Shooting Panoramic Images In Low light

Lower Manhattan during a beautiful sunset.

NYC skyline from Blvd East, Weehawken, NJ

Photographing beautiful panoramic Images are really wonderful to do. You go out find a place you want to photograph, sit and be amazed at its beauty, looking at every detail possible that you want to portray in your shot. For example, the reflections on the water, overall color balance, and most importantly the lighting. You don't want to over-shoot and blast out the color because of the lighting or the lack of it.

On these Images I used a tripod, my trusty Nikon D90 with a Nikon DX 18-105 Lens. Always adjusting ISO, Aperture, Shutter-speeds, until you feel what you see, as you enjoy the beautiful views surrounding you. Digital cameras are awesome because no matter how many you shoot, you can always delete the unfavored. On these Images it turned out that I kept my ISO at 200,

my aperture at F9, and shutter speed at 1/8 of a second, which is very slow as photography is concerned. Also set my Image quality to RAW, which gives me the latitude I need once my Images are on my Mac. Tripod helps so the camera doesn't move during the long exposure not blurring the Image. Then once on your computer, you can crop, adjust accordingly until you feel its the closest to what you saw on that beautiful time. The final results made me smile remembering how beautiful the place really was.

Remember, no matter where you shoot, just take the time to look, enjoy, and experiment with your camera and settings to make it fun. The final result will surprise you. Keep shooting and let me know how its going.

As always,

Gerry

GV Photographics

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and go to Galleries Thank you for taking the time.