Night photos

Oh jj,
You're going to have to have a lot of patience here i think.

Your photo's are great. I'm going to try & have a practice tomorrow.

cheers

 

I wish you luck.Just remember,tripod,torch,try different lengths of exposure and enjoy it.
Any problems,feel free to PM me.Might not be able to get back to you until Sunday though.
Regards,
Joe.

 

Joe, i think your pic of the inside of your shed is Fantastic, ..

 

joe, i agree great photo of your shed, i went to newcastle last night and took pics of the bridges lit up and quite dissapointed at the outcome, the light on the millenium bridge looks great but everything behind them looks a bit fuzzy, maybe it was too dark and was thinking the best time to go would be at sundown.
well done on your pic

 

took this in newcastle last night

 

thanks woo, my other ones i took of the bridges in newcastle came out very dissapointing i took over 100 and every one came out awful, the light on the bridge looks great then everything in the backgrounds are distorted, unfortunately this one above is the best out of the lot. will put 1 up to show you and everyone and maybe i could get replies on what i did wrong.

 

when i took these pics of the millenium bridge they looked fab on the camera screen till i downloaded them when i got home and saw this in the background

 

all about 70 came out like this, the bridge changes colours and i was so excited to catch the colours like rainbow effect then this, can anyone tell me what happened

 

You've got a bit of camera shake Rosa.

 

is that what it is DaveW i cant believe this nearly every pic is like this, yet all my day time ones are perfect

 

woo i just had it on auto with it being dark i couldnt find night time setting so this could of been a factor also, this new kodak camera hasnt got settings like my sony were you can turn the dial at the top.

 

WOO's summed up camera shutter speed for you Rosa.
I just had a look at the EXIF data for the photo of the bridge and the shutter speed was 1/2 (half) second which is very slow and bound to cause shake without a tripod and also without use of the self timer unless you have a very light touch on the button.
The Night Landscape mode on your Kodak will not help reduce shake, all it does is supress the flash and set focus at infinity.
There is a Digital Image Stablisation mode available (see page 11 of the manual), but I've doubts about how well it would cope with the amount of shake from a long night exposure. Worth a try though!
I think your best bet for a non-fuzzy distant night shot would be to put the camera on a tripod (even a mini tripod would do), set it for night landscape and use the self timer to trigger the shutter.