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At night
An attempt to take some night pictures
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In my first serious attempt to get into night photography the camera was prepared by closing the aperture only 1/3 stop, adjusting exposure compensation (-2 EV), and cranking up ISO to 800 (+2 stops from usually 200), gambling that the almighty Shake Reduction mechanism would do the rest. That didn't end up too well, however, because 80% of my pictures were blurred. So only two reasonably sharp photos are shown here.
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 Street lighting, traffic lights, and fluorescent lamps in harmony (1/13 s).
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Entrance of Albert Heijn supermarket crowded with bicycles from people too lazy to put them in the stands (1/40 s).
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These are straight out of the camera and only cropped to square. Next time I'll use a shorter lens, 3200 ISO, and hold my breath when pressing the shutter button.
A Black/White version was also made from the first photo. The shadows, midtones and highlights are enhanced in the same amount to better bring out details of the buildings and trees.
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Illuminated shops at crossing.
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Camera: Pentax K5-II, DA 40 mm f/2.8 Limited. (60 mm equiv).
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