Streets of London at Night: Vehicles
I spent a couple of days in London last week and the sun set very early at around 4:30 pm in the evening. It made for long nights and short days, but I actually like shooting at night because I feel everything is more dramatic.
These are a few I took of the vehicles while walking around. The first two are hand held while the other two are using a compact tripod I carry with me when I go out shooting.
I have more to share as I go through them, but would be great to get some feedback on them and also open to recommendations on other fun location to shoot in London.
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Excellent night shots. What do you recommend for camera settings?
Thanks, I really appreciate the feedback!
For handheld shots it's a balance but I'm typically pretty wide open here for the handheld shots of around 2.8, iso 1600 - 3200 depending on lighting, and I try to keep my shutter at 125/sec or above to keep things sharp.
As my camera and lens do not have ibis I have to keep a higher shutter speed to compensate. But if yours does you can use a lower shutter as the stabilization will help a lot.
For the tripods shots I don't need to use a high iso or need to open up as much since the camera is stabilized. So I use a higher f-stop like 5.6 - 11, base iso, and then adjust my shutter. If your camera has ibis on the lens you may need to turn it off if you're using it on a tripod depending on what camera/lens you have.
Anyways try it out, night shots are a lot of fun!