[Del45]

A couple of night shots with my new D40, I have always been fascinated with night time photography but never had much luck until now....

[stevegreen]

Neither of those look like 'luck' to me. Well exposed and composed shots, both of them!

Well done!

[craigizmo2k2]

Very nice shots - impressed!!

[Holowlegs]

Very very nice

Did you use a tripod or were these handheld?

Cheers Holo

[vulkan75]

Looks like the d40 is a very capable camera in the right hands.

I like the 2nd but the foreground is a bit busy IMO.The fountain, column and fish waterspout all up front is a bit distracting.

As a night shot experiment though,its pretty much spot on exposure wise.

nice shots

[Liquid101]

Great shots - I like the second one the most, I agree that it's quite 'busy' but it's all interesting stuff

Might have been nice to get some detail in the sky though, even if it was a very deep blue. Very good for a first effort with a new camera though.

[garysherpa]

great shots love the fountain shot how long was the exposure

[Astaroth]

3.6 seconds according to the exif - guess it must have been tripod (F8)

[imcarm]

That fountain shot is breathtaking Del45

[Zone]

Really nice shots Del but can you resize your pictures to 800pixels max against the longest edge and no more than 200kb file sizes thanks.

[Del45]

Originally Posted by Zone

Really nice shots Del but can you resize your pictures to 800pixels max against the longest edge and no more than 200kb file sizes thanks.

Sorry about that, the pictures are hosted on photobucket whats the best way to go about resizing.

Thanks.

[Del45]

Right I have resized the pictures hope they are OK now.

Thanks for all the replys.

To answer a few Qs....

No tripod used, the shots were taken with a thing called The Pod which is basically a bean bag that screws into the bottom of the camera, a tripod will be my next purchase.

I agree with the foreground being a bit busy, but to be honest I was not expecting a lot that evening just wanted to get out and get some pictures under my belt.

I have to say that I am very pleased with the D40, just need to find the time to take more shots.

[Puli]

National Art Gallery is always a good place to take night shots, so many different angles.

They also look very good. I was please with my ones when I went there in December. Good work!

Paul

[alj23]

Those are awesome !!

Do you have a link to the POD you mention ??

AJ

[Del45]

Originally Posted by alj23

Those are awesome !!

Do you have a link to the POD you mention ??

AJ

Here you go......

http://www.jessops.com/Store/s3100/0...index=1&comp=n

[Gordon @ Convergent AV]

Del:Very cool......really nice work. Look forward to seeing more.

Gordon

[Tobers]

Good shots indeed. Nice and clear and sharp!

I reckon there will be a lot of this sort of shot in the competition, so I'm going to try something very different (if only I can think of what it is!).

[Del45]

Thanks guys.

Just noticed the competition, thanks Tobers, looks like I will have to get that tripod sooner rather than later.