Reading mode: Light Dark

News Reviews Articles Buying Guides Sample Images Videos Cameras Lenses Phones Printers Forums Galleries Challenges

Night Photography

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

Challenge has finished

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.

Show full rules

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.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

Not restricted

submission
phase has

ended

604 entries

voting
phase has

ended

7650 votes

Voting results: 604 entries Slideshow of 41 1 Page: 4 Rows:

1^st

(winner)

2^nd

(runner up)

3^rd

(runner up)

4^th

5^th

6^th

7^th

8^th

9^th

10^th

11^th

12^th

13^th

14^th

15^th

16^th

1 / 41

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

Keyboard shortcuts:

p previous n next

Challenge comments

All (0)


Osprey by paul cool from A big year - birds 2018	Fountain Flats Buffalo by McFrost from wild animals	Cross Country by Hobbyfotograaf from Sports - Individual Dry Land - Non Winter	_MG_8058 by Maurice Byatt from - Sad - One Adult human portrait in full colours

138	* This Week Through Your M4/3 2018.08.18 *
100	Mirrorless? Improve this
91	Olympus says OM-D is “weatherproof”
84	Bought D850 on the eve of Nikon's Mirrorless
64	Do we need even more megapixels?
60	I want the noiseless photos I can get
46	AVAV Is it "ART"?? Weekly Thread Aug 18 - 24 VAVA
45	Why phones are becoming better faster than cameras?
45	Not my cup of tea
45	PART 2 This Week Through your m4/3 2018.08.18
40	Units of dynamic range
39	pictures of upcoming Panasonic LX100II (LX100M2)
37	Questions about Nikon D750 lens availablity
37	Bullied by customer service while spending 5K @ Adorama!!!
35	*This week with your a7x/a9, 8/18/2018*
35	New J5 owner here - what is next?
34	Photoshoot with 105E
34	Lots of lenses aggregated sharpness scores
32	I need some serious help with this image!
29	Travel with RX100-V Question


	Voting results 604 entries My entries Login required My votes Login required