Complete night photography?

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Hi, had a quick go at complete night photography tonigh after watching a youtube clip about it and well, beside failing with everything one thing i could work it is why all the blacks in the photo aswell as others parts look extreamly "noisey" even thouigh i shot at iso 100? Im very confused about that?

Also...how do you focus in the dark, i was looking over a lake and so, as i was guessing in the end, all OOF?

Thanks
Andy
 
gibbon said:
After some reading i think this might be to do with my shots being way under exposed (which they are),. is that right? If a shot is very underexposed would it be more noisey?

Thanks
Andy
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Yes :) shooting at night is always going to be tricky regarding exposure, if anything the dynamic range that you are trying to encompass in shots is even greater than in daylight. There is no way to get reasonable detail in darker areas without blowing the highlights. Always shoot a range of exposures then some Post Processing should get you some stunning images. It may be helpful to experiment with partly lit areas like street scenes to get started.
 
Thanks Ken, will give that some thought, and yes there wasnt any real light anywhere tonight and thick fog above, which was probably coverd by clouds! Sooooo i think my lcuk was definatly out tonigh, but was just surprised with the noise and started to think there was camera issues, but after reading it seems a tricky thing to do, but i suppose can be done with practise.

Ill keep trying! :)

Andy
 
Focus in the dark.. for far away subjects, manually. For close up ones, bring a flashlight.

The hyperfocal distance for your lents (google it for a calculator) is a good idea to have handy too.. I made an Excel sheet for calculating it for different lenses and for easy printing but can't find it now.. grr..
 
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