Shots from upstairs....

[WereBo]

I decided to brave the near-freezing cold whilst it was a dry night and take a wander to the top-floor (4th) of my block, for some night-shots. 1st time for this Nikon to see how it's 'Auto Night Landscape' coped - London Docklands is just across the Thames from me, plus a couple towards London, although there's a huge block of flats right where most of the landmarks are......

All shots are straight from the camera, no tweaks, crops or fiddling with......

 

The row of orangey blobs just above the low flats are the riverside path-lights on t'other side of the river, plus their reflections in the water....

 

The 'London-Eye' at night, 4.3 miles away (as the crow flies)....

 

The Shard (3 miles)......

 

[FUJI]

Congratulationslations, these are great.....the first reminds me of that old thriller film.....Rear Window.....the second is my favourite.

This is something I have never tried because I tend to go out less and less after dark nowadays, and living in a rural are doesn't lend itself to night shots like yours.....the only way, would be to get on the top floor of our local Holiday Inn, but the views wouldn't be up to much

FUJI

[Korky]

Night photography isn't easy and so a big thumbs-up from me for a valiant effort. 

However, I'm not sure why you posted these shots SOOC as they can be made so much better with even the smallest amount of post processing. Shot 2, for example, has a fair bit of potential - with a slight crop and a bit of judicial burning (to remove the flats at the bottom of the image) this would be improved so much!

I'm not sure where you stand on PP, so I won't bang on any longer.

Korky

 

 

[WereBo]

Thank'ee for th feedback folks, 'tis apreciated

@ Korky - I'm in mixed minds about post-processing, I'm not averse to a bit of levels-tweaking, slight cropping where necessay and a bit of cloning to remove unsightly blobs of whatever, but I'm not overly struck by shallow wide shots (i.e. panoramas) - I did get 1 other shot but I forgot to set the 2-second self-timer,  it blurred slightly as I pressed the shutter-release .....  I cropped it top 'n' bottom, to remove some of the blackness...

[NannyFerret]

You new camera coped really well, and these are very good, considering that you have done no editing at all.

I think sometimes it's good to see what different camera's can cope with, before any processing is done.

[WereBo]

Thank you Tina, I'm gradually working my way around this camera as subjects and/or opportunities appear.  I'm starting with the various 'scene' settings on auto, to see what it produces, then I can adjust things as necessary for later shots.

Roll on Spring for the buds/flowers pics, plus the warmer weather to go out in - Cold damp weather doesn't go well with Emphysema and Asthma