While night photography in the city presents its own unique challenges for the photographer, it's also something that most of us will find ourselves experimenting with on our way to becoming better photographers. The simple fact is that most of us live in cities and many of these scenes are readily available for us to shoot. Hopefully this collection will help you discover that that isn't such a bad thing!
Photo by WandertheWorld at The Lost Man Project.
Photo by Your Photo Trips
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There’s something about ultrawide shots with all artificial lighting that’s just magical.
Someone could probably publish a book of wet sidewalks under streetlights and I’d buy it.
I also love ultrawide angle low-light shots.
I love night photogaphy and these pictures are amazing Have a few of my own though not not so exotic. Just getting over [how stupid do look out at night with a camera] syndrome
Some lovely shots in this post…
@Roger Booton your photo is not in the same league, it lacks any contrast or vibrancy and the composition feels very flat, at points it also looks blurry. You should check out HDR style photography as a few of the shots are obviously HDR shots. Also try adding some depth of field or make use of an unusual or striking composition wouldn’t go amiss.
I think that’s a bit harsh. It could probably benefit from a crop and some sharpening but I wouldn’t be as harsh in the criticism. 🙂
If you want to learn any style of photography, especially night photography, then I would suggest learning in camera, exposure to perfect it and forget about HDR. Applying composition to night time work is difficult but also something to learn.
Lots to learn and have fun.
Black and White photos ftw. Also, Roger, just keep learning and definitely look into HDR.
I’ve always struggled with night photography. I’ve never shot HDR, but perhaps I should give it a shot; I don’t really know much about it. I get some good shots when I shoot at night but, invariably the keeper-to-non-keeper ratio is pretty pitiful.
I’m diggin’ this whole Light Stalker thing…
what HDR plugins are the best. are there free ones worth anything, and which ones are worth paying for
Bryan The two that I have used are Photomatix and the new capabilities of Photoshop CS5. For me CS5 is the best of the lot.
This is one of my efforts, HDR from a RAW imagehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/11384809@N04/4442464669/in/photostream/
I hope this post works – been having problems.
Hers another of my efforts, actually an HDR from RAW – Trafalgar Square, London.https://img266.imageshack.us/img266/46/img616923photomatixwtmkn.jpg
https://bacphotography.jalbum.net/People/slides/friends.jpg
HDR is great-I love playing with it
There is no words to say other than “awesome” , well done , thanks for sharing 🙂
Don’t worry about looking stupid with a camera at night, worry about going out alone after dark with expensive equipment on an expensive tripod. Forget HDR for now until you learn the basics of night photography, long exposures, movement etc. Good luck