Night Shot - Long Beach

[Desert Rose]

Great shot of the Queen and light house! I lived near there for many years and visited Shoreline Village frequently. Do they still do the fireworks off of the Queen Mary?

[ron wesson]

Originally Posted by ramirez0715

I was in Long Beach, CA the other night and had my camera with me. I picked up my wife from work at nite (nurse) and while waiting I shot a few shots of the moon. We then went to eat in Long Beach and worked my magic to convince the wife to letting me take a few shots of Parkers Lighthouse/Queen Mary. I didn't have a tripod but there are a few benches that do the trick. Tried very hard to do a pano.

I took multiple shots to try and get the exposure down as it was dark and the lights from the restaurant gave conflicting exposure readings. I used photoshop to try and get some good color and contrast and add the moon from earlier in the night. As well as manually put the pano together.



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good real good

[joodiespost]

great shot! tfs. I also live in Long Beach, do you have any recommendation as to where I can go take some cool photographs?

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[jmakeni]

Amazing shot! The moon is a little too big though.

[SuperDan]

amazing.. i love it!

[ramirez0715]

Never been to the fireworks show in Long BEach but pretty sure they still do it.

Also, other than up and down the different piers in the area it's really hard to find places to photograph.
You could heading on up to the mountains. Haven't tried it other than Big Bear.

If anyone has any great spots please share with us.

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[stuff323]

Nice shot.

Originally Posted by ramirez0715

I was in Long Beach, CA the other night and had my camera with me. I picked up my wife from work at nite (nurse) and while waiting I shot a few shots of the moon. We then went to eat in Long Beach and worked my magic to convince the wife to letting me take a few shots of Parkers Lighthouse/Queen Mary. I didn't have a tripod but there are a few benches that do the trick. Tried very hard to do a pano.

I took multiple shots to try and get the exposure down as it was dark and the lights from the restaurant gave conflicting exposure readings. I used photoshop to try and get some good color and contrast and add the moon from earlier in the night. As well as manually put the pano together.



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Please let me know what you guys think. Good or Bad. The only way I could improve

Thanks

[Dima]

Its really professional looking, good job! And the moon is the best part of the image.. ur very talented..

[tchudson]

Beautiful! Soon as it warms up a bit, I plan to start trying some night photography.

[teedlepeep]

It is a gorgeous picture but the moon doesn't look right to me either. The coloring is off and there is no reflection of it in the water.