Night Shots, Outdoor In Thailand

[Rob8891]

.There's even a butterfly for Goompa!

[tangaroa67]

Another Akha girl

[Dancealot]

I am curious, tangaroa.

Akha beauty

No flash but another lightsource close to you.

Another Akha girl

Yes flash.

I would like to know how you lightened their faces.

Thanks.

[rhythmworx]

^^^ I would have guessed the opposite way round DAL, 1st off camera flash, 2nd light from a fire maybe.

[Dancealot]

^^^ I would have guessed the opposite way round DAL, 1st off camera flash, 2nd light from a fire maybe.

^Very unlikely. If a flash has been used on Akha beauty it came from the left and couldn't have been eminated from the camera. Shadow from the nose, etc

Fire light is always in movement which always produces shadows. There are bearly any shadows on Another Akha girl's face at all.

I'm very impressed with the amount of detail he's produced on her face given this low light situation. In fact her face looks so good I want to know how.

[tangaroa67]

I am curious, tangaroa.

Akha beauty

No flash but another lightsource close to you.

Another Akha girl

Yes flash.

I would like to know how you lightened their faces.

Thanks.

No flash with any of them, guys. I wish I'd had the foresight to bring one (or indeed press my daughter into service as off-camera flash girl, haha).

No, these photo's were taken with available light only, primarily from bare light-bulbs, but augmented in some instances by the light from a stage.

There are some more pics HERE, if you guys are interested.

[tangaroa67]

Akha Girl: 35mm f/1.4 1/1000/s at ISO2000 (I hadn't realised the shutter speed was so fast for this ... with hindsight, I would have reduced the ISO to 1000 or thereabouts, but in the heat of the moment ...)

Another Akha Girl: 35mm f/1.4 1/400/s at ISO2000

I deliberately tried not to use too high an ISO setting as I wanted to keep noise to a minimum. I'd chose the 35mm f1.4 lens as I knew I'd be shooting 'wide open' and I wanted something faster than my f/2.8 lenses. I didn't go with my 50mm f/1.2 as it's bloody tricky to get sharp shots at f/1.2 and more pertinently, I needed a wider angle to be able to capture the whole stage. I shot RAW and was able to recover quite a bit of detail from within the shadows. Indeed, if you compare the version of 'Akha Girl' that I posted on Facebook, you'll notice that the shadows are a great deal darker. I much prefer the image I posted here.

[tangaroa67]

This is far from a great image, but it'll give you an idea of the area I was shooting in. There was a stage to my right and a covered area lit with a few bare bulbs to my left.

[samuijimmy]

No, I did not eat here!

[samuijimmy]

or here either!

[CarlTyson]

Bangkok

[shaggy1969]

Last few stalls.

[tangaroa67]

I like that, Shaggy. I like the balance in tones between the natural and incandescent light. I just wish there's been a (human) subject in the foreground. Nice job, though!

[Dancealot]

Chiang Rai

[Assurancetourix]

KSR ( Khao_San_Rd ) - may 2005

DSCN1612_ksr_de_nuit by vanhouten1, on Flickr

[samuijimmy]

Lights on!

[Assurancetourix]

Udon_Thani - september 2006

DSCN3440_udon_thani by vanhouten1, on Flickr

[tangaroa67]

I spent New Years Day at the Doi Mae Salong Tea Festival ... here a few shots from the evening. No flash, just ambient light ... I was on my own!

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[rhythmworx]

Is that last one Mrs Tangaroa?

[tangaroa67]

I wish!(*) ... no, just a pretty girl who was kind enough to pose for me when I asked for her picture :-)

(*) Don't tell the wife I said that ;-)

[sunshine51]

^^^ T...try & locate her again & hand her some prints of those photos.

You never know what may happen!!!

[Rob8891]

05:30 in Ban Nor Lae...Smoke seeping from the 'kitchen' as Palaung ladies cook breakfast while the men still sleep...

[Assurancetourix]

A few days ago ; Chiang_Rai festival of flowers

P1000485_chiang_rai_parc_de_nuit by vanhouten1, on Flickr

P1000488_chiang_rai_parc_de_nuit by vanhouten1, on Flickr

P1000509_chiang_rai_parc_de_nuit by vanhouten1, on Flickr

P1000515_chiang_rai_parc_de_nuit by vanhouten1, on Flickr

[tangaroa67]

I hope I'll be allowed this slight diversion from night shots in Thailand. I think it usefully demonstrates how little depth of field you actually need to make captivating images in low-light ... this shot was captured at f/1.8. If you have time, check out his other images, they're all good.

https://500px.com/photo/95857515/the-streets-of-shanghai-06-by-xie-jl

[Rob8891]

I hope I'll be allowed this slight diversion from night shots in Thailand. I think it usefully demonstrates how little depth of field you actually need to make captivating images in low-light ... this shot was captured at f/1.8. If you have time, check out his other images, they're all good.

https://500px.com/photo/95857515/the-streets-of-shanghai-06-by-xie-jl

These are fabulous and should give us food for thought to apply to Thailand (or wherever we may be) in future. Thanks for sharing!

[fimgirl]

It's the extended DOF that the mirrorless cameras provide that make them interesting to shoot at night.

Fuji XE-1 Voightlander 35mm (equal to 50mm) @ f2 - plenty of DOF even at this aperture. Bangkok night market and ice factory.

[tangaroa67]

Surely the increased DOF is a function of having a crop-sensor, rather than it being mirrorless?

Again, cool edit, Fimgirl! I'd love to know how you get that cold, metallic look.

[fimgirl]

^^ Yea, my bad, I meant to say cropped and mirrorless.

The "look"- I upload into Niks Silver Effects and then back into Photoshop wherein I can adjust the "opacity" and "fill" sliders from within the layer and re-introduce colour to taste.

Hope that makes sense.

[Assurancetourix]

I hope I'll be allowed this slight diversion from night shots in Thailand. I think it usefully demonstrates how little depth of field you actually need to make captivating images in low-light ... this shot was captured at f/1.8. If you have time, check out his other images, they're all good.

https://500px.com/photo/95857515/the-streets-of-shanghai-06-by-xie-jl

Details of the first one :

Appareil E-M5

Objectif OLYMPUS M.17mm F1.8

Focale 17mm

Vitesse 1/40 s

Ouverture f/1.8

ISO/Film 1600 Photos shots with a fix focale 17 mm f/1,8 equivalent 35 mm ( have a look at the bottom of the page : M ZUIKO PREMIUM ) http://zuikopro.olympus-imaging.com/fr-fr/?icid=stage-4805867%20|%20Lenses%20-%20Learn%20more%20|%20%28stage-item%20stage-dark%20current%29 I can see we have a big depth of field; bigger than on the photo taken by Fimgirl ; 35 mm equivalent 50 mm f/2 ; excellent photo for all that ; I would like to shoot so beautiful photos ..Thanks . About mine; I have a bridge Lumix FZ 200 f/2,8 ; I cannot play in the same category Thank you for the little ( slight ) diversion

[Goompa]

This may be a poor offer to the topic as such but with a Fuji X-A1 at 16 mm 3.5 and 1/30 iso is up a bit at 800 , but from a slightly incoherent juxtaposition as well , I hope it is not offensive .

Big Night Out