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Neon | Tuesday Nov 30, 2010

The assignment for Assignment: Houston this month was neon. Neon is fun to photograph and usually photographs well. Once you start looking for it it is everywhere. I knew right away I wanted to photograph the psychic shop which is across the street from my pet store. In fact while driving around Houston I noticed that psychics are apparently quite fond of neon.

Tags: colors neon nights nightshot

Galleries: Night Shots

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 50D
Aperture: F3.5
Exposure Time: 1/30 sec
Focal Length: 28.0 mm
ISO: 1000
Exposure Bias: 1/-3
Shooting Mode: Normal program
Flash: Flash did not fire, auto
Focus Distance: 16.5
Metering Mode: Center weighted average

Comments:

It might be just me, but I can tell immediately which of your posted photos are digital and which are scanned film files: digitals are always sharper, the colors deeper, and the contrast is better.

I've also tried going "retro" with film cameras, i.e. Nikon FE and Pentax H1a, as a boost to creativity, with pretty much the same results. Maybe I need a much better scanner??

Posted by Bruce on November 30, 2010 at 09:39 PM CST #

Meant to add: Happy belated Thanksgiving!

Posted by Bruce on November 30, 2010 at 09:46 PM CST #

I agree that film and digital definitely have a different look to them. But that's what I like about doing both. I like the soft "film" look that I get with those cameras and I like that I can get night shots like this with my digital. I think I have the best of both worlds.

And Happy Belated Thanksgiving to you as well.

Posted by photine on November 30, 2010 at 09:48 PM CST #