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Couple of night shots

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Redlineracer12

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I was bored tonight and I just finished putzing with a few things on the car. I've been meaning to figure out this new camera we got and I finally found the night scenery setting :troutslap: Now I NEED a tripod if I wanna try this again because I can't hold a camera steady to save my life apparently.


Down in front of a local private airport
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Street lamp near airport hangers
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Opinions welcome :)
 
hhhmmmmm... that low to the ground with a tripod...got any ideas?
 
eh I have one and it works pretty good on flat ground :shrug:
 
ive got about a 8" tripod with bendy legs so it can be put in any stance or on any surface really. came with my camera off ebay
 
Thanks all :) I know i desperately need a better way to keep it steady. Those were my best ones, you don't want to see the others :troutslap:

I'll work on it for next time. I try to keep the contour clean, it has 52k miles and is usually only driven on the nice weekend days :eek:
 
Redlineracer12 said:
Thanks all :) I know i desperately need a better way to keep it steady. Those were my best ones, you don't want to see the others :troutslap:

I'll work on it for next time. I try to keep the contour clean, it has 52k miles and is usually only driven on the nice weekend days :eek:
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i dont know what camera you are using but i know mine is super hard to hold steady at night with the night setting on (i have a cheap sony 6.1mp...nothing special)
 
Looks nice... Does need more tripod though... If you hang around up here at the meet till dark we can get some good night shots in. I cant wait to see that car in person.:drool: You must have been "breaking it in" when you took these eh?
 
RespectTheContour said:
i dont know what camera you are using but i know mine is super hard to hold steady at night with the night setting on (i have a cheap sony 6.1mp...nothing special)
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I have a Panasonic Lumix 7.1mp it's nothing fancy but a heck of a lot nicer then the lone I used to have. I have an old tripod around here somewhere I just need to find it. I agree with you though, on night setting you have to hold it still FOREVER


cnewton44 said:
Looks nice... Does need more tripod though... If you hang around up here at the meet till dark we can get some good night shots in. I cant wait to see that car in person.:drool: You must have been "breaking it in" when you took these eh?
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130 miles and counting ;)
 
Setting it on the ground would bring a lot of clarity to it. Here's a shot of my last SVT using the ground to steady the camera.

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