Finally I've got a chance to do night photography! Dad picked me up by using his motorcycle and we started to look for nice scenery in the Malacca town. When we were at the bridge that leads to the Jonker Street, I mounted the DSLR on a tripod to take some shots. I've made a mistake though.
I realized that I've pumped too much ISO (1000!) because I thought the sensor would not be able to see much of the details at night. I've forgotten that all these can be compensated by using low shutter speed since I brought a tripod along. I realized that there were lots of noise in the sky when I reviewed the photos in my computer, and that's because of the high ISO I've used. Speaking of high ISO, I think that would be the reason why I was able to shoot in the manual mode instead of the bulb mode. The manual mode could only take maximum 30 seconds of shutter, which is relatively short compare to bulb mode with manual shutter speed set by the photographer by using a timer(which I don't have).
Interestingly, diffraction of light occurs as the aperture becomes smaller. When it happens, bright lights such as the street light becomes star shaped. Sadly, another mistake I made was the use of the smallest aperture, F22! I learned that photo quality degrades as the aperture size decreases. Initially I thought F22 would give be the "best star shape" from the street lamps.
However, soon I discovered that F11 onward would be able to give the result, without making the photo quality worse. Everything was shot in RAW, so that all the details were preserved for editing purposes. Well, I couldn't stay in Malacca longer due to my CCA commitments in Singapore. I would definitely try night photography again in Singapore!
More photos:)
Light Trails
Another light trails:)
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