Recent content by traindriver

Have to say Stu some of those Hare pics are fantastic.

You'll have to be quick to get a decent shot of a perched one, after decades of persecution they seem to have evolved to be jumpy and very shy of humans when perched. Tried it a few times, only way I've been able to get a half decent (emphasis on "half") record shot is to take from the car but...

Lee and Dave thanks again for your input, it's appreciated.

D500, 25s f2.8, Tokina 11-16 m, think it was at about 14mm. Tripod but didn't have remote release which is where I think some of the movement came from (plus as I mentioned previously it was a windy night.) Thanks for the detailed answer, I had been weighing up the subscription vs LR6 purchase...

Hi Dave thanks for the post. I've heard of using layers in PS before but it's not something I've done yet. I'm still using the Nikon software for now, once I'm happy with that, have a better understanding of processing and have reached it's limitations I'll decide to move on to LR or PS...

That's a good idea but unfortunately the lights inside the cathedral go off as well, they only seem to be on when there's an event on. They tend to finish earlier than any streetlight switch off time so I wouldn't get any light coming from the stained glass or main entrance unfortunately.

Is this thread still going? If so.. Name - Ben Area - Birmingham Sex - Male Age - 35 Interests - Mainly wildlife, plus night/low light - would be useful to find someone else interested in night city shots to pair up Short notice - possibly if not working Weekends/weekdays - either (work...

I hadn't really looked at it like that, thanks for the new point of view! To be fair I do quite like the image but once I noticed the crosses and couldn't understand them I wanted to find out how to avoid such things in future. Cheers, I would like to get it right as it's such a beautiful...

Thanks again for all the advice and info, great forum is this (y)

The double arc I was aware of as it showed up pretty clearly in live view, so in subsequent shots I was able to prevent it by placing my hand in such a way as it prevented the light from getting in (without my hand being in shot.) But the crosses were more difficult for me to understand. Perhaps...

Thanks for the replies. I hadn't noticed before but it seems you're right about the correlation, so I guess reflection is the most likely cause. When I go back I'll try a different lens and see what happens, the lighting is normally the same in that area when they have an event on in the evening...

Thanks for all the responses. Just to clarify no filter and the image was taken at f2.8 on a 2.8 lens at 13mm. Perhaps I should have gone down to f4? Although it was only once home that I noticed these crosses. Next time I'm at the cathedral I'll see if that makes much of a difference (in...

No filter on the front of the lens, just the standard lens hood. I did think it was something to do with camera movement but it just seemed a bit unusual and unlike camera movement which I've seen/experienced before (I always thought of it as the wobbly effect which is also clearly noticable...

If I do it's not something I've done knowingly. I've not seen them on any other shots with the same combination of camera and lens, just these few of the cathedral so if any effect was enabled I would guess I'd see it on other images?

Hi all. Took some night shots of Lichfield cathedral recently (fantastic building if you've never been) and on several images which I rejected the same imperfections showed up - Crosses of light. In this example posted they are to the top left/right of the spires. Is it to do with camera shake...