Questions tagged [night]
Night is the period of time between the sunset and the sunrise when the Sun is below the horizon. This occurs after dusk. The start and end times of a night vary based on factors such as season, latitude, longitude and timezone. Night is also the period when astrophotography can take place, recording images of astronomical objects and large areas of the night sky.
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How do you photograph a lunar eclipse?
Tonight is the night of a lunar eclipse, and I'm curious, what kinds of tips do you guys have for photographing one? I'd like solutions for both consumer-grade equipment, as well as DSLRs, so that ...
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How do I capture the milky way?
Can the milky way actually be photographed like this? I know the image is manipulated, and is probably a composite, but how do you capture such contrast in the milky way? Is an equitorially mounted ...
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What tips and advice do you have for photographing the Aurora Borealis?
A friend has been kind enough to lend me a DSLR for a few months. It's my first foray into DSLR photography, or indeed any kind of photography beyond simply aiming my Canon IXUS at something and ...
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How to take great night shots with a subject in the foreground and a cityscape behind?
I have Canon Rebel XS (EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Autofocus Lens). I have been trying to take decent night photographs for a while. But it seems to take a lot of effort. Can we take good night shots ...
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How do I get good colors when taking pictures in the city at night?
I'm very interested in doing night time shootings.
I'm using Canon 5d3 with 85mm at f/1.2, and at iso 2000 I'm able to get exposure times around 1/150s-1/200s.
However, the lighting in my city ...
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What are the reasons for not taking super long exposures (hours) in astrophotography?
I am doing some research to get into astrophotography.
Most of tutorials recommend taking multiple exposures and then stacking them.
That makes me wonder: provided that the camera is on a tracking ...
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How do the stars in this photo appear without star trails even at a long shutter speed?
I found an image of the night sky taken by James Sainty at http://500px.com/photo/11615131.
It has the following EXIF metadata:
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How do you make a shot look like it was taken at night?
Okay, so I was watching a movie recently, and there was a night scene. The whole valley could be seen in light, and there were some stars as well, and the actors could be seen, but it just looked like ...
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Can you photograph the milky way with a full moon out?
Is it possible to photograph the milky way (or just any stars or stellar objects) when a full moon is out?
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Is it possible to make a single still photo from a video?
The idea comes from the fact that in astronomy (amatorial), it's common to take videos from a telescope with a webcam and convert them into a single, less noisy picture.
The principle is that of ...
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How do I get started with 'painting with light' photography?
Tunnels being naturally dark may not be the most intuitive choice for a place to take pictures. But I love the 'painting with light' work that artists such as 'Twin Cities Brightest' are putting out ...
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What sort of adjustments should be applied to bring out the colors in this photograph of the aurora?
I recently had the opportunity to photograph the Aurora Borealis and while a limited number of my photographs where quite striking with almost no adjustments, a lot of them look like the following:
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Is this a reflection in my photo?
I can't quite figure out what exactly is appearing in my photo. I was thinking it could be a reflection but I really don't know. This is the full size image, then a crop at 100%. No Photoshop has ...
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How can I take a photo of a dark bar with a bright sign?
I took an image of a dark bar with a bright sign at night using auto mode:
ISO 1250 | 1/60s | f/2
What I actually wanted is to be able to read the sign in the background. On this image it is ...
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How do I take a portrait at night with detail in the background instead of just blackness?
I was trying to make a photo of my girlfriend around 9 pm with a D7000, Sigma 24-70 2.8, and SB-900. She was in the center of the frame, taking up about 20% of the frame. About 40% was taken up by ...
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Why did my nighttime shots of the moon create trailing spheres?
I used a tripod and remote shutter release. ISO:1600, F/3.5, Exp 46". I expected the flare and halo, but the ghosted spheres surprised me. Can you tell me what caused this and how to adjusting my ...
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Why aren't my night shots sharp even when I shot at ISO 100 on a tripod?
I recently purchased a tripod because I really want to do some night photography. I have tried practicing with street lamps, moon shots etc with my Canon 550D and 70-200 f/4L and most of them are shot ...
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What settings for Dirt track night time pictures
So I just started taking pictures at a dirt track and having problems with getting them crystal clear at night races. I'm using a Nikon D-90 with a tamron 70-300 lens. I have my ISO on 2500 and ...
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Why are red lights in night / city scenes coming out as big red blobs?
I've noticed that in a lot of my night shots of cityscapes, red lights (e.g. neon signs on buildings, etc.) tend to come out as big red blobs:
The above was taken with my Canon 500D.
What can I do ...
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Why are my night photographs always blurry?
I was shooting the lighting of the city that is visible at the top of the trees if you shoot landscape.
No matter what I do, the image is blurry. What have i done:
ISO 100
Manual focus towards ...
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How to stop a high F number from appearing blurry?
I have been out taking some evening photos (just after sunset) and I have noticed that in a number of instances the higher f numbers ( 14+ ) are appearing more blurred than the lower f numbers ( < ...
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How sharp of an image should I expect at night?
I'm a beginner with my first camera (sony nex6 mirrorless). I was trying my first few night shots Using the kit lens but I wasn't able to find a way to take sharp images. I've done the following:
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What settings should I use to photograph aurora borealis with a wide angle f/4 lens?
I've tried my first night photography of the stars last week. Most articles I've seen were recommending a fast lens, fully opened, @ ISO 800 and about 20 - 30s exposure, etc. Unfortunately, my only "...
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For night photography with lots of unexposed areas, should I go with high iso and low exposure, or low iso and high exposure?
I have been doing so much research on iso, and for awhile I've been going with the theory that low iso= less noise, so I've been shooting at iso 100 and then adjusting my flashlights and increasing ...
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What settings should I be using to shoot "Supermoon"?
This weekend is a "Supermoon" (the largest full moon of the year, in perigee, the closest to Earth). Would someone please advise how I could make the most out of my Canon PowerShot to photograph this ...
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How to photograph fireflies?
We have a lot of fireflies (lightning bugs) in our back yard right now. I would like to photograph them, but previous attempts have not turned out well. With different exposures, it ends up either ...
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Why is it that when the green channel clips, it turns into blue?
I was taking photos of snow sculptures at night, and I noticed something strange on my Olympus O-MD E-M10 Mark II.
This green lit sculpture
when the green channel gets blown, turns blue
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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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How to capture details of the moon?
I just purchased a D5100 and I am slowly learning the basics. I mostly shoot landscape/scenery shots.
I have been trying to capture the full moon unsuccessfully. It looks focused in the ...
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What times and settings should I use for taking pictures of stars at night and falling stars?
The season of the falling stars started and I want to try to achieve some picture of stars and falling one too.
I see a lot of picture with a immense number of stars but they are still. Now I'm ...
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Why do my photos show blocky gradients, even in RAW?
I am learning to use my new DSLR, a Sony a57 with 18-55mm kit lens. I was shooting last night at sundown, and after exporting the RAW images to Lightroom, was surprised to see the gradient as showing ...
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How can I reduce the effect of sodium vapor street lights in night photography?
I would like to light buildings at night using torches etc. How do I reduce the sodium light (street light ) that is cast on it. Can I reduce it with a filter and if so which one?
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Night photography of fish in a stream
Yes, that's right. A friend has asked me to go "spot-lighting" with him, to photography some of the fauna in a local stream. Not too hard during the day, but most of them don't come out until night.
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How can I improve shots in the dark, when tripod or flash are not available?
About once a year, at my school we have this event called "Humans versus Zombies", whereby there are these "missons" that occur in the dark at night. I've been trying to capture what goes on there:
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How to get "rays" in night photos?
In this night picture, the lamp has characteristic "rays".
How is it possible to get similar effect? Is it related to aperture, or shutter speed, or lens type?
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How can I find infinity focus on a kit lens with no markers?
I have a kit lens which has no markers. What would be a recommended way to find infinity focus on this lens?
I plan to shoot objects at night -- not necessarily stars or the moon. So, adjusting the ...
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How can I get correct focus on the moon or stars with my DSLR? [duplicate]
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How to nail focus for DSLR astrophotography?
I don't know if D5100 is right camera for this kind of stuff, but I would like to shoot night sky covering moon, stars and if any ...
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What settings do I need to take a night cityscape with blue sky like Eric Rolph?
I was wowed when I looked at this image on google maps for the Prudential Tower observatory. Then I start digging into the photographer (Eric Rolph -flickr) and I found he had some stunning pics ...
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Why are the trees in this long exposure night shot red?
Last night I tried taking some shots of a cloud moving across a very bright moonlit sky:
The exposure was taken using:
Nikon D60
Stock 18-55mm VR zoom lense
No filters
Exposure time: 63 seconds
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What can be used to "fight" light pollution in astrophotography?
I just read an answer to a question regarding astrophotography and I wonder what filters (and other stuff that helps) I can use for astrophotography for reducing the "effect" of light pollution.
I ...
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Which setup should I choose for taking pictures of Trick-or-Treaters tonight?
I've dug up my dad's old Pentax K1000 SE, along with his old lenses, and picked up some 400 film. I'm wondering which of these lenses I should go with to get the best shots tonight (outdoors, no flash)...
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What post processing should be done to my photographs of the aurora borealis to improve colours and impact?
I have included links to 2 RAW images ( I've also put the JPEG images up) that I took in Iceland last month where I was very fortunate to see the northern lights on two different nights. The ...
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How to photograph a couple exiting their wedding at night?
This is my first wedding season, and I'm mostly a natural light photographer. I'm starting to get weddings that end later in the evening. When it's really dark out, lenses obviously don't know what to ...
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Why in a photo light lines of street lamps? How to remove them?
Shutter speed - 32 sec.
Aperture - f/9
ISO - 100
Lens - EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
Focal Length - 39 mm
I have took the photo through the window, with the lights off
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What type of equipment does one need for taking night shots of moving objects with minimal blur?
What type of equipment does one need for taking shots at night, of moving targets? Not specific lenses or anything, but what attributes would such a lens need to have?
O. Winston Link has some great ...
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What variable maximizes color in astrophotography?
I'm doing some research in astrophotography before my trip to Yellowstone and I'm most interested in pulling the color of the galaxies. I will be using a Canon 7D.
What should I be focusing on in ...
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Using photoshop for night exposures with very high contrast
I am trying to obtain this effect during nightly shots:
1) A first capture with short exposure, potentially with very high ISO, to capture the stars as points. I'll later clean the noise.
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Can I combine two photos to get a good image of a non-full moon?
Is there a good combo of longer exposure and shorter exposure that I can use to get two photos of the moon that I can then combine to show the sun-lit side and the earth-lit side together so I have ...
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Visible discrete gradient transitions of glow on photos with long exposure
On my new Nikon D7100, when I set a longer exposure, instead of smooth transition, I can see the transition steps. It can bee seen on attached photo (the rough gradient in the sky)
Is it a problem of ...
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Are there ultra-wide angle (<24mm) lenses faster than f/2.8? If not, why?
I started looking for an UWA lens (something in the mid-teens), particularly for doing milky way shots. Learning that you get trails with too long of exposure, I figured I'd try and find the largest ...
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