tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware

I'm an arachne-FREAK, and would LOVE that spider pic blown up and on a wall!

Fab shots, one and all... something to aspire to, for sure!

I actually attempted my first, non-Christmas light, low-light shots the other night but it was windier than I thought and below 32 degrees as well... so there was slight camera shake that blurred them a bit too much to salvage.
I intend to go back very soon because the composition(s) were pretty nice, (if I DO say so myself!) and will share the results here in your thread as a "thank you" for sharing your work. :)

ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida

Anything you do is perfection and love you for your dedication

Ian
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dhelix33 Loc: Live in Raleigh, NC - Grew up in Teaneck, NJ

Thank you for all the kind comments - I am humbled. Look forward to seeing your low-light images soon.

Greg

dhelix33 Loc: Live in Raleigh, NC - Grew up in Teaneck, NJ

Would like to know the capture data of images posted (will share mine below in this message). I would also like to see if you are using a tripod, or if some of your images are hand held.

Prior to getting my Nikon D700 FX I rarely shot low light hand held - because the higher ISO setting produced too much graininess in an image for me. I preferred to shoot with a tripod with longer exposure and low ISO using my former D40 and D5000, as well as my current D3100 and D5100 DX cameras.

The full frame sensor in the D700 has taken me to another level with low light imaging - especially events. I have attached a hand held event image captured with my D700...

'spider'
Camera Nikon D5100
Lens Sigma 50-200mm OS
Exposure Mode Manual
Exposure 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 200mm
ISO 200
Flash Fired, Return detected
Single 14-bit RAW format image
Hand held, Cropped, Tonemap with Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3 (Windows)

'lake erie'
Camera Nikon D5100

Lens Tamron 10-24mm

Exposure Mode manual
Exposure 30 seconds

Aperture f/4.5

Focal Length 10mm

ISO 100

Single 14-bit RAW Image

Tripod, Tonemap with Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3 (Windows)

'sunset blvd.'
Device: Nikon D5000
Lens: Tamron 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5G
Exposure Mode: Manual
Focal Length: 20mm
Aperture: f/29
Shutter Speed: 3 seconds
ISO: 200
Single 14-bit RAW Image

Tripod, Tonemap with Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3 (Windows)

'los angeles - from the hollywood hills'
Camera Nikon D5000
Lens Tamron 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5G
Exposure Mode Manual
Aperture f/4.5
Shutter Speed 3 Sec.
ISO 200
Single 14-bit RAW image

Tripod, Tonemap with Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3 (Windows)

'cleveland - from the flats'
Camera Nikon D700
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8
Exposure Mode Manual
Exposure 6 seconds
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 52mm
ISO 100
Single 14-bit RAW image
Tripod, Tonemap with Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3 (Windows)

'manhattan (white balance altered)'
Camera Nikon D40
Nikkor 18-55mm
Exposure Mode Manual
Exposure 1/30 sec
White Balance - Incandescent
Aperture f/8
Focal Length 24mm
ISO Speed 2200
Hand held, Tonemap with Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3 (Windows)

'los angeles basin from griffith observatory'
Camera Nikon D5000
Lens Tamron 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5G
Exposure Mode Manual
Exposure 1/15 second

Aperture f/8.0

Focal Length 10mm

ISO 3200
Single 14-bit RAW image

Tripod, Tonemap with Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3 (Windows)

'cary, nc dance recital'
Camera Nikon D700
Lens Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 VRII
Exposure Mode Manual
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 52mm
ISO Speed 2200
Hand held, Black & White post-processing Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Macintosh)

cary, nc dance recital

ddrum Loc: San Diego

Nice! I haven't tried the Midway at night yet. Looks good.

dhelix33 Loc: Live in Raleigh, NC - Grew up in Teaneck, NJ

The guitar image is most excellent - alternative light writing by using a flashlight is very creative thought. BRAVO!!

glen123 Loc: Tacoma Wa

Thank you! All shots were made with canon 50 D The first two with 24-70 canon 2.8 the last one with a 70-200 canon 2.8 both non is and yes with a tripod ISO 100 on the guitar and the moon shot . 200 on the other. all manual. Oh the last shot was for 5 seconds f8 200 mm. I can't tell you enough how much I like your spider shot!

CumminsCaptures Loc: Monahans, TX

Here are a few of mine

San Antonio Riverwalk New Year's Eve


Another of the Riverwalk


St. Joseph's Catholic Church in San Antonio

dhelix33 Loc: Live in Raleigh, NC - Grew up in Teaneck, NJ

Thanks for sharing!

What equipment do you use? What settings? Were all taken hand held?

Vic. Loc: Ohio

Couple of mine. I kow one of the Captial isn,t level but didn't notice until checked the picture.

New Bridge on Ohio River


Ark. State Capital

jkm757 Loc: San Diego, Ca.

Thanks ddrum. It's a little underexposed. I really need to shoot it again and leave the shutter open a fraction longer.

skyray60 Loc: Tacoma, Washington

glen123: I too a similar shot from Fircrest on 10 december during the eclipse. Like your shot of the city; were you near stanly & seaforts? The large building next to the moon looks like the Hospital (St Joe's)

skyray60 Loc: Tacoma, Washington

glen123: I too a similar shot from Fircrest on 10 december during the eclipse. Like your shot of the city; were you near stanly & seaforts? The large building next to the moon looks like the Hospital (St Joe's)

CumminsCaptures Loc: Monahans, TX

[quote=dhelix33]Thanks for sharing!

What equipment do you use? What settings? Were all taken hand held?

I use a Nikon D3000. I'm still learning and I did all of them hand held.

Light post & trees
Exposure time 1/60 sec
ISO Speed ISO-200
Focal length 42 mm
Apeture 4.8


Bridge
Exposure time 1/8 sec
ISO Speed ISO-1600
Focal length 45 mm
Apeture 4.8

Church
Exposure time 1/20 sec.
ISO Speed ISO-1600
Focal length 40 mm
Apeture 4.8

dhelix33 Loc: Live in Raleigh, NC - Grew up in Teaneck, NJ

Your D3000 is a superb device - keep taking pictures to hone the skill - hand held low-light captures can be a challenge...

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