How to shoot the night view of the city

All kinds of flashing neon lights, neatly arranged street lamps, street lamps and square window lamps in room windows are colorful and intertwined into a world of lights. Under the light, everything will become very beautiful, and even the telephone poles that destroy the picture will be replaced by neatly arranged and shiny street lamps. Therefore, shooting city night scenes will bring more interest to photographers. When shooting city night scenes, it is advisable to include streets or give priority to streets to make the photos more urban. When shooting, you can shoot on the sidewalk on one side of the street or at a high place, such as the balcony of a building along the street. The exposure during shooting should change according to the brightness of the scene lighting. Under normal circumstances, even if the light is very bright, it will take a long time to expose, which often takes a few seconds or dozens of seconds. Otherwise, you can only see the light and not the scenery. If you are not sure, you can try to take more photos and expose them for a few seconds, which will not have much impact on the photos. But not too much, lest the light form too many halos, reduce the clarity, affect the color and beauty of the picture, and even cause the scene to be too bright and lose the atmosphere at night. It is best to express the outline of the scene clearly. Because of the long exposure time, it is necessary to shoot with a tripod and a B door. When exposing, avoid strong light from entering the lens, such as oncoming cars with headlights on. Cover the lens with your hand or lens cover, and then take it away after passing by to continue exposure. If it is a weak headlight, or if it does not directly illuminate the lens, it can be ignored, because the driving headlights can leave vivid light traces on the picture. It's best to take two exposures. Before it is completely dark, put the camera on the tripod at the shooting point and shoot the outline of the scene first through underexposure. When the light is bright, expose the light for the second time and install the light for the site. Some cities are already brightly lit at dusk, so shooting can be done at once. For the second exposure, you must press the rewind button before moving the reel handle. The automatic camera can select multiple exposure function. When shooting the light from a point light source, you can also add a starlight mirror in front of the lens, which can create a radiant starlight effect and avoid the halo of light in the picture. Shooting a street scene on a rainy night, the accumulated water on the asphalt road will make the road look very flat, like a pool of water, reflecting the street lights and making the picture unique. This kind of photos can also be taken when the rain stops soon and the road surface is still wet, and the same effect can be obtained.