Leiden in the evening

[pepper_airborne]

A local city in The Netherlands originating from the roman times.








here is a uncompressed shot of the first, i really liked that one, i used a shutter of 30 seconds and a Fstop of 8.

http://www.white-line.org/images/photog ... nbn101.jpg

[MWISimmer]

Beautiful pics  8-)

I love Holland  :)

[Souichiro]

I'm in Leiden every weekday..... It's where I take the train to Amsterdam ( and where my school is)

Lovely pics!

[BAW0343]

I always like the star effect on the lights at night. The other two you obviously had a wider aperture since the lights were all round. Try and always use a small F-stop at night, makes the image look really cool  ;D

[pepper_airborne]

Yup, i indeed used a wider aperature, it also seems the images gains more noise and jittering when i use a smaller fstop. first image had a 30 second shutter and a Fstop of 8 .

I also go too Leiden everyday, i cycle too it from Voorhout and then take the train to Utrecht.

[Rifleman]

[quote]I always like the star effect on the lights at night. ................

[pepper_airborne]

Heh, i never knew that, pretty cool!

The camera is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ-8. I saw the FZ-18 today at the V&D(90 degree too the right of me in the pic) wich looked quite interesting, although rather expensive to just do as a upgrade.

[Souichiro]

Heh, i never knew that, pretty cool!

The camera is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ-8. I saw the FZ-18 today at the V&D(90 degree too the right of me in the pic) wich looked quite interesting, although rather expensive to just do as a upgrade.

Hey we have the same camera! Which mode did you use? Going to take my cam with me to Amsterdam one of these days

[pepper_airborne]

Manual as always, except for the White balance, i didnt have any white card or something similair so i kept it on auto. the ISO used was 100. To avoid noise. I also used a tripod to keep it steady and a 2 second time so the camera wouldnt move too much. Although it could have moved a bit since, my friends were there too and were walking around.

[Omag 2.0]

Dr. Ken presenting "basics in photography"  ;D

Nice shots Pepper. I'd personally go for the last shot, that one has the right amount of light to me. The first one is just a bit much I think. And perhaps you could level the shots?  ;)

Oh dear, I've become infected by the digital photography forum I visit. Those guys are strict, but they deliver quality and challenge you to raise your standards...

[pepper_airborne]

Indeed, i just looked at them again, and i indeed found the first one too bright, although i still really like it, never got a good chance to do this kind of photography with long shutters.

[Omag 2.0]

That's part of the fun, experimenting.  ;)

[pepper_airborne]

Indeed, my friends standing nearby said the whole would be ruined with such long shutters, when i showed them the result(a minute after pushing the shutter release ) they were quite impressed by the results. I personaly like how the water came out but aint too happy with the lightning. Doesnt matter though, i can mess about with it in a RAW editing program.