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That is gorgeous!

LIKE!


RIP Julie & Maisie

wow, that really is very good, how long does it take you to set up for something like that?

Thanks all. If you right click the photo & then 'save image as' onto your computer. Then right click on the picture & 'Properties' then 'details' you can see all the exif information. This tells you the exposure time & the f/ stop (the amount of light entering the camera). There is more information as well. This goes for most pictures on the net unless people choose to hide the details. The camera was a Nikon D90 & the lens was the Nikon 300mm prime.
I can't remember if I used a tripod, rested the camera on a ticket machine or hand held it. Hand held should be OK because you use a fast shutter speed.
Unless you are very lucky you need to have a manual setting on your camera because an auto setting will make the picture too dark. Once the sun is low in the sky, anything from 20 minutes before sunset to just before sunset. Point the camera to the area you want to take. Set the  amount of light entering the camera. On this photo I used f/7.1, but f/9 is generally best for cheaper lenses. Then choose the shutter speed. I used a shutter speed of 1/1600 sec. Then take the picture. You don't need a dear camera too take photos like this, you only need to have manual options.
These setting are not ground in stone. You can use an f stop much higher & a slower shutter speed, but the slower the speed the more likely of blur.
Bottom line on a manual camera, even if you don't know what you are doing just set it to f7 & 1/1600. That's all.
If you have ISO control leave that on 200 ISO.

I know there are better photographers on these forums than me. I would love to see their photos & how they achieved them?

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I know there are better photographers on these forums than me. I would love to see their photos & how they achieved them?Alas for me most of them are point and click!

Though this xmas I hope to get a wide angle lens and take some nice star shots, instructions for that are a bit more complicated.


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Though this xmas I hope to get a wide angle lens and take some nice star shots, instructions for that are a bit more complicated.
So Santa has told you what he is bringing already?  I look forward to seeing the photo's.

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Santa said he couldn't afford it but he'd contribute.


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