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Originally Posted by rickashay
Wow some great photos coming out already - awesome discussion!! Love the calm water in that harbor shot. I have never used a flash for photography. However some of the effects you can achieve are outstanding and proven in your photos. I'm going to nail this night photography stuff before I learn my way into flash.
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I find I'm using it more and more just to add a bit of light where I want it. Nothing to overwhelm a shot. I don't like using them when I shoot in low-light. There I just crank up my ISO super high. One reason I bought the D700 was its high ISO performance.
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Originally Posted by rickashay
f/11 you say.... hmm this is interesting. I was under the assumption that it's best to shoot wide open (or close to it) at night as the amount of light being let into your camera will be greater (larger opening) and thus, your image will be more sensitive to sources of light. Curious on your thoughts.
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Yeah, if you shoot at night you want to let as much light in as you can, but the more open you are, the more any light source will get oversaturated. Depends on the focus of your shot. Your shot for example. The building doesn't have it's own light source on it, so shooting more open won't effect that. However shooting more open will affect the light sources that are there. The stars and building lights in the background. So if you shoot a cityscape at night, you don't want to be super open or all the building lights will get blown out.
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