Take Photo's at Night - Page 3

TMS · 1 Apr 2004, 13:49 (Ref:926359)

That is brilliant. Great photo!

stefan · 1 Apr 2004, 13:55 (Ref:926364)

I just wish I'd thought to check the ISO (it's very grainy) and perhaps bracket it to prevent the burnt out highlights.

I plan to return this year to try again.

gi_gav · 1 Apr 2004, 14:07 (Ref:926382)

I love those shots stefan - there's an elegance in them that you just don't see anymore in racing photography, mainly because the sport itself has lost that side.

Much as i admire many of the current top photographers, it's the likes of Jesse Alexander i'd love to emulate.

http://www.jessealexander.com/

(just a wee bit off-topic....)

stefan · 1 Apr 2004, 14:19 (Ref:926391)

Ah, lovely photos there. Those were the days - when you could stand in the middle of the track to get your photos.

I just found this site...

http://www.raupp.com/

Very glossy Ferrari images. I'd like to know his technique - I think there's a flash involved. They have a strange half studio look.

gi_gav · 1 Apr 2004, 15:33 (Ref:926459)

flash and an awful lot of post-production i suspect...

mwphoto · 8 Apr 2004, 15:18 (Ref:934480)

1973 from Mid-Ohio. Tripod about 30 seconds or so exposure.

http://mwphoto.smugmug.com/photos/3345459-M.jpg

More, still going through old sides to update my site.

vandijk · 8 Apr 2004, 16:37 (Ref:934553)

Quote:

Originally posted by Hugewally
Thursday night practice shots from Sebring (hopefully the race pics get up by the weekend)...

http://www.racingfanatics.com/Sebring04/martinnite.htm

Enjoy...

Martin

Martin,

These are great shots! Would you mind sharing us the equipment used and the settings?

Sander.

Hugewally · 13 Apr 2004, 00:02 (Ref:937754)

Quote:

Originally posted by vandijk
Martin, These are great shots! Would you mind sharing us the equipment used and the settings?
Sander.

Hey Sander, thanks...

They were all taken with a Canon EOS-1D using a 28-70mm f/2.8 USM lens. ASA/ISO was 500 for all of them except the first one (upper left), which was 400. Manual exposure for all.

#1 - 1/25, f/2.8
#2 to 8 - 1/50, f/2.8
#9 - 1/60, f/2.8
#10 & 11 - 1/50, f/2.8
#12 & 13 - 1/25, f/4.5
#14 to 17 - 1/60, f/2.8
#18 - 1/50, f/2.8
#19 - 1/13, f/2.8
#20 - 1/20, f/5.6

Martin

vandijk · 13 Apr 2004, 09:33 (Ref:938036)

Quote:

Originally posted by Hugewally
Hey Sander, thanks...

They were all taken with a Canon EOS-1D using a 28-70mm f/2.8 USM lens. ASA/ISO was 500 for all of them except the first one (upper left), which was 400. Manual exposure for all.

#1 - 1/25, f/2.8
#2 to 8 - 1/50, f/2.8
#9 - 1/60, f/2.8
#10 & 11 - 1/50, f/2.8
#12 & 13 - 1/25, f/4.5
#14 to 17 - 1/60, f/2.8
#18 - 1/50, f/2.8
#19 - 1/13, f/2.8
#20 - 1/20, f/5.6

Martin

Martin,

f/2.8, really? Wow - how can you get them sharp from front to end then? Depth of field is very limited. Also when I look at the alloys all of them look 'frozen' - and even the 'glow' of the brakes is still 'round' and not one big stipe how do you do that whith such low shutter speeds?

I've tried to make some night pictures at a local rally. It was my first time shooting cars at night with a speedlite. I had to set the camera to manual for proper exposure. The whole automating exposure system was useless (10D + 550ex - with some luck I have the 1D soon...).

May I conclude that because of the lens and proper (flash-) exposure you were in very close range to the cars? Did you change the flash exposure or the 'film' exposure.

Thanks for you help!
Rgds,
Sander.

Hugewally · 13 Apr 2004, 15:57 (Ref:938458)

Quote:

Originally posted by vandijk
Martin, f/2.8, really? Wow - how can you get them sharp from front to end then? Depth of field is very limited. Also when I look at the alloys all of them look 'frozen' - and even the 'glow' of the brakes is still 'round' and not one big stipe how do you do that whith such low shutter speeds?

Sharp pre-focus and steady panning.

Quote:

I've tried to make some night pictures at a local rally. It was my first time shooting cars at night with a speedlite. I had to set the camera to manual for proper exposure. The whole automating exposure system was useless (10D + 550ex - with some luck I have the 1D soon...).

I also use the 550EX, but sometimes it's hit or miss when using it. The EOS-1D MKII is suppose to more reliable when using the 550EX. Just takes a lot of practice and throw-away shots...

Quote:

May I conclude that because of the lens and proper (flash-) exposure you were in very close range to the cars? Did you change the flash exposure or the 'film' exposure.

I think the farthest away I was, was maybe 40 feet(?)... Closest was 10 feet(?)...

BTW- I used the flash on all of the Thursday night shots except the last one.

Also, there are more from the race night here... http://www.racingfanatics.com/Sebrin...ace%20Day5.htm

Martin

zonda · 16 Apr 2004, 01:44 (Ref:941065)

Martin,
those shots are fantastic. Its good to finally see some awesome night shots. Well at least now i have something to aspire to. I just have to wait for the Bathurst 24hr in November.

cheers,

dave

Mags · 16 Apr 2004, 01:59 (Ref:941071)

Quote:

Originally posted by vandijk
Martin,

These are great shots! Would you mind sharing us the equipment used and the settings?

Sander.

MARTIN IS A GOD.

Mags.

Hugewally · 16 Apr 2004, 02:29 (Ref:941080)

Quote:

Originally posted by zonda
Martin, those shots are fantastic. Its good to finally see some awesome night shots. Well at least now i have something to aspire to. I just have to wait for the Bathurst 24hr in November.cheers,
dave

Quote:

Originally posted by Mags
MARTIN IS A GOD.
Mags.

Dave, thank you.

I truly enjoy shooting at night races as they’re so challenging. And admittedly we don't get the opportunity to shoot it that often. Really wish there were more dusk or night races. The 4 hour ALMS race at Laguna Seca this year should be awesome as the race starts 2 hours before sunset. Can you imagine night time at the corkscrew?

Mags, humbly I prefer Godlike

, but what’s the smiley for blushing?

To both of you,

Martin

Hugewally · 16 Apr 2004, 02:35 (Ref:941083)

Quote:

Originally posted by stefan

Personally, I think this is a absolutely beautiful shot. The angle of the Ferrari and the moon... That melodramatic moon coming through the clouds... Wonderful!

Imagine this enlarged and framed in you den...

martin

Mags · 16 Apr 2004, 03:42 (Ref:941106)

Quote:

Originally posted by Hugewally
. Can you imagine night time at the corkscrew?
Mags, humbly I prefer Godlike , but what’s the smiley for blushing?

To both of you,
Martin

Well, I am totally looking forward to it. I'll be setting up a shrine to the "porch hotel" as I now have a Porsche-AH pass key!!!

OBS at the Porch.. can I stand the strain.... I'm heading to Mount Treblant in May and I can NOT wait! I've been invited by Brumos Porsche if you can believe it. The world of GA will never be the same.

rdjones · 15 Jun 2004, 11:23 (Ref:1004566)

Well from this years Le Mans and all I have to say is what a difference a year makes. This year we had a different camara and monopod and tripod with use and the result where 1000% better as you can see:-

rdjones · 15 Jun 2004, 11:27 (Ref:1004573)

and 2nd up

Snapperjack · 15 Jun 2004, 12:28 (Ref:1004657)

Any Le Mans photos with the cars visible?

Hugewally · 15 Jun 2004, 17:38 (Ref:1005028)

Quote:

Originally posted by Snapperjack
Any Le Mans photos with the cars visible?

Now why would you want something silly like that???

Suzy · 15 Jun 2004, 21:16 (Ref:1005281)

My attempt from the 24 hour 2CVs last year - as you can see, I'm not good with night photography but I hope to do a bit better this year after reading this thread:

macdaddy · 17 Jun 2004, 05:59 (Ref:1006470)

Some fantastic photography here, folks. Thanks for sharing!

It's not racing-related, but I was playing around with shutter speeds a few weekends ago. My daughter was waving a "sparkler" around while we lit off some fireworks.

MototsportVIP · 19 Jun 2004, 22:46 (Ref:1009032)

I was at Le Mans a few years ago, you need to be able to Pan with the cars, but it takes some practice, for best results do it when the cars are breaking hard so that you get the glow of the brake disks.

Another technique is to take a tripod, or use a beanbag to rest the camera on a wall / fence and take light trail pics, set the shutter speed to 10 or 20 seconds and you can get some interesting results.

Hugewally · 20 Oct 2004, 23:09 (Ref:1130152)

More night shots, this time from the ALMS finale at Laguna Seca last weekend...

Laguna Night Practice Gallery

Martin

Edit- Hope to have more shots up tonight...

peespeed · 20 Oct 2004, 23:55 (Ref:1130185)

While at the Manx International Rally earlier this year I decided to give night time photography a go and was suprised at the reults I achieved, only thing is I didnt take down the settings I used

vwpilot · 21 Oct 2004, 04:03 (Ref:1130268)

Here are a couple from Laguna night practice.

http://www.speedarena.com/gallery/al...actice/006.jpg

http://www.speedarena.com/gallery/al...actice/032.jpg

http://www.speedarena.com/gallery/al...actice/115.jpg

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