Back Alleys at Night

Details: Shot this image of Dene in a drain. Graffiti looks good.
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 24-70mm | 24mm, 1/60 @ F2.8, ISO 200 + SB900 Speedlight

Once again, I dragged poor old Dene out to do some photography in the Alleys of Adelaide at night. Also had another friend tag along as he just bought himself a new Nikon D700 and 24-70mm f/2.8 lens. We have the same setup, so thought it would be a good idea to play with these crazy / expensive tools together. Hey, boys and their toys right? Then again, I know the girls like this stuff too so, let us have our fun! :)

It was fairly difficult taking shots that balanced well on the night. The ambient light of the city and the “near” full moon light was enough to take shots hand held at high ISO’s, however we were not always happy with the colour output. There was a mixture of fluorescent and tungsten light around us, with the before mentioned full moon. Hey, we even started to add the SB-900 to the mix to make it even more tricky.

One thing I love about the SB-900 system from Nikon, is the ability to put gels on the flash which are recognised by the sensor and adjust the white balance of the shot accordingly. Unfortunately, the sensor does not automatically work out what gel is on if the flash is firing in commander mode. More unfortunate for me, was that I forget this important little fact for about 5 minutes and stood there scratching my head.

Either way, I had another enjoyable night firing away at Dene in many spots around the alley. I don’t think it was fully fair for Dene however. As you could imagine, the area didn’t really smell that well. I tried not to think about what we may have been walking through.