Taken with my wifes Minolta dimage 7hi around 11:00pm
ISO 100
15 sec @ f 5.6
Hope you like!

2560x1920

 

No its not an '01.
I bent my SSRs and had to put my wheels from my '01PDG I traded in.

 

How to.
(for the noobs)

You need:
-good camera: one capable of taking long exposures.
-support: a good tripod, or bean/sand bags.
-subject: car or any stationary object.
-light meter: built into camera or hand held.

for this shot.
I stayed close and used a wide(28mm) lens setting to capture the trees and sky. otherwise, if you only see the car, it would look like a normal daylight picture. Also, if you stayed farther away and used a longer lens, you would get less distortion, but its harder to hold a longer lens steady. the shadow is so harsh cause it was right under a damn street lamp. soft light works better. make sure its late at night. headlights from other cars will sometimes ruin you pic. sometimes it may look cool.

settings.
I used the lowest ISO(sensitivity) possible to obtain the highest quality. you will get less noise. if you are on a tripod, it doesn't matter if its 10 seconds or 30. also, you can expiriment with bulb.

capture.
once you've framed your shot and you are ready to take your picture, you need a way to release the shutter without shaking the camera with your big fingers. remote controls, wireless or wired work great. also, if you got a self timer, you can push the button and the camera will usually stop shaking by the time the shutter releases. high end SLR cameras will have a mirror lock up function to lessen camera vibration caused by the mirror flapping up and down. use it if you have it.

experiment!
for this shot, to get the headlight color without burning everything out, I left my lights on, locked my car with my remote, and then waited for them to go off automatically. once off, I took my shot and waited untill the last few second of the exposure to unlock my car causing the lights to come on right before the shutter closed. try popping a light flash, or exposing certain areas by "painting" them with a flashlight. if you got a digital camera, its free. just erase the pic and try again!

show off your night pics!(typeSdragoon&civic4982)
:P

BTW, this is taken right in front of my house. its a townhouse. behind my car is the pool. this is where I park my car every night. I thought it looked cool there and wanted to take a random shot. I didn't really plan this, my car is dirty and has those beat up wheels, not to mention the front plate i'm gonna take some real pics after I fix my SSRs!!!

 

wow... I need to go redo mine now... maybe once I take out all my dings today and wash this monster I'll attempt this. However, my shtty camera won't take a 15 second lens opening. I'm not even sure how I can change it (Exposure).

I suppose now I have to go buy myself a new digital camera. I did however notice that there's still quite a bit of graininess. in some spaces. that must just be something you have to deal with on any picture that is so large.

 

cool pic bullaculla. I like the swaying palm trees.

My night shots

 

i cant see it.

 

Me neither.

 

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you cannot hotlink images on a trial account

 

i've only taken a few night pics so far with my 10D

here is one i took in San Franciso months ago

File: CRW_4272.CRW
File size: 4,791KB
Image Serial Number: 142-4272
Camera Model: Canon EOS 10D
Camera serial number: 0220103267
Firmware: Firmware Version 1.0.0
Date/Time: 2003:06:17 09:38:57
Shutter speed: 30 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Single frame shooting
Self-timer: 10 secs
ISO: 100
Lens: 28.0 to 135.0 mm
Focal length: 28.0mm
Subject distance: 655 m
AF mode: One-shot AF
Image size: 3072 x 2048
Image quality: Raw
White balance: Auto
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 1: SET button function when shooting: Change quality
CFn 6: Tv/Av and exposure level: 1/3 stop

 

Nice 2nd pic, but i still can't see the 1st.

 

oh, i took this pic when i went to disneyland last week

NOTE! i did NOT have a tripod with me.
i had to up the ISO quite a bit in order to take this pic handheld!!!!
also had to put the aperture at 3.5 in order to get more light in as well

there is quite a bit of noise because the ISO800

i'll be going again in a few weeks, at which time i'll bring my tri-pod and do this picture correctly at ISO 100 and f/16 at least

good thing my lens has IS

File: IMG_900638.CRW
File size: 5,615KB
Image Serial Number: 164-6465
Camera Model: Canon EOS 10D
Camera serial number: 0220103267
Firmware: Firmware Version 1.0.0
Date/Time: 2003:09:30 19:05:20
Shutter speed: 1/20 sec
Aperture: 3.5
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Continuous
ISO: 800
Lens: 28.0 to 135.0 mm
Focal length: 28.0mm
Subject distance: 655 m
AF mode: One-shot AF
Image size: 3072 x 2048
Image quality: Raw
White balance: Auto
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: High
Contrast: High
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 1: SET button function when shooting: Change quality
CFn 6: Tv/Av and exposure level: 1/3 stop

 

oh, i wasn't aware that you wanted night pics of cars

i don't have my CL any more as of 3 months ago

 

What happened? when did you get rid of your car?!?! nice pics BTW! cant do that with a CCD camera!
we shoot a city lights wedding here on the harbor. its kinda tough cause they always move. so we have to focus, turn off the lights, shoot. the flash burns in the couple, and then we hold th e lens open for about 5-10 second to burn in the lights of waikiki. as long as the people are in complete darkness, they wont show.
i'll go fix my account. check back here later

 

alright. its upgraded. can you guys see it now? it works for me!

 

yeah. 15 seconds is a long time for any digital camera. especially one with a CCD.

 

nice. I need my own website!

 

anything is cool Jeff! those are nice. 1/20 isn't that long tho.:P
for some weddings, we shoot 1/15 handheld with a 50mm lens on a Hasselblad!.

MORE TO COME!!!

 

thanks! I got some more shots but I've been to lazy to update the site lately.

 

bullaculla, do you have that picture in 1280x1024, its background material. Those Trees looks amazing. Nice pic

 

nice

 

1280x1024

does this work?

 

damn you bullaculla, everytime you post a pic, I think about how I'm freezing my ass off over here. I should be in hawaii on the beach now.

 

sweet pic bulla, is it me or does your car look like its not dropped in that pic

 

Thanks!!!

 

this was taken at nearly midnight, I was in a wife beater and boxers. and I was sweating:P


it is, but those 40 series tires on the 17's=horrible wheel gap. and the tripod was nearly all the way down.
and thanks guys. I gotta make time too shoot more often, but i'm waiting to fix my SSRs

 

I hope to be coming to hawaii soon

 

nice pics

 

here is one from the last CL/TL hawaii meet i attended. when my wheels were straight!

 

damn that hawaii meet pic looks very nice

 

nice dude