Friday the 13th Night Photography

"Biapilotaceman" (Biapilotaceman) 09/14/2013 at 01:59 • Filed to: ford, mustang, cars of oppo, mine, photography, night photography, friday the 13th, biapilotaceman

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I got bored and my car is shiny, so I decided to experiment with some nighttime photography. Note to self: find better locations to shoot next time.

Tried shooting through the window for interior shots, but there were too many reflections so I ended up rolling it down.

This angle was a bitch to get. Still not quite the right focus either. Oh well. Vive las Manuéls!

oddomatik > Biapilotaceman 09/14/2013 at 09:28

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That's pretty cool! If you can bump up the exposure a lot, you can do crazy things like this:

Note the stars in the background.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Biapilotaceman 09/14/2013 at 12:00

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If you haven't already, invest in a remote shutter release (cable or wireless). Also mirror lockup helps on a long exposure on a tripod. If you have the camera setup on a tripod, kill the image stabilization if you can/are equipped with it.

In low light situations I tend to use the back screen on my 7D to help as far as focus. Manual is the way to go in low light an a tripod.

Biapilotaceman > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! 09/14/2013 at 12:06

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Thanks for the advice! I was already manually focusing, but I hadn't thought of turning off the image stabilization. That would help a bit. I was thinking the whole time how much easier it would be if I had a remote, too. Especially when I had to climb into the back seat to get the shots of the dash that I wanted X-X

Biapilotaceman > oddomatik 09/14/2013 at 12:09

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Yeah! I had a couple of shots like that; they looked like I was in broad daylight and it freaked me out, haha. I was mostly fooling around to see what I could do and how to do it; I just picked out a few artistically to post because I thought they worked the best together. I might need some cleaner light sources to do it like that though. All I had were street lights and they made so many tiny bright reflections it wasn't even funny.

oddomatik > Biapilotaceman 09/14/2013 at 18:12

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This was out in the middle of nowhere, so it was mostly just moon and the odd car headlight, with some bleedover from distant camps' propane lights.

Keep it up, I want to see more from a better location!