I'm not very good at night photography.
I was trying to photograph an old church in my town that, for whatever reason, has decided to utilize a very tacky neon light cross. When I take night photographs, though, the color blurs like this:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g285/r...
I have been using my camera's night flash & slow shutter speed. I didn't use a tripod. Thanks- will that help the blurriness? Lets see, are you using a tripod? If not GET ONE! With night photography its a MUST!
By the way, your flash isn't going to do any good being that far away.
EDIT: Yeah it will. With a shot like that you would need like a 1 sec exposure (Or more....thats all on what aperture you use). And shooting it hand held will blur the photo.
EDIT: Thanks! If theres any thing more you need email me if you want. Dannysphotography07@hotmail.com Danny 454 is correct. You really must have a tripod.
Here is one of The Griffith Observatory (Los Angeles) that I took last year.
Canon 5D with Canon 16-35 2.8 L zoom lens at 500 ISO. Exposure manual at 1.5 seconds at f 2.8. Set the camera on top of the building! So you see, there is no way for anyone to hold the camera without moving for 1 1/2 second.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Griff...
You can click on the photo to see the full size. It's quite large.
Addendum: Danny - Just looked at your photos. I like them. Very very creative. I don't do those artsy photos like you--just ordinary ones. See a sheet here (Adobe Acrobat PDF file) http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?ac...
Very creative for a 15 y/o!
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Yep! "Film" is cheap. Just bought a few more CF cards. They were pretty cheap compared to what I paid for a few years ago. Remember the good old days when each roll was 36 exposures?!! Thats actually a pretty cool effect. But probably not what you were after.
First, you cant be using your camera's flash for this -- it will make the pix fugly. Second, it depends on what you're trying to photograph -- the building or the lights? If the building, then yes you'll need a tripod -- but the lights will be completely blown white.
If you want to capture the lights accurately, then you dont really need a tripod. You increase the shutter speed to about 125 or 250, aperture around 4. The lights should be clear and sharp, but the building will be dark. Thats a cool effect too.
trying to get both the building AND the lights sharp and clear is possible, but involved. You cant really do it with just the camera. Okay ... the out of focus blur is caused by two things. Over exposure and the camera being slightly out of focus.
It is obvious that you shot this image using your camera in the "auto" mode. (this is a cool way to get UFO type shots too)
Put your camera on a tripod.
Use the manual mode and bracket your exposures ... a lot (in your case, stopdown at least two or three stops)
"film" is cheap, so experiment until you get the shot right. Then make a note of it.and use that information from now on. | 
