Questions tagged [night-photography]
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Nikon always says subject too dark when taking night pics
I have a Nikon D3300 and am trying to take night sky pics. I watched a YouTube video of a guy using the exact camera and doing it. I set mine to manual and all the exact settings and have it on a ...
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What causes lens flare from stadium floodlights in my pictures?
When photographing a bright light source (stadium floodlights) a lens flare effect presents itself in the image (shot on an iPhone 13 pro). What causes this effect and how can I accomodate with the ...
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How can I take good photos of stars out of a cockpit window using the Samsung 21 ultra?
I am an airline pilot and as the winter is coming and we get nice clear nights I am seeing masses of stars out the flight deck windows. At night we have dim lighting in the flight deck and when I try ...
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What lens for Nikon night landscape / sky photography? [duplicate]
I wanted to take night sky / aurora photos. I have currently been using Nikon D5300 with 18-105mm f3.5-5.6 lens. However I have noticed that it needs either a bit too long to take photos at night or ...
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How can I use a Ricoh 35 FM film rangefinder to take photographs at night?
Recently I thrifted a cool little rangefinder camera: a Ricoh 35 FM. I am new to photography, and am planning on shooting in the night. However, the camera does not have as many settings to change as ...
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How can I take a good picture of the moon with a phone camera?
With my iPhone 8+, how do I take a picture of the moon without it looking like either a big white blurry blob or like I took a pic of a mirror with the flash on?
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How to shoot lightning bolts with Android Pixel 6 Pro?
Last night I saw lightning from my window, but I did not manage to get a good shot of any, even with the "Long exposure" and "Night sight" modes.
I only have an Android Pixel 6 Pro,...
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Stars at night without long shutter speed lines
I've seen breathtaking milky way photos that have no trail/streaks which of course I always get when shooting my DSLR at 30 seconds or longer - I can't find a clear answer that doesn't include using ...
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How can I improve my photo of a night city landscape with a starry sky?
I like taking city photographs, like monuments or squares, with a starry sky. Since the square/monument is usually well illuminated, I take advantage of HDR with a short exposure for the illuminated ...
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Motorsport at night requirements
I am looking at attending a Motorsport event held at night time under lights and I would like to know if the gear I will be using would be suitable or if I would need to raise the ISO too much to get ...
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Is there a way to get rid of this glowing effect?
I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of the glow around the tree in the bottom right.
I've gotten as far as thinking it's some form of luminosity due to reflections at ground level (this is in my ...
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Mirrorless cameras and Night photography
I am planning to buy Sony A7 mirrorless camera but there are 2 points where I need more clarity:
Are Mirrorless cameras less efficient in low light specially Sony mirrorless cameras. I read somewhere ...
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Need some help with astro photography
I'm just getting into photography and I'm interested in landscape, astro and macro photography.
Because of the comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), I tried to make some pictures during the night, but I think ...
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Capturing the Comet
I’m trying to get a picture of the Neowise comet.
I have a Cannon DSLR and a 300mm lens, along with the 50mm, and a tripod
Can someone please tell me the settings that are best?
Last night, my best ...
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What camera features do I need to take a clear picture of NEOWISE?
My current digital camera is a Nikon Coolpix L110. Several years ago, I took pictures of a lunar eclipse. The pictures weren't what I wanted. The moon was a featureless white disk with and there was a ...
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