Filler: Night shot from the 57th floor

Posted by xinyun on July 3rd, 2010

Well, silly me didn’t expect the view to be that great from my hotel room…
Since i’m without a tripod, i made do with what i had in the room…

Using the arm chair as a support, for a slow shutter shot, holding my breath for 15secs and trying to keep hands from shaking. One of the better ones, uncropped and unedited.

ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1.6 sec
Aperture: 4.0
Focal Length: 24mm
Flash Used: No

As for the white speck, i think it could have been dust particles stuck to the window.

I would definitely want to try taking such shots again, from the hotel i was staying (Baiyoke Sky Hotel, Bangkok) and with a very sturdy tripod. Hopefully in Dec or next year’s CNY.

*Cross fingers*

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10 Responses to “Filler: Night shot from the 57th floor”

  1. ulricng says:
    July 3, 2010 at 11:35 PM

    nice shot…omg…u have to teach me how to play with this heavy cameras…i just gotten a canon 500D
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  2. xinyun says:
    July 3, 2010 at 11:47 PM

    @ ulric:

    thanks :)

    well i’m still learning as well, but if you don’t mind, i could share some of the sites i’ve been reading up on and the settings i used.

    for this night shot, the settings are as posted, slow shutter of 5″ to 10″ but you would need a sturdy tripod and a remote, click and just wait. if not, you’ll probably have to hold your breath (like i did) for quite sometime.

  3. sengkangbabies says:
    July 4, 2010 at 3:29 AM

    hi Xin Yun,

    pls share website with me.
    Impressive !!

    cheers,
    adny
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  4. JH says:
    July 4, 2010 at 12:36 PM

    Nice capture of Bangkok night scene, ISO 1600 is good, can’t see much noise here!

    Good to see that you can handheld for 1.6s :)

    Keep shooting & sharing !

    JH
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    • xinyun says:
      July 4, 2010 at 4:41 PM

      @ JH:

      thanks shifu, heh.
      well, had to off the room lights, hide behind the curtains and take numerous shots to get this one.
      but i guess it’s worth it :)

      roger that, hee~

  5. Xie Bin says:
    July 4, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    that was NICE!!! and your hotel room view was superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh man!
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    • xinyun says:
      July 4, 2010 at 9:21 PM

      @ Xie Bin:

      thanks :)
      maybe you can put that in your hotel consideration, if you are heading up to bangkok :)

  6. v!vi@n says:
    July 6, 2010 at 11:35 AM

    wow!!! very nice photo upthere…..love it so much…

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