Marina Sand Ba****y (Singapore) as a Luxury Tourist Destination.
This Resort/ Hotel claims to have world’s largest rooftop Infinity Pool, a wide range of shopping and entertainment options, Art & Science Museum, Casino, ‘Sands SkyPark’ (3 Towers), etc.
And ‘The spectra Light Show’ is free entertainment for the public. As a travel photographer, I have witnessed more than a dozen of such ‘Music-Fountains’, and I strongly state, that in 2014, The Spectra stood very tall than any others.
These shots were taken from “The Sands SkyPark Observation Deck” (the third tower) and down (ground level). Shots are during the time of “The SPECTRA – Light & water Show**”** (around 6:30 PM).
Cameras used are Sony Alpha 6000 & Sony HXC-300. Some shots are flash aided. Aperture: 2.8, Shutter around 1/20 (Plus Minus) ISO = 400 to 1000.
Here are some points which I observe, when I shoot in the night.
Use a sturdy tripod (which is the most important accessory), Remote shutter Controller or Timer, Try to use ISO as low as possible, Manual mode; (digitally aided manual focus also can help), Consider the frame/Shot & decide the shutter speed, Aperture: for a good lens, lowest number (unless you need higher), Try to exploit Bracket exposure, Try for Test shots when possible. Shooting RAW also helps – for Pro work. Try to use 2 Cameras, for important events. Add an assistant, when possible.
Unfortunately, we cannot see the photos @TravellerG Can you please reupload here. If you added them by HTML from Google Photos, please make the album public. Thanks.
Thanks for tagging me @TravellerG and also for sharing your information and photos. It is certainly a very nice place. My wife and I were in Singapore in April 2015. We enjoyed very much.
Thanks a million for your kind words of compliments.
“…I enjoyed reading the tips which were very instructive…” happy to know that you enjoyed reading the tips.
Kindly did not mistake me - I thought of going more deep - then I thought that we will have a separate post for more details on Night photography - it’s another ocean.
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Kindly permit me to be frank:
Thanks for pointing KatyaL’s post; of course, I read it in the last year itself - some of her shots are really Very Good.
However, kindly pardon me - she is a Moderator - so everyone will say it is a great post - sorry, there are many technical mistakes and could not agree with many of her comments.
just 2 examples:
"… if the camera is placed on a tripod, you may not need to use the OIS (this comment is WRONG) = kindly use OIS, only if needed/essential - for many reasons - few of them are: OIS not only consumes higher power (battery) but, it affects the quality of the shots (at least marginally). etc…
Today ISO - both, lowest and highest ranges (not 10,000) have dramatically changed - Sony Alpha 7S II has ISO 409,000.
As a moderator & as a good Photography Enthusiast, I never wanted to make any analysis/comments.
“…Unfortunately, the photos are not displayed properly…”
This was due to my mistake - unfortunately, I forgot to share the DIRECTORY in Google Photos.
Thanks for informing me over WhatsApp & updating me, dear @TusharSuradkar Ji…
"Using the Chrome browser on a desktop computer, i_t shows a grey circle with a white dash._
Same using the Android app.
This is a typical symptom when the photos are shared from Google photos where the directories are PRIVATE. Any browser will show the same way only.
NOTE:
The best way to prevent this mistake is: After publishing a post we should view it in incognito mode and ensure that your images and text are proper.
“…I wonder how your camera captureslight correctly from both near and far off and also there is a lot of ambient light in the atmosphere…”
majorly I would like to pass on the credit to the camera, although, there are many ways we do this with your expertise.
some example:
if the object is static, then we can use a very low ISO and keep the aperture one or two stops above (IF your camera has f/2.8 minimum, then use f/3.4 or 5.6) - then give sufficient time to the shutter to be open. (maybe even a second or so).
if the object is dynamic, then we go the other way - higher shutter speed, higher ISO and Lower Aperture.
Thanks for your zeal in learning - I appreciate your it.
Hello @TravellerG these are some nice night shots. Personally my choice would be photo 6, but I think I would have cropped of the people in the foreground. They sort of make the picture a little messy. Better would have been (IMO) to have walked to the waterside and take the picture there.
My second choice would have been Photo 1 for the great skyline. In this picture I would have zoomed in more so the buildings at the underside were cut off. If you did that you didn’t need to use the wide angle so much and the Skyscrapers would have been more straight up (left side of the picture).
These are of course my opinions here you are the photographer so it’s your composition and ideas that count.
Thank you for this nice post.
