Naples By Night - NTL Second Shot

After having taken a shot in the day... how could I not take another during the night?

So I took my Benro tripod to the balcony and framed this shot trough Live View.

Ok.. honestly I took several shots (6 or seven of them^_^) and took the one I liked the most^_^

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Date Taken: 2010:07:26 03:54:46

Exposure Time: 30 sec.

Aperture Value: 6.00 EV (f/8.0)

ISO Speed Rating: 100

Focal Length: 75.0 mm

Have a Good Light

Panorama from Gentiles' Wedding

This is one of the most worked on photo I've EVER taken EVER!!!

I was at the wedding of a friend as a guest and decided to take a shot of the night pano from the restaurant...

IT WAS f*ing difficult...

I was with a D300 and the AF-S 18-200 f3.5-5.6... I was unsure if I could crank ISOs too high and there were no place were the lean or were to rest the camera in order to frame the shot as I liked!

I took maybe 30 different takes of this same shot and each time I had to chimp at 100% zoom in order to comprehend if the shot was blurred... in the end I decided to go with an higher ISO and later clean the photo in Noise Ninja... after that I cropped the photo in order to have a 2:1 aspect ratio... and It was not enough.. I had to print it 2 times as the printer get several "banding lines" on the print (obviously as it was not my fault I had not to pay twice for it^_^).

In the version of the shot I have here there's not info in the EXIF so just enjoy the photo -_^.

Have a Good Light!

Monte Sant'Angelo by night (2/2)

This is the other one...

A more classical color more respectful of the real lights put there...

This is a little less ghostly but it has something appealing on the lines and lights in the lower - half contrasting with the smooth clouds in the upper half...

Ok so tell me which one you like most...

The Exif Reads:

Camera Model: Nikon D300

Date Taken: 2008 - 11 - 28 - 21:24:50

Exposure: 20 sec

Aperture: f/5.6

ISO: 200

Focal Length: 28.0 mm

Software: Bibble 4.10.1

Monte Sant'Angelo by night (1/2)

This is the first shot of two on Monte Sant'Angelo (our University campus) by night.

This is slightly unusual as in Italy we do not have real Campus were students live... but as a PhD Student often I was making some research late in the evening and so one night I decided to shoot some photo just outside my department (Business Administration).

So... I took the tripod with me and starting taking pictures... obviously I've selected 2 from many more shots...

The first one has a little too blu white balance (as you can see from the lights) but it gives a ghostly appearance I really like (it contrasts with the modern structure).

Exif Reads:
Camera Model: Nikon D300
Date Taken: 2008 - 11 - 28 21:20:44
Exposure Time: 13 sec.
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 28.00 mm
Softwar: Bibble 4.10.1