Nite Time is the Rite Time? [Archive]

Andrew Sowerby

12-10-2005, 16:19

Few from Brighton Pier over the summer:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/andrewsowerby/0249.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/andrewsowerby/B1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/andrewsowerby/B2.jpg

MinorTones

12-10-2005, 16:32

Nightime Western Linky (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=20420&cat=500&ppuser=3411)

jja

12-10-2005, 17:20

Concert hall.

jja

12-10-2005, 17:25

Concert hall, detail.

rbiemer

12-10-2005, 20:48

BRIGHT NIGHT (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=19899&cat=3563) link.

JohnL

12-10-2005, 21:01

Great sky in the first shot of the pier!

ChrisN

12-10-2005, 21:04

Night lights

julianphotoart

12-10-2005, 21:13

Pure luck.

Socke

12-11-2005, 00:57

I knew it wouldn't work but I had to try it anyways.

Contax TVS with Fujipress 800, metered for the streetlights and then +1 stop
http://www.hett.org/files/0001/cuba_00121.jpg

taffer

12-11-2005, 01:39

Yep, nite time is the right time :)

aizan

12-11-2005, 01:47

in the day, nothing matters. it's the nighttime that matters...

Toby

12-11-2005, 02:01

Gridlock on Chelsea Bridge

Vagabond

12-11-2005, 02:34

Old City, Philadelphia, PA

You gotta love the nite.

Kin Lau

12-11-2005, 02:48

Brooklyn Bridge, Neopan 1600 I think.

Bertram2

12-11-2005, 04:42

Few from Brighton Pier over the summer:

Nite Time IS the right time (for RF shooters)!

pesphoto

12-11-2005, 05:51

Yashica GSN and TriX

peter_n

12-11-2005, 07:34

Leica M6TTL, Kobalux 21/2.8 and Neopan 1600.

taffer

12-12-2005, 15:35

A happy friend :)

Doug

12-12-2005, 17:53

Vagabond, I like that one!
Peter, fine use of the wide lens to draw in the whole scene, but without perspective distortion.
Oscar, I still love her expression, just great... I guess disapproving of your snapping? Or just having fun with you?

peter_n

12-12-2005, 18:51

Thanks Doug, that was the view from our apartment window when we stayed in Madrid earlier this year. Sorry about the blown highlights, not sure if its the development or my lousy scanning. :(

darkkavenger

12-13-2005, 05:33

FED-3 type B - Industar-61 F/2.8 - 52mm
Ilford PAN 400

Prague

Todd.Hanz

12-13-2005, 06:29

M4-P
VC 28/1.9
Kodak Hi-Def.
Riverwalk-San Antonio, Texas

Vagabond

12-13-2005, 16:41

Doug,

Thanks for the kind words about that shot.

Quite a while ago I had seen some night time shots on this site and that inspired me to start lurking through the streets of Philadelphia looking for possibilities.

Hmmm, that doesn’t sound right, does it? Anyway, thanks.

Bill

einolu

12-13-2005, 16:59

it seems like during the winter the night is the only time to take pictures, heh.

I have a few in my gallery, and heres 2 more.

One taken with a Industar 22 and the other taken with a panasonic lx1, an honorary rangefinder IMO (which was lost/stolen earlier this year...).

enochRoot

12-13-2005, 22:32

no access to a scanner, so i can't show anything recent (unfortunately, as i shot an entire nighttime roll). so i'll just link to the one night shot i have in my gallery:

here - night plant (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=22193&cat=500&ppuser=3535)

dffman2001

12-13-2005, 23:19

First post here - couldn't resist the topic!

Doug

12-13-2005, 23:30

Welcome, dffman! Interesting shot, as one can imagine the grafitti as a cartoon character out at night...

dmr

12-14-2005, 06:17

I'm a real sucker for night shots ... always have been ... QL17 GIII, Fuji 800.

chenick

12-14-2005, 09:01

Here are 2 of mine, first with a Yashica Electro GTN, leaning against a pole, second with an Olympus 35 SP, handheld.

Nick

taffer

12-14-2005, 09:09

Oscar, I still love her expression, just great... I guess disapproving of your snapping? Or just having fun with you?

Thanks Doug ! Just the second, and the next shot was a fun laugh from her, but came out blurred, argh.
DMR, nice night color scenes !
Chenick, I remember that one from the book ;)

peter_n

12-14-2005, 14:45

First post here - couldn't resist the topic!Nice shot and welcome to the forum dffman! :)

jan normandale

12-14-2005, 19:02

I spend equal time shooting at night mostly summer nights but also winter. Here are some from this past summer.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=16770&cat=5194

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=17587&cat=5282

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=18974&cat=4983

shutterflower

12-14-2005, 19:33

from my first roll through the RF645. 45mm. Neopan 400.

The Farmer's market in LA

impact07

12-14-2005, 19:48

San Francisco.

Leica MP, 50 2.8.

reagan

12-17-2005, 19:49

"San Louie Mo"

Honus

12-17-2005, 20:21

Port of Oakland
50mm Summicron
Tri-X

Doug

12-17-2005, 21:23

Honus I like that one..

richiedcruz

12-17-2005, 21:55

Honus, I live in the east bay and was curious to know where that was taken from.

Richie

Honus

12-17-2005, 22:53

Richie,

There is a park on Middle Harbor Rd. near 7th St. in Oakland. This was taken in that park looking back to the Port facilities.

Nothing like the Port of Oakland at midnight to get the hairs on the back of your neck excited. :D

- robert

jano

12-17-2005, 23:02

Thanks to this thread, I started looking into trying out long exposure, night photography. Visited the nocturnes and learned a bit about reciprocity stuff.

I'm still confused :( All the sites say that above certain time (e.g. 1s 2s or 4s or 2m, whatever), you have to start adjusting for the r. failure. First question: how exactly do you know how much of a factor to adjust the exposure time by? And second.. how do you know what the initial exposure is supposed to be? The meters in my camera don't "work", i.e. doesn't look like they go beyond a few seconds, and then I must use bulb. Do I need an external meter.. or.. err.. hmm.

Thanks :)
Jano

mkyy

12-17-2005, 23:05

http://static.flickr.com/12/68935531_e124c114bd.jpg

mkyy

12-17-2005, 23:08

http://static.flickr.com/26/64928595_201a806dc2.jpg

rbiemer

12-18-2005, 11:06

Thanks to this thread, I started looking into trying out long exposure, night photography. Visited the nocturnes and learned a bit about reciprocity stuff.
Do I need an external meter.. or.. err.. hmm.
Thanks :)
Jano
Jano, I rely on the Black Cat Exposure Guide and Here are a couple of links:
(this is from a fellow RFF member)Gordon Coale's info (http://www.electricedge.com/greymatter/archives/00003953.htm)
And this one:Black Cat Products, Inc. (http://www.blackcatphotoproducts.com/guide.html)
I first bought one of these to help me with pinhole photography and soon discovered that it's very good for night time shots as well. I still tend to brackett around whatever starting point I take from the Guide.
Hope this is helpful!
Rob

enochRoot

12-18-2005, 13:38

thanks rob...that is some great info! i had no idea something like this existed (the black cat guide). what a great little tool! i think i'll have to buy one asap. are all of the scenes listed in the guide just pertaining to night/long exposures, or do they have daylit scenes as well? almost a way to assist the "sunny 16" w/ no lightmeter? i'd love to never depend on a lightmeter, and just get good at reading the light (with help from this black cat thingy).

chenick

12-18-2005, 13:53

Chenick, I remember that one from the book ;)

ahem.. yes well that's a sign I need to get out and shoot more :rolleyes:
but I've got my Bessa back and am in a shooting mood! :)

-Nick

KEH

12-18-2005, 14:26

A well-known local establishment invites you in with the sign "Sorry we're open." R-D1 with CV 35 / 1.7.

Cheers,
Kirk

Honu-Hugger

12-18-2005, 17:33

50/1.5 Sonnar, from New Orleans.

rbiemer

12-18-2005, 19:53

do they have daylit scenes as well?
Yes. I don't have mine in front of me but there are a fairly comprensive variety of light levels referenced. I use it mostly for the night/low light info and the small aperture info. And it has certainly helped me to get a little better at judging light. And battery independent.
Rob

dostacos

12-18-2005, 20:29

The pier lights, Newport pier just before sunrise....

Doug

12-18-2005, 22:21

Mack, the lights in the misty forest, very eerie!

Andrew Touchon

01-21-2006, 16:22

Tanabata......

David Goldfarb

01-22-2006, 05:09

Voigtlander Perkeo II (6x6), Color-Skopar, with uncoupled rangefinder, probably Tri-X.

1 sec. exposure, f:3.5 with camera braced against a sign post.

http://www.echonyc.com/~goldfarb/photo/towers.jpg

doxx

01-22-2006, 10:58

http://www.markushartel.com/blog/january05/steam_silo.jpg

trittium

01-22-2006, 11:18

Little Italy NYC

Leica m2
Canon 35mm f1.5 lens
Ilford HP5+
Developed in Diafine

thmk

01-22-2006, 11:42

Taken during a test run with the CV Nokton 1.5/50 @f2 on a Bessa R3A.
Neopan 1600 souped in Paterson FX-50 (standard method).

Chaser

01-22-2006, 12:01

awesome shot doxx

enochRoot

01-22-2006, 13:02

agreed - great shot doxx!! i also loved the rest of your gallery on your website. very addictive, so i spent a LOT of time looking. out of curiosity...what are the prints? are they photographic prints, or inkjet? i was thinking about getting one.