Thanks for the info Manbil bhai...for now I only have a point and shoot camera...Sony DSC-W100...which seems to do rather poorly in low light situations....even when I use the "low light" setting. I will have sit down the manual some day...if I can find where I put it :)

Thanks for the info Manbil bhai...for now I only have a point and shoot camera...Sony DSC-W100...which seems to do rather poorly in low light situations....even when I use the "low light" setting. I will have sit down the manual some day...if I can find where I put it :)

Here's a nice writeup (http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/sony/dsc_w100-review/) for your SONY -- according to which, you can set manual exposure of max. 30 seconds in your camera.

I'd set the ISO at 80, aperture at f5.6 from the menu then experiment with exposure times of 20, 25 and 30 seconds. Those should do the trick. If not -- bump up the ISO to 100 and even 160 (no more) which should increase the brightness in the exposure compared to ISO 80.

The reason your 'low light' mode shots are turning out bad is because that mode chooses a high ISO of 1250, which is so grainy (full of noise) that the shots are useless.

You can just read the review, no need for finding the manual. Very lucidly explained.

Thanks for the info Manbil bhai

Anytime Mirza and same to you -- TAN :)

OK Guys -- just for tutorial's sake, here're some night-time shots I took this last weekend while walking around Laguna Beach next to our favorite dinner-place -- while the rest of the 'famille' was having coffee and dessert (which I don't dig much anyway).

Used a small tripod i carry in the trunk. You can see that trial-and-error (at least two, preferably five shots) is the norm. For the shoreline shot I used 30, 60, 120 seconds (dark to light), for the moonlit shot I used 60 and 120 seconds (the lighter shot is 120 seconds).

APS-C format sensor (Pentax), used f5.6, ISO 200 (lowest available) and Bulb mode. No remote- - used shutter release very softly. Most small point-n-shoot cameras can do this as well -- but you *have* to use a Tripod (no matter how cheap) and possibly weigh it down so the wind does not move it. Otherwise the blur/shake will ruin every shot.

Which shot is the best? I'd probably go with one that is better composed and has lots of shadow detail. You can also layer these shots (identical except exposure) and come up with more of an ideal shot.


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Nice! Whats the location of the last shot?

Nice! Whats the location of the last shot?

City of Laguna Beach (http://www.beachcalifornia.com/laguna.html) -- about sixty miles south of LA, on Pacific Coast Highway (Calif. State Highway 1).

This is on top of a bluff (cliff) about a hundred feet above the beach.

Wow Dhaka city is starting to shape up very well, its looking very modern now :)

Repost of previous pics, just used a little filter on them.

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Repost of previous pics, just used a little filter on them.

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Looking good Amar :applause:

nice pictures.....

with all these experts in our forum, shouldn't we have some banners from night shots?

Also - can we have pictures of other Bangladeshi cities?

nice pictures.....

with all these experts in our forum, shouldn't we have some banners from night shots?

Also - can we have pictures of other Bangladeshi cities?

Definitely its time for us to have some night shots as banners

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highcourt @ night

by a a apu

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by black artist

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Edit: Wrong Thread.

Edit: Wrong Thread.

by sabbir17

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by Sudipta Arka Das

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by bdsanjeed

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Great pictures Amar! One of these pictures would make a great banner, what do you guys think?

These pictures were taken by me on my last trip to BD in December 08 on the night of the ganeral election(thats proberbly why everything looks so quite)


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Wow! Awesome work mb1, and btw, welcome to the forums! :cheers:

Wow! Awesome work mb1, and btw, welcome to the forums! :cheers:

Thanks for the welcome:cheers:

by Russell John

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^^ Great shot and very evocative of a late spring evening in Dhaka.

I can almost imagine the car-horns faintly in the distance. A hint of foggy chill still hanging in the air.

And the heady scent of 'gandharaj (Gardenia jasminoides) (http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/IslandJim_1145722640_222.jpg)' and 'Hasnahena (Cestrum_nocturnum) (http://www.ranger146.com/N_Leighton_Drive/pics/Cestrum_nocturnum.jpg)' flowers behind me blooming on the roof garden.

Visions of late evenings from a time far far away...

yeah... i'm getting a bit poetic too.

yeah... i'm getting a bit poetic too.

Majhi Bhai -- Gandharaj laganor time ekhoni. I planted a couple on the backyard two weeks ago. All nurseries in LA have them now. About fifteen bucks each.

Thanks for all the pics on the last page Amar, I had missed them somehow...

This one is by monowar:

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1st time here must say great pics ..wud like to see farmgate view at night ..also i see no gd pics of gulshan avenue blds whc i thk is the best in the city.

^^ bro u may wanna introduce urself in the "intorduction" thread :)

Pic by bbcwstbd:

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Gulshan, sorry for bad quality

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Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue

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