Thamrin,Jakarta, at night

[mingkywingky]

Hi Everyone!

I've been doing shots for my final assignment, these are 8 pictures of the city at night. They're taken at Thamrin street, the busiest street in Jakarta, Indonesia.
I used 18-55mm lens, a polarizer filter, and a tripod. Most of them were at f8/4s-15s/WB white fluorescent light,ISO 100.

C&C are appreciated.
Thank you for taking a look.


Tenny:)
Canon Rebel T1i

[mingkywingky]

These are the rest of the pictures.
As you can see, I have a problem of taking pictures of the fountain, since the lights surround it were too bright.
I tried to reduce the brightness by adjusting the level, but that's the best I could do.

[johnbiondo]

Hi Tenny,

Nice shots.

I am no expert, but you may consider trying a greater ISO and f/ratio values and shortening the exposure time to keep from being over exposed with the fountain shots.

I like the one with the headlights zooming through it.

[mingkywingky]

Hi Tenny,

Nice shots.

I am no expert, but you may consider trying a greater ISO and f/ratio values and shortening the exposure time to keep from being over exposed with the fountain shots.

I like the one with the headlights zooming through it.

Thank you Johnbiondo for your kind comment and for the tips. I will consider it the next time I do a city at night shots. I still have a lot of time to complete the assignment. I'm not sure if those pictures are good enough either.
I did take the fountain at f22/ISO 100 and higher ISO(400). Yes the lights were better,but the pictures were too dark. I think I set the wrong speed, it was supposed to be a little bit faster (sometimes I forgot all the lectures when shooting:o:D)

Tenny:)

[Kaye]

Really great night shots Tenny. I love No. 1 in the first and No. 2 & 4 in the second series.

[mingkywingky]

Really great night shots Tenny. I love No. 1 in the first and No. 2 & 4 in the second series.

Thank you for a very nice comment Kaye. I'm glad you like them:):)

[shirlm2]

Hi Tenny these are nice shots but I would suggest you try a faster shutter speed. Also try for just after sunset so you get a bit of colour in the sky. You then don't get such a harsh contrast between black sky & bright lights. I hope this helps a bit but keep practising you will get there. I love low light photography, everything looks so different.

[mingkywingky]

Hi Tenny these are nice shots but I would suggest you try a faster shutter speed. Also try for just after sunset so you get a bit of colour in the sky. You then don't get such a harsh contrast between black sky & bright lights. I hope this helps a bit but keep practising you will get there. I love low light photography, everything looks so different.

Thanks for your nice comment and suggestions Shirley, I will try a faster shutter speed next time. I just forgot about the night exposure's table in the lesson 9:D I should've done the shots based on that.

I was thinking of taking the pictures just after sunset too. However, those busy street area has a 3 in 1 rule at that time (in the morning and one hour before and after sunset/peak hours), that means there has to be at least 3 persons in a car. I was only with my cousin at that time, so we have to wait until the 3 in 1 time was over to enter the area:(.
I live in the suburb, the traffic is always unpredictable. It needs at least one and a half hours by car to get to the center of the city. I was thinking of coming earlier, too bad I couldn't make it.
Yes, I do still need practice and practice:)

Tenny:)

[wanda]

Lovely night shots, 3 is my favourite, no suggestions from me as I am trying to get good shots for my final assignment as well.

[mingkywingky]

Lovely night shots, 3 is my favourite, no suggestions from me as I am trying to get good shots for my final assignment as well.

Thank you for a very nice comment Wanda. Isn't it exciting, doing the final assignment?

Tenny:)

[craigpauli]

Hi Tenny, I found using tungsten wb setting gives best natural look to photos at night of the city. Shots of the fountain would be better when still some light in the sky, because the lighting will be way too bright no matter what setting you try use or fountain too dark. Try compose the shots so that either have all dark buildings or all lit up buildings so that don't get the high contrast. For the average shot where don't have buildings that have external lighting that is overly bright on f/8 try for around the 25-30 second mark as it will bring more of the buildings into detail. I'm no expert but have done alot of what if I tried this what would it look like etc :)
Cheers.

[mingkywingky]

Hi Tenny, I found using tungsten wb setting gives best natural look to photos at night of the city. Shots of the fountain would be better when still some light in the sky, because the lighting will be way too bright no matter what setting you try use or fountain too dark. Try compose the shots so that either have all dark buildings or all lit up buildings so that don't get the high contrast. For the average shot where don't have buildings that have external lighting that is overly bright on f/8 try for around the 25-30 second mark as it will bring more of the buildings into detail. I'm no expert but have done alot of what if I tried this what would it look like etc :)
Cheers.

Thank you for the tips Craig. I was hoping that you would give some opinion because you've done lots of beautiful night shots, and you did:)

Tenny:)

[craigpauli]

Thank you for the tips Craig. I was hoping that you would give some opinion because you've done lots of beautiful night shots, and you did:)

Tenny:)

You are most welcome Tenny , always willing to pass on any tips that I have picked up by experimenting. Best luck hope you get some shots to dazzle us with :)