Went out for a ride this morning looking to do some long exposures in total darkness. I wanted to test the D700 to see how it would handle in terms of noise, hot pixels, etc.
Took this picture of the Eiffel Tower which was only lit up by twilight and street lamps.
By no means a prize winning photograph but in the end I think the camera delivered encouraging results and will look to do some more long exposures in the future.
n0b0 wrote:
Very nice composition and love the sky colour!! A little nitpick, the tree look somewhat oversaturated.
Thanks.
I think that's the effect of the long exposure as I simply used Standard picture style and +1 saturation in NX2. This said, I could bring saturation back to Standard and leave it as is.
Very well done. I like the composition and the exposure is great. I especially like the moving clouds near the Eiffel Tower. The light at the base of the tower is a bit distracting, but with a 4 minute exposure, that is what you're going to get.
nburwell wrote:
Very well done. I like the composition and the exposure is great. I especially like the moving clouds near the Eiffel Tower. The light at the base of the tower is a bit distracting, but with a 4 minute exposure, that is what you're going to get.
-Nick
Thanks.
The only way to get the light down would be to reduce exposure, but then the whole picture moves. I did increase highlight protection in NX2 and that helped a bit but nothing dramatic.
I think that's the effect of the long exposure as I simply used Standard picture style and +1 saturation in NX2. This said, I could bring saturation back to Standard and leave it as is.
Mark
Perhaps you can use the Sponge tool in photoshop to desaturate the green.
