Moving Objects at night

[elimb]

I'm new, this is my first post, I'm not sure if this is the way I should do it but let me try. I took these pictures during or vacation in Hong Kong, the thing is I couldn't set the correct combination between aperture, iso and velocity . The question: How can I take a photo of a moving object and you can't use flash? Can I do something to fix this using photoshop? ( it is JPG)



Nikon D3000
2009/01/08 03:28:05.5
Sigma 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 G
Prog. Night Portrait
1 seg.
F/3.5
ISO 200
Optimizar imag:
White Balance Auto
AF: AF-A
flash mode: slow


Prog. Auto program
1/60 seg.
F/5
ISO 800
Optimizar imag:
White Balance Auto
flash mode: rear slow

[PhotoPhix]

2 exposures, one for the cityscape and one for the Junk,then combine them using PS. As for fixing the existing shot, you could try cropping out the Junk and sharpening up the cityscape a bit.

Armando

[fletch]

To freeze the motion you need to raise the shutter speed (in this scenario you can't use the flash as the objects are too far away).

To maximise the shutter speed you need to use the largest aperture you can, combined with the highest ISO you can use without introducing noise. From the settings above it appears you could have used ISO800, f/5 with 1/60. 1/60 should be enough to freeze motion here.

Your not going to be able to remove the motion blur from the photo above, its too far gone. You could rescue something by fixing the white balance and sharpening the skyline but its doesn't look likely.

I find I can learn a lot by looking at similar photos on flickr. Hong Kong is not a great place to learn, its just too spectaular with very difficult conditions, I know that from experince as you can see by my first photo from there compared to my second trip.

First trip
Hong Kong Skyline on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Second trip
Hong Kong Peak on Flickr - Photo Sharing!