Night captures, Italy

DonaldG · 10-10-2009, 03:08 PM

I have just returned from a trip to Northern Italy.

The following 4 night shots were taken on the shore of Lake Maggiore at Arona.

ISO 320, 25 seconds at f/6.3

ISO 320, 25 seconds at f/7.1

ISO 320, 25 seconds at f/4.0

ISO 320, 25 seconds at f/14

**simpswr** · 10-10-2009, 03:09 PM

Great shots . .

**wrench97** · 10-10-2009, 03:15 PM

Nice shots Donald, how was the trip?

DonaldG · 10-10-2009, 03:16 PM

Thanks Rich - no tripod used, just found some handy walls or bins to rest camera on...

DonaldG · 10-10-2009, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrench97

Nice shots Donald, how was the trip?

Fantastic... example: one lunch time in we sat down at 13:00 and left the lunch table at 17:00 after a 4 hour, mind blowing 10 course blowout!

**WereBo** · 10-10-2009, 03:22 PM

That is one smoooooth lake - 25-second shot and not a single ripple to be seen - beautiful shots Donald

DonaldG · 10-10-2009, 03:40 PM

It was a treat to do long time exposures. Not a breath of air. If you look at the shot with the boats, you will be able to detect a slight movement on the masts. That was after 25 seconds!...Some of the daytime shots are similar!

DonaldG · 10-10-2009, 04:00 PM

A couple of day time shots to show the reflections in the water!

**Done_Fishin** · 10-10-2009, 04:03 PM

Beautiful .....

**grimx133** · 10-10-2009, 08:03 PM

Beauty shots! Can't imagine 25 seconds without a tripod, if I tried that, the subject would be unrecognizable.

**WereBo** · 10-10-2009, 08:23 PM

It's definitely a colourful place in the daytime, I hope you had your sunglasses

I love the sky-on-water effect on the 2nd daytime shot of the little 'harbour', for want of a better term for it, a rare time when a polaroid filter is better left off

DonaldG · 10-11-2009, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WereBo

That is one smoooooth lake - 25-second shot and not a single ripple to be seen -

In reality, there were very minor ripples but when exposed to a long time exposure, the individual ripple life span is only a fraction of a second and therefore is not recorded. The whole effect is to make the water look smoother than it really was. That said, the ripples must be very, very small and 'glassy' in effect.

I must admit, the night time photos came out better than I expected, especially after throwing my mini tripod away! (I have three mini tripods but packed one that I had never used & it would not clamp the ball head to hold my 6.5 lb camera!)

DonaldG · 10-12-2009, 02:04 PM

A windy day at Lake Maggiore!

**Done_Fishin** · 10-12-2009, 02:23 PM

I was going to say that photo reminded me of something but then I thought better of it

DonaldG · 10-12-2009, 02:44 PM

**WereBo** · 10-12-2009, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Done_Fishin

I was going to say that photo reminded me of something but then I thought better of it

What was that, a kite-flyer's worst nightmare?

TJ Belfiore · 10-12-2009, 07:17 PM

Absolutely beautiful . . .

It's funny how this world can be so horrible yet it's still always beautiful.

I can't wait till I move there in 2 years, :P

DonaldG · 10-13-2009, 01:58 AM

Thanks TJ

Looking carefully, there are many beautiful things around us...

The sun doesn't always shine in Italy:

This one shows the beautiful view from our hotel window. Note the beautiful mist obscuring the beautiful hills/mountains on the other side of the beautiful lake.

A view of the beautiful Italian cars on the beautiful road just outside our beautiful hotel. Note the beautiful rain drops picked out by the beautiful car headlight.

After 9 days of beautiful weather the last afternoon did get a bit damp!

Dadashi_Hatake · 10-19-2009, 08:25 PM

Amazingly beautiful. I popped in briefly to post a problem I had with FireFox, and then checked the good ol' Photographer's Corner. And saw this topic and just had to post.

i love the colors in the first two nighttime pics, very brilliant.

I like the stillness of the lake, also very nice.

The fountain is beautiful as well. I could go on forever lol...

Must quickly mention the last few pics, liked them all, and capturing the rain was nice as well. Very cool. The lake with the large boat, the second to last picture, also brilliant, colors are very bright and the lake is beautiful even if slightly dreary, topped off with the cool boat; just all very nice.

10-10-2009, 03:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Night captures, Italy I have just returned from a trip to Northern Italy. The following 4 night shots were taken on the shore of Lake Maggiore at Arona. ISO 320, 25 seconds at f/6.3 ISO 320, 25 seconds at f/7.1 ISO 320, 25 seconds at f/4.0 ISO 320, 25 seconds at f/14 __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

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simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,216 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Night captures, Italy Great shots . . __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

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DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Night captures, Italy Thanks Rich - no tripod used, just found some handy walls or bins to rest camera on... __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

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WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,449 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: Night captures, Italy That is one smoooooth lake - 25-second shot and not a single ripple to be seen - beautiful shots Donald __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

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DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Night captures, Italy It was a treat to do long time exposures. Not a breath of air. If you look at the shot with the boats, you will be able to detect a slight movement on the masts. That was after 25 seconds!...Some of the daytime shots are similar! __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

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DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Night captures, Italy A couple of day time shots to show the reflections in the water! __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner . Last edited by DonaldG; 10-11-2009 at 02:05 AM.

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WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,449 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: Night captures, Italy It's definitely a colourful place in the daytime, I hope you had your sunglasses I love the sky-on-water effect on the 2nd daytime shot of the little 'harbour', for want of a better term for it, a rare time when a polaroid filter is better left off __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

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DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Night captures, Italy A windy day at Lake Maggiore! __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

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DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Night captures, Italy __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner .

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TJ Belfiore December 8th, 1980 :[ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 530 Posts: 3,513 OS: 7 x64, XP x32	Re: Night captures, Italy Absolutely beautiful . . . It's funny how this world can be so horrible yet it's still always beautiful. I can't wait till I move there in 2 years, :P __________________

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DonaldG Manager Home Support, Assistant Manager Articles Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 10,164 OS: XPsp2 Laptop & Vista Ultimate Desktop My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Night captures, Italy Thanks TJ Looking carefully, there are many beautiful things around us... The sun doesn't always shine in Italy: This one shows the beautiful view from our hotel window. Note the beautiful mist obscuring the beautiful hills/mountains on the other side of the beautiful lake. A view of the beautiful Italian cars on the beautiful road just outside our beautiful hotel. Note the beautiful rain drops picked out by the beautiful car headlight. After 9 days of beautiful weather the last afternoon did get a bit damp! __________________ . Lest we forget... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Submit New Articles Here TSF's Photographer's Corner . Last edited by DonaldG; 10-13-2009 at 02:27 AM.

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Dadashi_Hatake Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohio (U.S.A) Posts: 121 OS: Vista SP1	Re: Night captures, Italy Amazingly beautiful. I popped in briefly to post a problem I had with FireFox, and then checked the good ol' Photographer's Corner. And saw this topic and just had to post. i love the colors in the first two nighttime pics, very brilliant. I like the stillness of the lake, also very nice. The fountain is beautiful as well. I could go on forever lol... Must quickly mention the last few pics, liked them all, and capturing the rain was nice as well. Very cool. The lake with the large boat, the second to last picture, also brilliant, colors are very bright and the lake is beautiful even if slightly dreary, topped off with the cool boat; just all very nice.