Sagitar Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 Our little town switched on its Christmas lights last weekend. The lights that we had previously were just about knackered so the "lights committee" decided to splash out on a new set. An even bigger number of people than usual turned out to see them switched on for the first time. There were some interesting photography problems, but I managed to get a few pics and I hope they give you some idea of what it was like. We got Aladdin from the local panto to switch them on, but I think his "mother" was in charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 That's a nice set, you captured the event well. It's tricky photographing lights those situations. The Xmas lights look nice, probably better than the old tat we have up in town! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffers Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 Good shots. It must have taken some time to get those right. I wish where I live looked like that! Can't see many shutters on the shops either. (in fact I can't see any at all) In my Borough, they smashed every single lamp on the Christmas tree last year so we aren't getting one this year. Hate living here but trapped at the mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted November 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 4 hours ago, Rich said: That's a nice set, you captured the event well. It's tricky photographing lights those situations. The Xmas lights look nice, probably better than the old tat we have up in town! They are all taken on a Fuji XT2 with either an 18-135mm zoom or a 55-200mm zoom. Both lenses are limited to f/3.5 so I was working at quite slow shutter speeds in spite of setting a high ISO. Both lenses are image stabilised so I can hold them pretty still but, but nothing stops subject movement at the very slow shutter speeds I needed. Some of my pics were at more than 12,000 ISO. I was pleased to see how little noise there was. A tripod would have been nice but I'd never have got it safely through the mob. I spent a lot of time leaning against lamps etc to try to keep the camera still. I continue to be impressed by the little Fuji. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted November 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Geoffers said: Good shots. It must have taken some time to get those right. I wish where I live looked like that! Can't see many shutters on the shops either. (in fact I can't see any at all) In my Borough, they smashed every single lamp on the Christmas tree last year so we aren't getting one this year. Hate living here but trapped at the mo. I can't think that any of our shops have shutters, but there might be some with a metal grill inside the windows. I think the Post Office does. Our little town is pretty quiet. We do get a bit of rowdyism occasionally in front of the White Hart at closing time and it does sometimes result in a cracked pane in a shop window but the local bobbies tend to park there at the weekend until the cab-rank has emptied and the visitors have gone home . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 Nice pictures indeed and i love the look of the tree, very festive ..... Put that up around here it'll get nicked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) The boss and I ate out last Friday. We returned to Ampthill in the late evening and since the town was pretty quiet, decided to do a drive around the new lights with the dashcam running. I trimmed up the resulting video and linked it to YouTube. You should be able to see it below. http://youtu.be/fA57rpxmwEw I still haven't really got the hang of linking to YouTube Edited December 6, 2018 by Rich Embed video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Does look really festive which is hard in this unseasonal weather....dash cam gives really clear pictures as well...... Well done with that couple crossing the road, i would have run them over for not looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted December 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Tony said: Well done with that couple crossing the road, i would have run them over for not looking They were staggering a bit, maybe one too many? - never looked to their left at all, but I do try to be very careful because my car makes so little noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Well it's a good thing you had your wits about you..... Times like that i would love to have something like a train horn.....Creep up behind them and let them have some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 I've embedded the video, when you paste the link into the post it usually asks if you want to just use it as a link instead. If you clicked yes then it won't embed it. The lights look great, so much better than ours. That couple did look like they were staggering! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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