been too low to hold the camera steady. I've done OK handheld down to 1/30 sec, but not lower.
AlfredU wrote:
I suspect it is camera shake rather than focus error. But you are correct, nothing is sharp. I think we learned earlier that the photographer didn't use a tripod. Camera shake. That's why God made tripods.
Jul 3, 2017 18:06:12 #
AlfredU
Loc: Mooresville, NC
Bobspez wrote:
It's hard to tell without seeing the original full size pic to download so we can see the exif data to tell us the iso, shutter speed, and aperture, but he may have focused on the tree rather than the street. There might be limited depth of field due to a wide open aperture. This may have been improved as a time exposure with an aperture of f8 or higher, with a tripod. The shutter speed may have been too low to hold the camera steady. I've done OK handheld down to 1/30 sec, but not lower.
My point exactly. Thank you.
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