London Whitehall at Night

[PeterCollins]

Hey guys,

Took this last night in central london, looking down whitehall looking at Big Ben. First attempt at night photography, how did i do?

D2x
17-70 @ 27mm
25s
F13
ISO100

C&C greatly welcomed

[Alfred Forns]

Did great Peter !!! Lots of different things you can do at night, go slow like here or buy a fast fixed focal length like a 50 or 28 .. both are not expensive and easy to find use. The 1.4 50 would be great or 28 2.8 !!! Could raise the ISO to 400 or so and might get a decent shutter speed !!! btw do not under expose with your camera ( or any) best way to introduce heavy duty noise !!!

... for this might have dialed in a bit more of neg compensation !! Looking forward to the next one !!

[Michael Pancier]

nicely done. Another trick is to take multiple exposures at different exposure times and layer them to get a more even light streak.

[Alfred Forns]

Thanks for the tip Mike !!!!

[Harshad Barve]

excellent image and lovely advise by Alfred
TFS

[PeterCollins]

thanks for the positives, really enjoyed taking a few images there

will def try that tip Mike thanks!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Nice image Peter. Think you did well for a night shot. I remember seeing these elephants all over London.