[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]
[QUOTE="ScottMescudi"]
I love this picture! Question. How do you take good pictures during the nighttime? Do you just bump up the ISO or is there more than that? Where was this taken btw?
ScottMescudi
Open the aperture more and set the shutter speed slower. It lets more light in. If using a digital camera where you can change ISO speed, set it to 100, but no more than 200. You will have to experiment with the shutter speed and aperture settings to get the picture you want.
Well I have a D3100 with a prime lens (Aperture ƒ1.8, 35mm), Would you suggest 1.8 for aperture? As for shutter would bulb mode work well? Haha :PBulb or timed exposures is what I was talking about. Case in point, early last month I was trying to take pics of lighting at night as a storm passed close to where I live. I took 70 some odd shots to get about 5 shots with lighting in it (even if just a small portion of a bolt). My exposure time lasted anywhere from 8-15 seconds at an f stop of ƒ8.
Night shots also require a tripod. If there is a cable attachment for shutter release, use it to trip the shutter and not the button on the camera or use the self-timer mode (2 seconds is fine) to trip the shutter.
This pic was taken with a film ISO of 100, ƒ8.0 with the self timer set to 2 seconds. @15sec.
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