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Night Photography

Challenge #5 in the Prime Subjects of Photography series. Hosted by Mark Scott Abeln.

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Submit a photograph of an outdoors scene at night. -- There are two basic approaches you can use to photograph this difficult subject. Traditionally, you use a camera mounted on a tripod with long exposure times. Alternatively, you can use a fast lens and high ISO to hand-hold an image. These trade off convenience and equipment cost versus image quality.

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Announced:

Thursday, 2nd June, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 9th June, 2011 – Wednesday, 15th June, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 16th June, 2011 – Wednesday, 22nd June, 2011 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Exposure blending or HDR acceptable.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Follow dpreview's guidelines for image submission.
Focus can be exceptionally difficult at night. You may want to try manual focus; if photographing a landscape, you can attempt to focus on a distant light source; or you can use a flashlight to illuminate your subject during focus.
Exposure is problematic, but at least you can see the results on the screen. You may want to bracket exposures and then blend on the computer.
If you attempt to hand-hold your camera, use a very fast lens and high ISO; you may need to do noise reduction in post-processing.
Digital noise is much less objectionable when an image is converted to black and white.
If you use a tripod, use a lower ISO for better image quality, and stop down your lens for greater depth of field. If you hand-hold your camera, be sure to focus precisely.
You may want to set your camera to incandescent white balance if the scene is artificially lit. If you are using the moon for illumination, set white balance to daylight.

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Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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Sample entries

These entries were provided by the challenge host(s) as samples and cannot be voted on. Upload sample image.

Saint Louis State Hospital, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - view at night

Moonrise Hotel, in the Delmar Loop District, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - exterior at night

Carondelet Park, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - railroad track and bridges, at night, in the snow

Howell Island Conservation Area, in Chesterfield, Missouri, USA - night view from causeway to island

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101	Advertising has ruined the art of photography and videography
84	Would we pay more for a tiny M4/3 body?
67	The effect of in-camera Lens Compensation and more ...
66	$3000 m4/3rds body will flop, where is the E-M5III??
52	Does Nikon Get It?
52	Quantitative comparison of Foveon and Bayer spectral response
48	Smartphones take another bite out of dedicated cameras
47	Up for debate: shallow or large DOF when traveling
46	Hobby or Profession?
45	Is HDR too much for your liking?
45	I'm upgrading all my Fuji gear!
36	Images from the Lake District
34	Beautiful Body Skateboarding
34	Are you guilty of buying more camera than you need.
33	Apple renders RAW files better than Adobe
33	Buy a OM-D E-M1 II, good idea ?
30	XF80mm macro ‘jittery’ noise normal? (Not asking about ‘thunk’ noise, this is different)
30	More sense from David Thorpe
29	Z7 - My First Mirrorless Camera


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