Hey guys, I was playing with the 10D tonight and got the itching to take some late-night photos. I wasn't able to do them EXACTLY as I would like, since I don't have a remote shutter release for the 10D yet.

Normally I'd shoot these at ISO 100 with a large aperture for plenty of DOF (f22 or greater), but to do that I'd need the bulb setting, and believe me, my hand isn't very steady holding the shutter release down for 5 minutes!

So the compromise was ISO 400 at 30 seconds. Most of these were shot at f5.6, some were even shot at f3.5. A few were at f8. So here are a few, starting with one for Steve Batson. He'll know why I shot it. :) Not the greatest moon shot ever done, but it's liveable. It's just a full-resolution crop. I was zoomed in at 300mm... For a GOOD moon shot I'd need 450 or 500.

Anyway to start the night, I decided to do a proof of concept photo, because at the beginning I wasn't entirely sure I'd be able to get away with moonlit photos without a remote. This is the shot that made me want to take more. Question though... why would the county put up a huge pile of sand to block the boat launch? There are at least 5 directional signs pointing how to get to it!

The Tisdale Bridge is something I had only heard about, but nobody I asked could direct me on how to get to it! After months of research online and some educated guesses, I found the thing. Here's a streetsign approaching the bridge from the North.

Someone help me out here, is the green due to reciprosity failure? This is a pump house downstream from the bridge. The light certainly didn't look green from where I was standing.

Finally, a picture of the bridge itself. This is a location I'm going to return to at different times of day for sure!

YES, there are more. If you want to view them all, you can at http://www.thechances.com/gallery/TisdaleBridgeNight/. Thanks for looking!

Greg

Hello, all!

For my wife's birthday, I took her to the El Dorado Hotel in Reno, NV to see a stage production of Grease. After the show I spent a few hours shooting the casino lights. The casino lights were all shot at 100 ISO, balanced for Tungsten light, f22, 2 seconds of expousre. I've gotta say, I'm lovin' this camera!

To start, there was a closed-down casino among the still-open ones. It was called the Old Reno Club... I shot this through the window of the place.

The city is working on downtown, apparently digging a huge trench for trains to run underneath the city instead of through the middle. As a result, it's difficult to shoot Reno's most-known landmark, the "Biggest Little City In The World" sign. I was up against a chain-link fence for this shot, at 28mm (effectively 45mm on the 10D).

Next is one of the seedier casinos in downtown Reno, The Nugget. Next door is a newer entry, the Golden Phoenix.

Finally my favorite shot from the trip, the Harrah's entrance, along with an ad for Showgirls. They had this window display with topless mannequins dressed up as showgirls to go along with this show. Reno tries REAL hard to be Vegas.

Thanks for looking!