1st attempt at night time shots

[Sillybilly]

The good thing about finding this forum for me personally is its giving me my interest in photography again and moving my backside off the couch away from the tv.

So tonight I decided to take the daughter out to take some night time shots as she is into photography as well.

She keeps nagging me to take her out as she can't drive.

Here are the best of the 22 pictures taken.

c&c welcome

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3. Same bridge as No2 but different position.

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[vmlopes]

Get the camera into manual mode not the auto programmes as you will have more control, and suggest you use a tripod as they all look soft, which I suspect is camera shake.........

 

[chris250]

not a bad first attempt, but as above, you really need a tripod and some way of triggering it without touching it, be it using the self timer or remote release

 

[Cyb]

Tripod - a must for the serious night shot enthusiast.
Whilst you don’t need the expensive makes I would go the best you can afford.
You would also find a cable shutter release very useful especially one where you can lock the shutter if need be for some seriously long exposures.

I see you have a S9500 not a bad bridge camera for taking night pictures,
I have the s9600 as a back up which I quite enjoy using.

HTH
Cyb

 

[Rada]

There should be a 'night scenery' mode in your cam as well as the 'landscape' mode that you used. The auto modes are often surprisingly good, I find. No beating a good, solid tripod if you are serious, but you definitely need to support against cam shake - try a mini-tripod on the ground or place the cam on something solid like a bench or that railing in the pic.

 

[Sillybilly]

Thanks all for the comments, will take them on board.

 

[awp]

You need to get out earlier - most night time architectural shots look better if you can see the outline of the building against a deep blue sky.