Photo Comp - March 2010 - "Night Out"

[Zoot]

[RiK]

Hand-held @ 896mm

[moosedude]

nice moon

[Zoot]

Hand-held @ 896mm

Still think it could have done with being centred

[Stuart B]

The building is Corrour Bothy, which is in the Cairngorms national park in Scotland. The mountain behind is "The Devil's Point".

It is here: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=29 ... 95810&lm=0

That's a friggin' awesome shot!

You can even make out the Orion Nebula, top work!

[Ratsoap]

I haven't taken any good photos in ages, so I'm submitting a not very good one.

[Misfit]

Not really an entry, but this thread is relevant to the new camera I just got. The Sony HX5.

You've probably seen it on the TV, they are plugging it hard with the 'sweep panorama' mode. Which looks cool, but it has a LOT of nifty features in a little case.

I really wanted it for the Exmor CMOS sensor that supposedly improves low light shooting (fed up of the flash on our quick snappy ruining photos of the kids) and allows things like taking a burst of 10 shots in one second. It also has a 10x optical zoom and some pretty good image stabilisation. Oh and it takes 1080i HD video too.

It turned up yesterday afternoon and I wanted to play, but had no chance. So when I walked the dog last night I decided to take it with me to see what the twilight mode would do. The shots aren't good pictures, just quick snaps on the walk and bear in mind it wasn't twilight, it was 1am and I haven't looked at the manual yet. It was also pretty cold, the dog was pulling me on and all the pictures were taken hand held, no tripod. I think the results are quite staggering based on that...

Full size (10MP) versions here if you really care!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13616694@N ... 706339470/

First try. Orange sodium lights give this one an interesting glow. The camera seemed to get more light out of the shot than my eye could see!



Round the corner had white lights, which shows the colours a bit more like you'd expect. Again, the camera seemed to find light as it was darker to my eyes.



This one is taken of the nearby hall, uses full 10x zoom (or at least close to it). The Hall is a fair way off. Again hand held, a decent test of the image stabiliser I think!

[RiK]

Not really an entry, but this thread is relevant to the new camera I just got. The Sony HX5.

Cool, but entries closed last night anyway so it's shortlist time again. Come on Gaz, shortlist us up..

[Truder]

Not really an entry, but this thread is relevant to the new camera I just got. The Sony HX5.

Cool, but entries closed last night anyway so it's shortlist time again. Come on Gaz, shortlist us up..

What Rik said!!!

[gravy]

4 nominations this month

Goatform: Very pretty photo this, I like the composition and colours


Matt303: Made me laugh a lot which more than good enough reason for including it


Zoot: Keeping with the "making me laugh theme" Zoot gets into the list. What is this by the way?


Rik: Nice shot off the moon there and fits in well with the theme

[Zoot]

4 nominations this month
Zoot: Keeping with the "making me laugh theme" Zoot gets into the list. What is this by the way?

It's a cafe in the south of Edinburgh (off the beaten track a bit - we were geocaching last weekend!). I only had a little CASIO Exilim with me, but it seemed to fit so well with the theme. I wish that we had gone in and had a cup of coffee so that I could have got a better shot.

[RiK]

It's a cafe in the south of Edinburgh (off the beaten track a bit - we were geocaching last weekend!). I only had a little CASIO Exilim with me, but it seemed to fit so well with the theme. I wish that we had gone in and had a cup of coffee so that I could have got a better shot.

Can't say I quite see the connection but I like the pic!

[sack]

It's a cafe in the south of Edinburgh (off the beaten track a bit - we were geocaching last weekend!). I only had a little CASIO Exilim with me, but it seemed to fit so well with the theme. I wish that we had gone in and had a cup of coffee so that I could have got a better shot.

Can't say I quite see the connection but I like the pic!

It's a knight out, innit?

[RiK]

It's a cafe in the south of Edinburgh (off the beaten track a bit - we were geocaching last weekend!). I only had a little CASIO Exilim with me, but it seemed to fit so well with the theme. I wish that we had gone in and had a cup of coffee so that I could have got a better shot.

Can't say I quite see the connection but I like the pic!

It's a knight out, innit?

No, it's a bloke with a traffic light on his head!

[Zoot]

Can't say I quite see the connection but I like the pic!

It's a knight out, innit?

No, it's a bloke with a traffic light on his head!

Doh! It's a bloke, in a tux, with his missus, in a cafe, having a night out!