Night Photography?

[Pirate]

Anyone into it?

It's a boring Saturday Night, so, I'm thinking of grabbing the Hasselblad and heading into town for a few hours of darkness. I have a hat full of Fuji Provia 100, even a few rolls of Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (might use one roll). Have some other stuff too but I'm thinking of just using the Provia 100. Don't have anything higher than 100 ISO, but that's ok, I have time...

Me, the Hassy, some Fuji, and the Tripod, going on a date.

Anyone into Night Shooting?

Got pics to show off? I'd love to see what you guys have done.

I'd use my rangefinder but I'm running way low on 135 film... like, down to 3 rolls

[Rogrund]

Leica M6, Nokton 35/1.4, BW400CN

[kg4nih]

Nice one Antti.

And, check this site for some of mfogiel's. His night photo's in Monaco with blads are stunning.

QUOTE=Rogrund;1384685]Leica M6, Nokton 35/1.4, BW400CN

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[maddoc]

[Rogrund]

Originally Posted by kg4nih

Nice one Antti.

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Thanks kg4nih! Lots of great nighttime pictures in this thread.

[ped]

Originally Posted by Rogrund

Leica M6, Nokton 35/1.4, BW400CN

THIS is my fave shot on the thread so far. Wonderful composure and mixture of motion and emotion. Superb!

[gshybrid]

M8 35 nokton 1.2

I sold this lens to get a 35 summilux asph... I do like the way it renders city lights.

[Pirate]

Do you guys have TTL? I know the M8 does, or do you use a hand-held meter also? I'll be using my Lunasix tonight.

Nice shots, by the way.

[gshybrid]

Originally Posted by Pirate

Do you guys have TTL? I know the M8 does, or do you use a hand-held meter also? I'll be using my Lunasix tonight.

Nice shots, by the way.

I have a user mode for low light shooting.... Aperture priority, auto ISO up to 640 when the shutter wants to drop below 1/60th.

[Rogrund]

I just shoot wide open and use the longest shutter speed I think I can get away with (1/30 or 1/15). No metering or tripod for me...

[jbielikowski]

Too late today, and for perfect night shooting I like navy blue sky after the sunset with no clouds. Later the contrasts are too high for my taste.

[kg4nih]

Two shots. Snowed in this February and thought "what the hell."


Contax G2, 45/2 Planar, XP2 in Rodinal


ZI, 50/2 Planar, Tri-X (EI250) in HC110

[Sjixxxy]

Stick with the Provia. You won't have to worry much, if at all about the dreaded R word.

R being reciprocity, as in reciprocity failure.

[Pirate]

Did two rolls of Provia 120. It'll take a while to get them developed, but, that's ok, I have more rolls to shoot while I wait

[robklurfield]

[robklurfield]

[Pirate]

Sjixxxy, love your blog. I'm gonna recalibrate my 3x4 Rangefinder and take it out night shooting with me now!

[shyoon]

I love shooting at night.

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

All Tmax 3200 at EI-1600, handheld. The first was shot with a Leica M6, the others with an Olympus OM-4T.

[menos]

Originally Posted by Chriscrawfordphoto

All Tmax 3200 at EI-1600, handheld. The first was shot with a Leica M6, the others with an Olympus OM-4T.

Love these Christopher!

Originally Posted by helenhill

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Helen, this is a great shot!


So this thing got a name huh - "nightphotography" ?!

This is, what I love the most and do it mainly - don't like the light during the day:
Here is a small flickr set of some late shots, I uploaded on my fresh account "shanghai @ night".


"mobile ride" | M6 | 50 Lux | TriX @ ISO 6400


"man loves dog loves man" | M8.2 | Noctilux


"racing tricycle" | M8.2 | Noctilux


"two restaurants" | M8.2 | Noctilux


"dreaming" | M8.2 | 50 Lux


"rose" | M8.2 | 50 Lux


"night shift" | M8.2 | 35 Cron

I shoot all night handheld - tried to get used to a tripod on several occasions - never felt right, always got in the way.
I am not setting up, planning or shooting a scene over and over - I wander the night and shoot, what I see - you can't do that with tripods.
The Leica is great for that.

I used to use Nikon DSLRs for that, but somehow they miss the magic. I guess, it's the glass.

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Originally Posted by menos

Love these Christopher!

Thanks Dirk. Your night photos from China are awesome too.

[mel]

Originally Posted by menos

Love these Christopher!



Helen, this is a great shot!


So this thing got a name huh - "nightphotography" ?!

This is, what I love the most and do it mainly - don't like the light during the day:
Here is a small flickr set of some late shots, I uploaded on my fresh account "shanghai @ night".


"mobile ride" | M6 | 50 Lux | TriX @ ISO 6400


"man loves dog loves man" | M8.2 | Noctilux


"racing tricycle" | M8.2 | Noctilux


"two restaurants" | M8.2 | Noctilux


"dreaming" | M8.2 | 50 Lux


"rose" | M8.2 | 50 Lux


"night shift" | M8.2 | 35 Cron

I shoot all night handheld - tried to get used to a tripod on several occasions - never felt right, always got in the way.
I am not setting up, planning or shooting a scene over and over - I wander the night and shoot, what I see - you can't do that with tripods.
The Leica is great for that.

I used to use Nikon DSLRs for that, but somehow they miss the magic. I guess, it's the glass.

Great inspiration. Thanks for the details.

[menos]

Originally Posted by mel

Great inspiration. Thanks for the details.

Glad, you like 'em Mel ;-)

Benny, I missed to comment on your R-D1 shots - these colors are just great! Nicely framed and especially that 15mm shot looks super!

You master that "slow lens shooting in the night very well" ;-)

Patrick James - give that shootin' another try - I love the belly shot with cut off head a lot - it really is the type of pictures, that are grabbed out of the street and show life - nothing staged. I love that!

[dof]

Here are a few from the archives...

[porktaco]

Originally Posted by Chriscrawfordphoto

that is simply wonderful. really, really well done.