Long Beach at Night

[Brian Moore]

Another with the Cheap-As-Chips Cam taken from the bluffs on Ocean Avenue. To the left in the distance, with the draped lights,...that's the Queen Mary.

(I'm becoming annoyed with the reflected light artifacts; I'll have too try some long exposures without the filter which I keep on there to protect the lens.)

 

[Pete Askew]

Very nice again Brian. I like these night shots very much. I do like the way all of the vertical reflections key into the palms here. Again there are highlights in the sky (which I like by the way) but maybe my previous comment was wrong and these are the result of internal reflections in the lens / filter. What are the line of 'lights' on the beach?

 

[Hamish Gill]

Cheap un-coated filter? Fairly budget glass ... It does add up
Check this out Flickr: Discussing Internal Reflection from UV filter? in Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM.

Still, lovely shot non the less IMO ... It's the reflections in the water that make it eh?

 

[Brian Moore]

Pete,...thanks very much. I think the lights along the sand might have been a cyclist or maybe two. (There a tarmac path there that you can ride on.)

Hamish thanks. And yeah,...I'm guessing it's the filter. The camera has no lens cap and I found a UV filter that fit it just for protection.

 

[Pete Askew]

Ah, the answer to the question I posed in the other post. I think Hamish may have it. Try shooting without the filter, it may well be reflections caused by it.

 

[Brian Moore]

I agree Pete. One of my Cheap-As-Chips entries was the first time I noticed it.