Night time shots are a bit tricky..

[Anonymous]

Yes, your night shots are quite impressive.

When I have does this (night shots) I have spent so much time with "scale lighting" and ambient lights that I feel a good round of trial and error is going to provide the best teacher.

Troy, I will say that yours are much clearer than many shots I have made. I attribute to the light coming out of the windows and reflecting off some of the background. Very cool effect. As a suggestion, I might off set the backgrounds by finding a bulb that can glow with a consistance of moonlight (more white than the reddish/orange lighting already eminating from the troley bus) and try shooting with the bulb/lamp/toutch at various distances. The effect of another light source might provide you interesting effects, as in the ones at twilight/gloming you show albiet you will have total control over the bulb and its position. A power currently denied you by the Sun.[:p]

[van buren s l]

Troy
I'd love to give you some helpful tips, but as you can see from my efforts, I have trouble pointing a camera properly in broad day light. Your night shots look marvelous to me.
Bob

[Anonymous]

Very goods points from both of you.
I'll try that tonight!

[Anonymous]

I thought I'd mention this, It's something I picked up on from Marty Cozad, if at all possible set the camera up to where your shot is and use the self timer and let the camera take the shot this way the camera doesn't move, or use a tripod when possible.

[Capt Bob Johnson]

Troy
I'm far from being a photographer, but look at your #2 picture. Your camera is ever so slightly above the window line of the first deck, thus you don't get the glare of the bulbs in the first deck like you do in the second deck. This lets you realisticly see inside, yet the lessened glare lets you see some of the outside also.

I wonder what would happen if you tried it again with the camera just high enough that the roof cuts out the direct sight of the second deck bulbs. It should give the same effect on both decks that you now have only on the first deck!

And that, sir, is the pontificating from a guy who hardly knows what button to pu***o take the darn picture!

[Tom The Brat]

Expensive passengers ....... Yea, that's why I started making my own. A $2.50 block of Premo and some aluminum foil makes lots of people. Oh, yea, and some acrylic paints.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the kind wordseveryone.
I only use an Olympus C-300 Zoom camera.I don't do the fancy thing,just point and shoot.These were taken on the ' nightime ' setting on the camera.
The one I like is picture 2.
The funny thing is that on picture 1 you can just see the sky in the right hand top part of the picture and it looks quite light.
I can assure you that I don't lay flatout in the middle of my garden if it's bright enough for anyone to see me[:I].All I could see through the viewfinder was a blaze of light.
I think the key to success with these type of shots on a basic camera is absolute stillness whilst the camera captures the shot.I've tried the flash shots at night but it ruins them.Also the trams are wonderful to use for nightime shots.A driver in plain view and loads of windows to show the shape of the vehicle.However,passengers are really expensive.The poor bloke runs a perfect service around the garden and the only customer is the bloke on the top deck.
Rene---What are the rules for submitting a picture please.I might have a go.
Thanks,Troy

[bman36]

Hey there,
I think they look just fine. The other night we had a fire going in the firebox in our backyard and just watched the trains go round. I was thinking about taking some pics but my photoshot on my video is only 2.0 megs. VERY hard to get clear shots without being real close. Maybe tonight I will give it a try! Later eh...Brian.

[Anonymous]

night shots are very hard to do them correctly you need to do many very good calculations and take intimate readings etc.

but to do them brilliantly needs genius.

From some one who would if the could.

rgds ian

[Rene Schweitzer]

Troy,

Those pics look pretty good to me. Are you sending some in to our photo contest?

[Anonymous]

I agree with Matt, I take day shots, post them and then think 'what a crap picture'. Nowt wrong with yours Troy. Blackpool drunks can't even see the trams, let alone the logo's!
Cheers,
Kim
[tup]

[tangerine-jack]

Hmm..... I can still recognize the shape as belonging to Blackpool Transport and I believe that shape is covered by corporate copywrites. Prepare to be boarded, Troy! Arrrrghhhh[:-,][oX)][oX)][oX)][oX)]

[Anonymous]

Troy, looks great to me! I can master a digital camera during the day let alone at night. For ever picture I post, I Have taken 20 that hit the recycling bin.

[Capt Bob Johnson]

I am left frothing at the mouth with wanting to be as much a craftsman as Troy!

[Tom The Brat]

Looks pretty good to me!

[vsmith]

Looks like a pretty good start to me!

[Anonymous]

and I havn't mastered it yet.











Mind you.When it's dark ,Blackpool Transport can't see their logo.
Hence,no masking tape.No lawsuits.
Simple.