Questions tagged [night-photography]
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is this normal lens flare or is something wrong with the lens
I have a rf 35mm 1.8 lens on the r10. noticed some evident lens flares during night photography. the flare shape is kind of weird there's like an eye at the center.
Is this normal or is there ...
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Stack Drone Images like in Astro photography, but all with all RGB channels
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I am looking for a way, to do image preprocessing similar to astro photography, but with all RGB channels and without aligning and stacking in astro-software. I would like to do the ...
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Simple image alignment tool for noisy images
Is there an tool to automatically align hand-held images so that I can stack them?
Old Sony compact camera I have could take multiple short exposures and stack them using onboard processor to reduce ...
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Nikon always says subject too dark when taking night pics
I have a Nikon D3300 and am trying to take night sky pics. I watched a YouTube video of a guy using the exact camera and doing it. I set mine to manual and all the exact settings and have it on a ...
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What causes lens flare from stadium floodlights in my pictures?
When photographing a bright light source (stadium floodlights) a lens flare effect presents itself in the image (shot on an iPhone 13 pro). What causes this effect and how can I accomodate with the ...
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How can I take good photos of stars out of a cockpit window using the Samsung 21 ultra?
I am an airline pilot and as the winter is coming and we get nice clear nights I am seeing masses of stars out the flight deck windows. At night we have dim lighting in the flight deck and when I try ...
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What lens for Nikon night landscape / sky photography? [duplicate]
I wanted to take night sky / aurora photos. I have currently been using Nikon D5300 with 18-105mm f3.5-5.6 lens. However I have noticed that it needs either a bit too long to take photos at night or ...
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How can I use a Ricoh 35 FM film rangefinder to take photographs at night?
Recently I thrifted a cool little rangefinder camera: a Ricoh 35 FM. I am new to photography, and am planning on shooting in the night. However, the camera does not have as many settings to change as ...
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How can I take a good picture of the moon with a phone camera?
With my iPhone 8+, how do I take a picture of the moon without it looking like either a big white blurry blob or like I took a pic of a mirror with the flash on?
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How to shoot lightning bolts with Android Pixel 6 Pro?
Last night I saw lightning from my window, but I did not manage to get a good shot of any, even with the "Long exposure" and "Night sight" modes.
I only have an Android Pixel 6 Pro,...
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Stars at night without long shutter speed lines
I've seen breathtaking milky way photos that have no trail/streaks which of course I always get when shooting my DSLR at 30 seconds or longer - I can't find a clear answer that doesn't include using ...
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How can I improve my photo of a night city landscape with a starry sky?
I like taking city photographs, like monuments or squares, with a starry sky. Since the square/monument is usually well illuminated, I take advantage of HDR with a short exposure for the illuminated ...
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Motorsport at night requirements
I am looking at attending a Motorsport event held at night time under lights and I would like to know if the gear I will be using would be suitable or if I would need to raise the ISO too much to get ...
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Is there a way to get rid of this glowing effect?
I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of the glow around the tree in the bottom right.
I've gotten as far as thinking it's some form of luminosity due to reflections at ground level (this is in my ...
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Mirrorless cameras and Night photography
I am planning to buy Sony A7 mirrorless camera but there are 2 points where I need more clarity:
Are Mirrorless cameras less efficient in low light specially Sony mirrorless cameras. I read somewhere ...
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Need some help with astro photography
I'm just getting into photography and I'm interested in landscape, astro and macro photography.
Because of the comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), I tried to make some pictures during the night, but I think ...
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Capturing the Comet
I’m trying to get a picture of the Neowise comet.
I have a Cannon DSLR and a 300mm lens, along with the 50mm, and a tripod
Can someone please tell me the settings that are best?
Last night, my best ...
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What camera features do I need to take a clear picture of NEOWISE?
My current digital camera is a Nikon Coolpix L110. Several years ago, I took pictures of a lunar eclipse. The pictures weren't what I wanted. The moon was a featureless white disk with and there was a ...
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Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM for night landscapes and possible astrophotography
Does anyone have any experience with the Canon 10-18 used specifically for night landscapes or for doubling in Astro photography? I already understand it is a slow lens, and obviously not the first ...
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Decrease luminance of particular during long exposure
I am trying to shoot a building (the space needle) during night time With a shutter speed of 30s.
The red light emitted by surrounding buildings has high luminance.
How do I decrease the luminance ...
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Why do the stars look so blurry? How can I improve the focus?
For some reasons I do not understand the stars look very blurry in this photo:
Here is the photo details
I have tried different exposure times such as 10" or 8", but the outcome is still the same.
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Capturing aerial night photos during plane takeoff
asking for CCs please. Raw picture and edited one using Lightroom. Fujifilm XT-100, 15-45 mm, 15mm, f/3.5, 1/125, 6400. Took it while takeoff. I only got 1/125 shutter speed to capture as much trade-...
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Solve unwanted white "waves" and "Pacman squares" in low-light picture - post using Google Photos
After op commented that my picture is super under-exposed, I tried post using Google Photos. But when I increased the exposure, I saw some unwanted white "waves" or rows in the photo. The edges of ...
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How do I take a photo so the moon doesn't have bright "rays"?
Any advice on how to remove moon "rays"? (Looking to learn how to take a photo without them, not remove them in post)
Artistic opinion - is it too underexposed?
The picture was shot at shutter speed ...
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What should I look for in a camera for Night Sky Photography?
I am a beginner and planning to buy a mirror less camera for Night Sky Photography.
Here are some questions I have while considering what camera to buy. My max budget for body only is around $1000.
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When zoomed in, I see red, blue and white pixels. What is the cause of this? [duplicate]
I was experimenting with the bulb mode of my Canon EOS 600D camera. I realised, in the image there were these red, blue and white pixels that are also seen in the screenshot. What is the reason that I ...
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Difference in light between new moon night and adjacent nights
I want to photograph bioluminescence in a remote area without light pollution. A dark sky is key.
The only light would be from the moon and the stars, so I'm aiming for the next new moon (fortunately ...
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How to click night view photos from mobile phone?
I find it difficult to click a photo of a hill-station from its height at night, because its lights are not captured well and also gets blurred if zoom. So how to click in mobile?
I want the photo ...
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Which programs can be used for landscape night photography stacking on a Mac?
I am interested in landscape night photography and would like to avoid star trails. The research I did so far suggests that I should use image stacking to accomplish this but I am having some trouble ...
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Star photography noise
I am using the BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Camera (original) to play around with capturing images of the night sky.
So this is a Super16 2.1MP sensor with a 135mm cinema lens at T2.2 capturing 12-bit ...
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How to precisely time tag DSLR shot?
I want to know the exact UTC time of the moment of the shutter button pushed. A precision of milliseconds order would be ideal, but anything better than 1sec is acceptable.
The photo properties ...
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Looking for advice for choosing a DSLR for landscape/night photography [duplicate]
After several years of using my Canon Rebel T3 on and off, I've decided to upgrade my camera and start actually learning photography. My main interests are in landscapes and night/astrophotography. I'...
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In an image with camera shake and a point light source, can the shape of the point light source be used to practically reduce the shake significantly?
Often said "you could compute out the camera shake if you knew the blur function"...
One area frequently plagued by shake: Night photography.
One thing frequently found in night photography: Stars ...
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Are there add-on lens accessories which collect additional light, as a parabolic microphone can be used to gather more sound?
I recently imagined a useful accessory.
Suppose you need an fast shutter and low ISO photo, but your APS-C camera doesn't help much, nor does your telephoto lens with very small aperture, in the ...
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I was just approached to do nightclub photography, I've never done it before and I want to know what I need to pull it off
So I was taking photos downtown and an event manager for a local nightclub approached me. He wants me to shoot for his event at the local club on Friday. I said yes.
But I know I need to modify my ...
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Exposure in Astrophotography [closed]
So, when taking a photo of the stars, I've generally taken photos at about ISO 3200, 20 seconds, f/3.5. I subsequently stack about 5 of them to get rid of the noise, which seems to work relatively ...
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Will my finepix s8600 be enough for the milky way
I'm planning on buying a DSLR soon but impatience got me I decided to take my moms 4 year old bridge camera and give a shot, I took pictures in a mildly light polluted area, and it seemed to have ...
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Is it picture noise or did I captured the stars of our galaxy?
I captured this image of empty sky using my phone in the direction of orion constellation and applied some filters using an app. Can anyone explain what is this?
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Will using a hotshoe flash with camera give me clearer/cleaner picture results?
I know there are a lot of cameras out there that take awesome night pictures. But whenever I'm on a wedding and we are taking picture in the dark outside, using only the camera's pop-up flash the ...
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Night portrait with noiseless in focus background [duplicate]
We know to take a noiseless night landscape/cityscape, we need use a tripod and set a low ISO. For example in a scene I use ISO 100, aperture f/8.0 and exposure time 30 seconds, I get a night ...
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How to edit my RAW photo to make the stars come out more?
I've been taken night photography photos with my Sony A6000 in RAW+JPEG. There should be a lot more potential in RAW, but I can't make it look as visually pleasing as the JPEG. In particular, the ...
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Photographing baby turtles/turtles at night
Is anyone able to give suggestions on what camera settings would be suitable for night photography of baby turtles? I'm currently using a Canon 1300D with a Tamron 16-300mm lens.
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NIght Photography while at sea
My son is in the US Navy. He wants me to figure out which compact camera would allow him to take pictures at night while at sea of the stars, and bio-luminescence. Unfortunately, while he can use a ...
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Should we zoom or not zoom while taking night sky photo [closed]
I was trying to capture Northern lights during my recent trip to Iceland, although i couldn't capture them well but i was left wondering if i should zoom towards night sky while clicking photos or not ...
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Websites or advice for Northern Lights Photography (super beginner here) [duplicate]
I am brand new to the DSLR scene; I just purchased a Nikon d3400. I'm going to Alaska next month to hopefully catch my first glimpse of the Northern Lights. I understand that the d3400 may not be the ...
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How would one get a moon shot like this?
Here is the shot, taken off Reddit:
As you see, the moon has a perfectly exposed shadow (you can see the details in the unlit side of it) which I want to achieve. I understand you want to have a ...
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How can I process a highly underexposed image to bring out detail in the shadows without making neon lights too bright?
I was traveling recently and had a little time at a pier late in the night. The surrounding skyline was spectacular and I clicked the scene highly underexposed. Any ideas on how I can process this? If ...
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How to get correct color balance for night shots?
I was trying to get a shot of a red moon, but the color was coming out wrong obviously due to a white balance problem.
Adjusting the white balance after the fact was not an option because I would ...
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How can I make my night photographs portray the sensation of vision trailing off into the darkness?
I am a newbie amateur photographer. I enjoy walking at night in a wood and take pictures.
It is not hard with a modern digital camera (I have a Nikon d3100) to show whatever is needed by taking ...
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How do I remove these purple color casts in RAWs of a really dark scene?
I'm photographing a really dark scene with my iPhone 7 Plus in RAW, and exporting it to JPEG in Lightroom 5:
Notice the purple cast throughout, especially in the corners. The in-camera JPEG doesn't ...
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