>Nocturnal photography (also referred to as night photography) refers to the practice of taking photographs outdoors between dusk and dawn, when natural light is minimal or nonexistent.>The low-light conditions night photographers work in require specialized techniques to achieve proper exposure, including long exposures—ranging from several seconds to days—higher ISO sensitivity, or artificial lighting.>The genre encompasses a wide range of subjects, including urban and rural landscapes, architecture, industrial sites, and astrophotography.Post your night photos!
Hi everyone. First of all, thanks for the thread—it’s exactly the kind I love. Could some of you please give me some feedback on my photo? I have a lot to learn, and I know there are so many people who are talented both in theory and in practice, so if you’re willing to share your insights, I’d love to hear them.
>>4509597I like the composition but the veil spoils the pic.>>4509730Love the foggy vibe.>>4509870I don't appreciate how you managed the colors but you sure grasped something nice.>>4509942Love it, could use some contrast and darker shades>>4509954Changes from tje usual city sights, lovely
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>>4525820the colors in your pic are great, but the composition is all over the place. it seems like you wanted to center a light but that's not perfectly center. there's a random building to the side, and i can't see where the end of the objects you feature at the edges of the picture- they're just cutoff. the story your photo tells is incongruent and contrived- it feels like i'm walking down a sidewalk, but i'm forced to look in a very odd direction.if i were you i'd take another pic at this location, but go down the sidewalk and commit to taking a pic with the light AND the building in one frame. or you could try taking a pic of the light and an object from a low angle to add a sense of height. focus on telling a story with a picture.
>>4525943You put words on what seemed off when I looked at this pic. I couldn't wrap my head around what exactly spoiled what I tried to do. As you explained, I wanted to tell something, or at least to capture something, but you clearly explained why I failed. Your feedback is greatly appreciated, thanks a lot.
Any of you use an 8x10 before? Is it as cozy as it seems.
Honestly, no. 5x7 is the point where you still have portability and more lens options, 8x10 goes in the little too big, little too heavy, little too cumbersome territory. 8x10 negatives are beautiful and working with them is fun but the camera itself is honestly PITA.
>>4525774Eh but then you're insanely limited on film. Might as well go for broke and just go 4x5 and 8x10. Lens selection is not too bad for 8x10, but they do get BIG and expensive very very quickly. Process lenses are relatively inexpensive and usually cover 8x10 but they usually need an external shutter.You can also get a convertible lens and they can have 3 seperate focal lengths for the size of one.
>>4525834True but Ilford and Foma have 5x7 covered for B&W and for colour I just buy roll from chinks and cut sheets myself because fuck both Fuji and Kodak sheet prices.
>>4525871Where are you getting c41 large format rolls from? I have been wanting a cheap color negative for 8x10
>>4525951You can get roll of Shenguang (old Shanghai C41 emulsion) from Taobao sometimes, you just have to be lucky and patient since they don't really produce enough of it. It comes down to like 60 cents per sheet once cut which is still a steal compared to every other option.
So when are we doing this again?
>>4523171I guess he doesn't like it when someone has insight about women that he does not.
>>4509217:drools:moar
L O N D O NONDON
>>4509217This real or AI?
>>4523250>someone has insight about women>4chan camera autists
Why has the world abandoned photo shoots of good looking women?99% of anything I see now is selfies and if its a photoshoot its just to sell clothing or some super generic looking agency testshoot. 10 years ago or whatever the world was full of every good looking girl doing multiple photoshoots just for content. What happened?
OP isnt trying
>>4517018>Once you have a portfolio it is much easier to find TFP models.what if you use AI to fake a portfolio
Any excuse good enough to spam beauty
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>>4481289jews
Only A Gameboy Camera Is Good Enough™Previously: >>4524132
>>4525976>Do you think you can get it done within 15 minutes?I tried but I couldn't remove the moire with a decent looking result. You are right, moire is actually very difficult to remove.Also I must admit that I am a samefag and I do it for 45 cents per post.
>>4525979>Mfw I'm in a misinformation competition and my opponent is Huskyfag
>>4525976I’m not gonna waste my time if you cant even use your own photo>>4525980>aka cANON aka tom aka Q aka yair netanyahu
New norwood V containment colony>>4525985
>>4525984>I can't fix the moireI know.
>>4503453The world cup was shot on Canon
>>4524969nikon is the white man's camera - they take it to the mooncanon shoots niggerballpoetic
>>4503460>>4503843>>4503844>>4504020Taken on gopros btw
>>4503341They also approved omega watches "swiss" (actually chinese) made. I laughed when I saw the vid of the astronaut having to repair his own fucking watch in space because omega is fucking shit.
>>4525856your mother is fucking shit fucking rolex nigger
Dusk encounter edition
>>4525371don't forget the 200 panasonic with 1.4x teleconverter. One stop faster than the 300 with better more usable ranges and cheaper to boot.
>>4525722Depends, sometimes I take short bursts of 3-4 photos when the bird makes an interesting movement or during flight, using the slow burst mode. I never seem to be able to pick my favorite photo though so I don't do it too often. And let's be honest, most of the time there's nothing very interesting going on, which doesn't help picking the best photo from a burst.I always stay in slow burst mode, so when there is a potentially interesting action going on I keep the shutter pressed, most of the time I only go with single shots. When I shoot bursts I often delete the uninteresting / missed shots right away, because I have a hard time deleting them on the computer.
I had to wait a while quietly until they came closer to me. I am getting better at not spooking birds
Took this a month or two ago
Reply if you're a real mf'er
>>4482618Shooting Provia 100f on a 500CM is the peak of film. Nothing comes close.
>>4482553>Reply if you're a real mf'erMF fag hereI've owned the following cameras and camera systems, with lots of lenses:Mamiya C330, C220, C2 + almost all the lenses availableMamiya RB67 pro-S + many lensesBronica ETR, ETRS, ETRSi + lots of lensesPentax 6x7 MLU, 67 + many lensesRolleiflex T white faceRolleicord VbSalyut-S (sibling to Kiev 80 and Kiev 88)Ask me anything if considering buying one of those systems, or deciding one against the other.
>>4524931I love Mamiya to bits but I would never recommend one to someone new to MF, they're masters of overengineering and making simple things complicated.
Looking at a Yashicaflex 6x6, 80mm f/3.5. The last time I shot analog was 20 years ago with basic point and shoot. Available where I am for about 140USD. Any caveats I should be aware of with this model for a beginner? Seller claims that they cleaned it/CLA'd and they seem to have good reviews with all their other stuff.
>>4525857Yashicas are as simple as TLR gets, if the shutter works, lens is clear and all knobs turn there really isn't anything that could go wrong. Some models had light meters, you can safely disregard it since those weren't particularly accurate even when new. Otherwise it's simple, portable camera with good lens that takes nice photos.
as a beginner, should i buy a 55-250mm lens or a 50mm lens? i dont know specifically what i want to shoot yet.
The last version 55-250 IS STM is commanding a premium over the first two versions of the lens and is a decent lens provided you are not gonna adapt it to some high megapickles sensor camera like the the R7 where it can be a bit limiting because it was never designed for that type of pixel density, but in general the EF glass produced from circa 2010 and onward are still great performers.
>>4525248are you shooting on APS-C or Full Frame?a 55-250mm will view like a 70-300mm on a crop sensor camera, eg bird sighting. if you want an every day beginner lens, especially on crop, just use a kit lens like 18-55mm (22-80mm equivalent). it'll get you the 35mm for landscape, the 50mm for "natural" pics, and 70mm for portrait photography. unless you're doing a lot of shooting indoors, a f/1.x lens is pointless, especially as a beginner, most lenses are equally sharp when stopped down a few stops. in fact, zoom lenses are typically sharper at f/8 than primes. also, most modern cameras can shoot ISO 3200 without concern, so even if you shoot indoors with a f/5.6 you'll get plenty of exposure.and we can always default to the cliche, "the best camera/lens is the one you have with you"also, we live in the age of technology, go chat with google ai, use it as a sounding board to figure out what you want to do. don't believe it in blind faith, it's known to be wrong, but bounce ideas off of it
>>4525775>>4525797>The fast telephotos are pricey and unwieldy, it's not worth it unless you really know you need it.>The EF 100-400 is crap, soft on the long end, AF is slow and is a push-pull zoom design, also has crap weather sealing and is essentially a huge dust pump.It was more an example of how a zoom and 400mm max focal length is far better value than some autistic supertele prime. I would recommend the 2nd gen lens not the 1st.Same reason I wouldn't recommend a C63 to a guy on a learner's permit.>>4525835It's the only crop Canon tele worth buying. When I used it like 5 years ago it was perfectly fine on a 24MP sensor.But basically any modern EF lens will do pretty well considering the cost:value ratio.
>>4525261>the 24mm pancake insteadthis, assuming OP has a crop sensor canonthey accidentally made a good EF-S only lens and then agreed to never do it again. it's tiny, light, decently sharp, 40mm equivalent so just a biiiit wider than a 50, renders nicely, and cheap. fucking get that shita 55-250 is the telephoto that comes with a Rebel kit as the pack-in zoom lens and you will find that, as a beginner, it's both too long for 'normal' use (the EF 50mm will be too, becoming an 80 on crop cameras) and too short to actually zoom in on the interesting shit you see, you won't be looking at planets or airplanes with 300mm and haven't found the interesting stuff closer yet.t. began on a 550D kit with the 18-55 and 55-250 back when dinosaurs roamed
>>4525766yes i do have RF. thanks. i'm not op i'm just some guy
How long can you let it sit after exposing but before developing? Online I see everything from "you should develop within a few days of exposure" to "you can leave it up till its expiry date no problem". I asked a local camera shop and they said 6-10 months before you start to see degradation depending on the film. Who's telling the truth? I don't remember ever worrying about this back when I was using disposable cameras for everything.
>>4520311Exposed low iso B&W negative film can take moar time than high ISO color slide film in same conditions. And conditions matter a lot. A car glovebox at summer will challenge any film, exposed of not.Cold storage allows exposed film keep for decades in fair state, see for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9e's_Arctic_balloon_expedition
>>4520349>If it's out and you live in Thailand, it will start to shift in a matter of weeksShit.I've had a roll in my old point and shoot from 2006. I wonder if I have to take it to some specialist place to have developed? I only want one photo from it as it's of sentimental value. Doesn't have to be great quality.
>>4525855I don't think such a specialist exists unfortunately for you. Is it color or black and white? B&W is more stable. The variables that matter are heat and humidity. The effect of heat is exponential once your reach about 30° celsius, but if it was inside and in a relatively stable environment like the bottom of a cupboard it might be still salvageable. The damage also caps with time it seems, so after 20 years it will probably be really blurry and foggy but you may still get recognizable images. In any case if you can share somz images with us along with storage conditions it would be cool.
>>4525858It was in the basement (coolest part of the house) for years. When I got into photography and got a digital I eventually started keeping it in my drycabinet in my room, that fluctuates when the turn the AC on and off etc.I have to find somewhere in Bangkok to finally develop this.
>>4525859overall those seems like good conditions. I would say it's likely the photos will be salvageable with some editing.
Eclipse editionFormer thread: >>4519819Took this one in Paris as the eclipse was winding down. Spanishbros, post your eclipse pics.
Ok I post another crappy photo and we can all move to a new thread.
>>4525694>new thread didn't happenit's over for /rpt/
>>45257472 more weeks
>>4525747If you have a recent photo you should be the change you want to be in this world instead of waiting for someone else to do it.
>>4525776>>4525747migrate>>4525845
I want to start a /p/ monthly, or tri-monthly, photo competition where the prize is actually desirable and relevant to photography: film rolls. Of course, they’ll be cheap, readily-available film stock like Ultramax 400 or Gold 200, or whatever else is easy and inexpensive to get ahold of, but the problem is this: how shall voting stay honest, and how shall the winner’s address stay anonymous when I send him the prize? I don’t want the poll’s integrity to be compromised, nor the winner’s anonymity. Who has some ideas for how this could be set up?
>>4525798Excuse me, I do the bulk of effort post critiques and info on here and have actually served as judge for local photo contests
>>4525819How about we have a pre-competition competition to elect judges? We could probably get away with a public vote for that. You could even have unlimited submissions, but 1 per trip, and then each trip that wins a judging position gets to judge the real competition.
>>4525816>some you may like>and some may now rig your poll with the help of a brazilian, $3.50, and a VPN
>>4525824Well yeah the seething autist nophoto made the worst photographer on /p/ poll after getting shit on for the 999th time by yesphotos.Of course he was going to rig it. Wouldn't you?
>>4525824ALSO. The creator of the poll rigged it before and after huskyfag aka ken rockwell aka mossad agent 69 rigged it, so I say it was a fair play.
Summer 2026 editionAll video related questions and discussion is intended for this thread. Here we discuss techniques, gear and anything else related to capturing video footage. Please don't pretend to be an expert if you don't know what you're talking about. Kindly leave your ego at the door.Posting short films/scripts or other work you've done is encouraged.We tend to use and recommend DSLRs/mirrorless cameras because they provide phenomenal picture quality for their price, have large sensors (ie the same size used in high-end cinema cameras, and larger) and have interchangeable lenses.In contrast, consumer camcorders often have much smaller sensors and a fixed lens.>STICKY - https://text.is/QZ1J>Helpful guide, additional books and more in-depth FAQs - https://web.archive.org/web/20200926115310/https://pastebin.com/kG0gRmTZ>NO ONE CARES WHAT AN EXPERT YOU THINK YOU ARE. IF YOU’RE ASKING BASIC-AS-SHIT QUESTIONS, YOU CAN’T BE ALL THAT GREAT. SEE ABOVEPrevious thread >>4499500Quick FAQSComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Chat I boughted a bmpcc4k for my very first camera, how badly did I fuck it up?Reasons why I bought it was: flexible storage options, mft can be adapted to almost anything, shoots rawBought a cheap used tt artisan (mf) mft lens for it based on specs for close shotsI feel like I am going to spend a lot of time between shooting and actually outputting the video and I can see a steep learning curve already
>>4525122you want fast media, get that cash out
>>4525139No problem, I like buying hardware. I'm more worried about color correction and grading work
>>4525122It will unironically look worse then your mirrorless or dslr that records directly into rec709 until you learn how to properly grade it and light for it.
>>4525122learn color managed workflow in resolve
I took this photo with a friend of mine as a souvenir but like there's something I did wrong and that this photo doesn't look very good to me, do you have any other tips on what I can improve in this photo /p/?
>>4525715well it's all blurry because the camera is too bad at focusing and resolving detail in low light, and there's no subject so it's just some kind of empty void
>>4525715put it on a tripod and expose it for 30 seconds
>>4525799OP here I liked this model it even looks like an album model
>>4505042>the masses
>>4522073you are a retard
>>4510339as wide as an ocean, as deep as a puddle
>>4505042nope. i've given up. what a waste of money and time
>>4519175Based Tom, I see you're back. You still doing prompt art?
