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    #1

    Night Castle

    Night Castle 2bw.jpg

    This is no more than an experiment, liked the castle against a starlit sky, light provided by a mobile phone. i know it is very grainy.

    60D
    24-105 f4 L
    F4
    20 seconds Iso 2000

    IO would be glad of any comments and suggestion... relatively pleased with the result.

    Nigel
    Last edited by Lincs1; 30-08-2016, 22:07.
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    #2
    Re: Night Castle

    Personally I think I would crop out the roof and the harsh light. The tower alone against the sky works
    Alan.

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      #3
      Re: Night Castle

      we'll you need to sort the verticals, and I'd say the castle is over and I would tried 20 sec for the sky but less for the church as you could control this by not putting the phone on straight away
      :- Ian

      5D Mk III, 24-105 / 70-200 f2.8 L / 100-400 Mk II / 100 macro / 16-35 L / 11-24 L / 1.4 & 2x converters and a bad back carrying it all ;o)

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        #4
        Re: Night Castle

        Thanks for your comments

        Had another look, removed most of the roof and looked at the verticals

        castle bw3 IMG_4869.jpg

        Nigel

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          #5
          Re: Night Castle

          Sorry, they are not working for me.
          The first composition is better, but a bit too blown on the bottom corner.
          Did you use that ISO deliberately to get gain? If not I'd have used ISO 100 and a tripod.
          Andy
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            #6
            Re: Night Castle

            Originally posted by Cyberman View Post
            The first composition is better, but a bit too blown on the bottom corner.
            Did you use that ISO deliberately to get gain? If not I'd have used ISO 100 and a tripod.
            agree the first composition is much better
            :- Ian

            5D Mk III, 24-105 / 70-200 f2.8 L / 100-400 Mk II / 100 macro / 16-35 L / 11-24 L / 1.4 & 2x converters and a bad back carrying it all ;o)

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              #7
              Re: Night Castle

              Did you use that ISO deliberately to get grain? If not I'd have used ISO 100 and a tripod.
              The problem using an even slower shutter speed (which you would at iso 100)is the stars will become streaks as they are moving all the time and 20secs is about as long as you can get away with to keep the stars pin sharp.

              Paul
              EOS 1Dx, - EF 24-105L f4,- Sigma 135 f1.8 Art - EF 400L IS f2.8, - Speedlite 430EXII.
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                #8
                Re: Night Castle

                There is a rough and ready calculation to work out max exposure time to avoid star trails. Divide focal length into 500.
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                  #9
                  Re: Night Castle

                  Nigel, it is great to experiment, and it very nearly works. In terms of composition of what you took, I think I'd go for the width of the second but the depth of the first, even with the blown out corner. And if you do it again, try with different lengths of lighting as Ian suggested.
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                    #10
                    Re: Night Castle

                    Originally posted by Parsen66 View Post
                    Personally I think I would crop out the roof and the harsh light. The tower alone against the sky works
                    Agree with the above, think it would look better plus a slight straighten.

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                      #11
                      Re: Night Castle

                      Thank you all for your input... i will certainly have another try

                      Nigel

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