David, your posting conjures up to me, of a tripod being pitched up in
darkness and torrential rain outside Frankie and Bennies, pointed
across the road into Cwmbran bus station as a B10M is taking on
passengers for an X24 working. Can you imagine the reflections off the
vehicle in the rain and darkness.

6400asa images are a little too grainy to print but have plenty of
impact under variable lighting conditions within the image. Here's one
of mine without the rain...

http://www.martinbray-ukloco.com/

On 13 Nov, 22:07, David Beilby <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's odd that you should post that photo just after I'd been out to
> photograph a First Manchester bus myself in similar lighting
> conditions.  That I can push up to 6400ASA and get good results is a
> testimony to modern camera development and at that speed the bus
> doesn't even have to be stationary!
>
> Your picture shows one of the issues that no camera technology can
> deal with (at the moment at least), which is the narrow colour
> spectrum from sodium lighting.  Whilst high pressure sodium lighting
> isn't as bad as the older sodium lights, there's still a yellow cast
> which colour correction won't get rid of.  Of course, it is actually
> an accurate record of the scene and thus perfectly correct.  You can
> use a flash but apart from, at he very least, annoying the driver, the
> photograph wouldn't look natural and would be flat.
>
> Nonetheless I'm an enthusiastic exponent of night photography and am
> glad to find someone else trying - do try more!  When it works well
> the effect can be so dramatic.  Heavy rain makes for great photos but
> a pretty miserable experience taking them.  And don't forget those
> Christmas lights!
>
> Regards,
>
> David Beilby
>
> On 13 Nov 2012, at 21:25, Barrie Gilbert wrote:
>
>
>
> > One of the few good things about the clocks going back an hour at
> > this time of year is the potential to take photographs in different
> > light conditions, provided that you have a tripod or a steady hand.
>
> > This teatime shot is of First Cymru Pointer-bodied Dart 42610, which
> > is one of a handful that have been repainted in the new corporate
> > livery and refurbished with leather seat covers.  It is also one of
> > the three that carry the new bilingual fleetnames and branding for
> > Service 36.
>
> > The location is Clase Road, Morriston in November 2012.
>
> > ©  Barrie Gilbert
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