Inspiring Photo: Carnival Rides #1455514

Carnival Rides

Uploaded: November 13, 2005

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Taken at our fall festival at church. Lots of different things going on. First time taken pictures of rides at night. I took lots of different ones but not to many turned out. Any suggestions on night time shooting?

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Linda Proctor November 13, 2005

Great shot Kaye! Love all the colors ! #343415

Patricia Robinson Trapp November 13, 2005

Beautiful, Kay!! Love the colors and detail. Looks as if you had lots of fun, too! #2070907

Darryl Wilkinson November 13, 2005

Great shot Kay! What suggestions do you want? This looks great. Are you using a tripod, light meter? Slower shutter speed is essential at night. Nice work here!!! #2071084

Mick Burkey November 13, 2005

Great play with colors. It really jumps out at you. Nice job! #2071148

Jane Summa November 13, 2005

Love the bright colors against the dark sky, Kay #2071155

Ken Smith November 13, 2005

Kay, I'm glad you commented on my picture, which made it easy to jump to your gallery. Very nice. It's nice to simply view the thumbnails to see the composition and colors. #2071385

Sandra Freyler November 13, 2005

Awesome image! Great work! #2071567

Kay E. Mahoney November 13, 2005

Thank you Linda, Patricia, Darryl, Mick, Jane, Ken and Sandra for all of your wonderful comments. Darryl, I'm not using a tripod. I was just holding the camera and snapping away at the photos. Just had it on a regular manual setting. I need to study up on the camera to learn more about what setting to use at different times. There is so much to learn with it. Thanks again everyone. #2071670

Janine Russell November 14, 2005

Kay, great colors, lighting and detail; do you know what your camera settings (f stop & speed) were? did you use a flash? #2072019

Ann Bruynseels November 14, 2005

Beautiful ! #2072131

Nina Shields November 14, 2005

Kay, you nailed this one; this looks terrific, can't see where you would need any suggestions, you ought to be giving them! Powerful shot, beautifully executed! #2073353

April Riggs November 14, 2005

Looks like fun, you did a great job on htis shot. #2074649

Kaye Burazin November 14, 2005

Kay, you captured this wonderfully! Have tried night shots and if shot in manual settings from trial and error, I needed to change the shutter speed with every movement. Also a tripod is essential at the lower speeds. Learning manuel settings is so much fun Kay and a whole new learning experience! You have such an excellent eye for photography and shooting in manuel mode gives you more control. #2075049

Alisha L. Ekstrom November 14, 2005

WONDERFUL night shot Kay. LOVE that sky!! Yes a TRIPOD is a must for night shots. THIS turned out great though for not using a tripod! #2075246

Cathy M. Gromball November 14, 2005

Wonderful capture, Kay!

Cathy :) #2075532

Emile Abbott November 14, 2005

Looks like you got it right Kay. I think using a tripod with a slow shutter speed is what most do. This was an excellent capture and beautiful light. #2075617

Kay E. Mahoney November 14, 2005

Thank you Janine, Ann, Nina, April, Kaye, Alisha, Cathy and Emile for all of your wonderful comments. Janine I just had it set on the manual setting and I did have the flash on. Thanks to all on the suggestion on using a tripod. #2075691

Lynn Crawford November 14, 2005

Love this Kay, great night time shot, you really got some good color in this, I think it is wonderful :) #2075864

Kay E. Mahoney November 14, 2005

Thank you Lynn. #2076109

Joannie Bertucci November 14, 2005

Kay, this one turned out nice and sharp! Love the color of the sky in sharp contrast to the bright carnival lights! Say, did anyone mention a tripod? :-) I'm such a tease! I think the only time I use a tripod is at night! I don't do many night shots :-) #2077066

Joline Frazier November 15, 2005

I like your carnival shots, and this one in particular is very nice. #2078913

Cathy Barrows November 16, 2005

great comp to include two rides #2082417

Michael S. Baker November 16, 2005

Great shot, Kay..nice colors. Good sharpness, considering you did not use a tripod. Thinking I had sturdy hands I used to shoot at night without a tripod. It makes a BIG difference when using one.

Keep shooting!
Mike Baker- #2084944

Kay E. Mahoney November 16, 2005

Thank you Joannie, Joline, Cathy, and Michael for your wonderful comments. Yes Joannie I've had a number of people mention a tripod. Never thought about it. I have four of them and have never used any of them for any photo shoots. #2085295

Ronald F. Fischer November 16, 2005

Kay, you don't need any pointers about night time shooting. This picture is awesome! #2085408

Kay E. Mahoney November 16, 2005

Thank you for your nice comment Ronald. #2085469

Dolores Neilson November 17, 2005

Kay...you did so well composing and exposing this! Good luck with it! #2086308

Kay E. Mahoney November 17, 2005

Thank you for your comment Dolores. #2088880

SaMi Martin November 18, 2005

Beautiful colors & composition! #2092222

Kay E. Mahoney November 18, 2005

Thank you SaMi for your comment. #2092319

Jenny Bosmans November 20, 2005

This looks great!! Very well done, Kay!! #2098949

Kay E. Mahoney November 21, 2005

Thank you Jenny #2101125

Bill Wyatt July 14, 2006

Wonderful night shot! The colors and exposure are perfect, Kay! #3028241

Kay E. Mahoney July 14, 2006

Thank you Bill. I can't wait to go to another one and get some more night time shots. #3029179

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