Jumping on the bandwagon (I got a new camera, so I figured I'd try it out). All were shot at UCLA with a Sony Cybershot V3. All the lights there are high pressure sodium, so I set the white balance to incandescent. The camera seems to overexpose images, so I set the shutter speeds such that the exposure was between 1 and 2 EV less than what the camera thought was good, which seemed to give me better results.

First one: Outside hallway at Royce Hall (would look better without the Box Office sign)
Aperture - f/4
Shutter Speed - 3s

Second one: Powell Library (camera was tilted slightly - doh!), center looks ok, everything else seems fuzzy or overexposed
Aperture - f/4
Shutter Speed - 1.3s

Third one: Area in front of the Architecture Building
Aperture - f/4
Shutter Speed - 3s

It was raining, so i didn't get to shoot everything I wanted to, I'll probably try and head back out next week. Comments and suggestions would definitely be appreciated (I mean useful comments, not "you suck at photography" comments - I already know that). Thanks.

 

I think the first one is the best, and it looks really good too. Awesome pics, a little too yellow tho,

 

The Cybershot doesn't handle the high pressure sodium lighting very well (even with white balance set to auto). The white balance set at incandescent is about the best I can do.

My main question for the photo pros is whether the exposure looks ok.

 

pretty cool. like the first and second..

 

Not bad. But definitely have to fine tune the WB. The second one looks slightly crooked but not bad. Just keep shooting and you'll get better. :goodjob:

 

Cool. I read 'My Night Pornography Attempts' at first.

 

everyone likes you better :sad:

 

I suspect he is using a tripod too :rick:

 

So check it out. I took the second one, made it less crooked, cropped it a little bit, played with the color balance, did a little sharpening, and faded the bright spot on the right hand side a little bit. Observe.

Before:


After:


Gotta love photoshop.

 

:goodjob: I hope you get that DSLR since you've already mastered photoshop.