Posted by Bonovox
Hello all & welcome to my theme for January 2012!! Thank you for voting for my first win last month. I wanted to take this opportunity upon winning to do a theme which is one of my faves in photography NIGHT LANDSCAPE!! A few examples below but I guess you already know what it is. Take a photo of a beautiful building lit up at night,a moonlit lake or sea anything!! Just enjoy the view & the take your time & remember hold steady!!
RULES
1: Pictures must be taken with a mobile phone by that member.
2: Only 1 photo with allowance for only 1 change.
3: No archive photos & photos must be taken in January.
4: Post full size photo here http://www.esato.com/phonephotos/ & post a link to that photo
5: Picture post processing not allowed
Enjoy & get snapping!!!!!!!! Hope you like the theme anyway.
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2012-01-02 02:23 ]
Posted by goldenface
Good choice Bono - a nice easy theme with plenty of scope.
Posted by Bonovox
Thanks. I love this type of theme. Just remember a stable surface to put your phone on.
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[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2012-01-01 02:06 ]
Posted by ceaser2008
I am already on a hunt of tri-pod.
Very nice theme mate.
Posted by Bonovox
Well you can hold it steady in a wall or something too
Posted by Marly
Nice theme!
Another tip: use the self-timer, if available! Many people move the phone slightly when clicking the shutter button.
edit: As the December-thread is closed: congrats on the win!
[ This Message was edited by: Marly on 2012-01-01 16:30 ]
Posted by emporium
hmm, i predict many frozen fingers in these winter nights
Posted by hihihans
Nice theme Bono
I'm gonna spend some nights in the dark now.
Posted by reeflotz
Great theme!
Time to change signature for this month's theme 
Posted by Bonovox
Hans is gonna be prowling the dark streets
Posted by pmerryman
Great theme, and congrats on the win.
Posted by Bonovox
Cheers!! My original choice was URBAN MACRO but I think that's actually like miniture mode which is not possible on phones. I think it's miniture mode anyway or photos of old rusty places in towns & cities. I long for the day phones can do 30 sec exposures or more!!
Posted by rikken
Exellent theme
Posted by Bonovox
I am gonna go out after work around the city(as it gets dark here early still) & get snapping with my N8!!
Posted by io_bg
Congrats on winning! Nice theme too!
On 2012-01-01 08:57:53, Marly wrote:
Another tip: use the self-timer, if available! Many people move the phone slightly when clicking the shutter button.
Another couple of tips: switch to night landscape scene, turn the self-timer to 2 seconds and put it on a flat surface (in case your phone can stand still on its side). Also the best night pics are taken at twilight when there's still some light in the sky
Posted by Bonovox
Yes io_bg you have taken some cracking good night shots or evening sunsets
Posted by hihihans
If we all hurry we could make some nice shots of the Christmas lights on peoples houses ��
Posted by Bonovox
Yes,well tomorrow I shall be around the city when it's dark in early evening. Victoria Square is all nicely lit up at night!!
Posted by emporium
no no, you two won't get out so easy, houses and squares are not landscape
Posted by Bonovox
What do you class as a night landscape then?? It can be of many things like from wide mountain scapes and hills to city scapes
Posted by idumbakumar
hi bono seems u r using N8?? good... i got an N8 for 300$ and i like it very much. im on belle now
. im surely participating this month.
Posted by Bonovox
How have you got Belle its not out for n8 yet is it??
Posted by Marly
Belle isn't officially out here, must be a beta, Delight maybe?
Or is the official version earlier available in India?
[ This Message was edited by: Marly on 2012-01-02 01:18 ]
Posted by Bonovox
@emporium I changed the first 2 example photos in my thread to more reflect the theme. But also I see a night landscape as anything from a scenic shot by night or a city scape or buildings by night. I know maybe not houses I know that. A night landscape does not have to be rolling hills or a moon over the sea
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2012-01-02 02:27 ]
Posted by ceaser2008
@marly
@bonovox
I dont know about availability of belle in India but right now idumbakumar is in USA. He bought N8 there only, so he has upgraded to belle in USA.
I know one place in my city where i can capture such stunning pic of night landscape. I night go there in a day or two.
Posted by argiriano
Cingrats Bono! Nice theme.
Posted by emporium
I was kidding
, but new examples are better and more inspiring.
Posted by pohuman
I like this theme.. I will join..
Posted by biosx
Happy new year to everyone. Congrats for the win Bono. I may have some shots for this month's theme
Posted by Bonovox
Cool,well I have seen some of your night shots in the city!!
Posted by biosx
Well, I meant i may have them already
I've just returned from Istanbul and, luckily, i DID take some night shots, and even more so, they were on Jan 1st so they qualify. I would have been pretty upset if I'd taken them before new year's and not after.
I don't think I'll have any better shot for this month's theme so I'm putting it here quite early, maybe break the ice. Though I pondered between this and the other two night shots, with the Ayasofya and the one with the Blue Mosque, this one better fits the "landscape" theme.
Original
Cheers!
Edit: fixed link
[ This Message was edited by: biosx on 2012-01-02 22:23 ]
Posted by Bonovox
That's a decent shot mate just as I hope we would start with a good one!!
Posted by pohuman
Very nice shot biosx. Welcome İstanbul in Türkiye. Ayasofya in Trabzon. I'm from Rize. Trabzon next to Rize. You have to come here. Plateaus, waterfalls, mountains.. Sorry for my terrible english..
Posted by ceaser2008
Nice shot biosx.
Posted by idumbakumar
On 2012-01-02 05:39:47, ceaser2008 wrote:
@marly
@bonovox
I dont know about availability of belle in India but right now idumbakumar is in USA. He bought N8 there only, so he has upgraded to belle in USA.
I know one place in my city where i can capture such stunning pic of night landscape. I night go there in a day or two.
yes buddies.. right now i'm in Livonia,
belle for N8 is unofficially leaked firmware (but its specific to N8)and its already customized by some users for tweaks.
its has lot of new UI features such as pull down status bar as in android and camera UI change etc.
so far everything works fine without bug. and the installation is pretty much easy.
if u want to move to belle there are lot of threads. pls let me know i'll guide u for the update to a stable one.
Posted by ok1907
Biosx that's a good picture but it'd be better if you could take the full view of the bridge. That looks amazing while new year's celebrations.
Posted by hihihans
New link for your signatures http://bit.ly/zRTUZC
Shoot a Landscape at Night
Posted by emporium
realy nice entry
Posted by Bonovox
I like that green lights on the tree or whatever it is.
Posted by biosx
Thanks everyone. Istanbul was a lovely sight, and definitely worth the trip. Everyone from Turkey must be so proud.
@pohuman: might just visit, since the countries are not that far away. Your English is more than fine btw.
@ok1907: I was rather limited by the location
granted the entire bridge would have looked better, but the only place I could get a shot of the entire bridge had a metallic wire fence and that showed up in my picture... It was a bit too cold to wonder off looking for better angles on that hill.
@Bonovox: yep, it was a tree lit up by the green spotlights behind it. Made it look "out-of-this-world-ish"
Posted by 9_Destiny
Great idea of monthly competition. If not Bonovox's priv I wouldn't know about it. It was nice to see my pirate ship as example of movie shot by emporium.
Keep shoting guys and girls or rather girls and guys.
Good luck.
Posted by hihihans
Take a shot at night and join in.
For me, the weather is so bad that I have to wait to capture a scape.
Posted by 9_Destiny
I will
Posted by Bonovox
My Nokia N8 speaker broke but getting new replacement N8 next week
Posted by ok1907
Apparently iphone 4 is not a good shooter at night
But I'll post it anyway.
Original
Posted by Bonovox
Nice colours mate good one!!
Slightly blurry but good!! Just noticed both the first 2 shots this month are from Turkey [ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2012-01-06 18:21 ]
Posted by ok1907
On 2012-01-06 19:20:26, Bonovox wrote:
Nice colours mate good one!!
Slightly blurry but good!! Just noticed both the first 2 shots this month are from Turkey
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2012-01-06 18:21 ]
Yes indeed
I was in a rush when I took that picture and I couldn't really pay attention. Combining my poor ability to take picture and the poor quality of iphone camera resulted in a blurry photo 
Posted by Bonovox
Yeah it's still fine though nice colours
Posted by mlife
These first few months of 2012 are gonna be busy for me!.... I hope I can find some time to shoot, this is a great theme!
Posted by Bonovox
Lets hope you find something colourful & night landscape around Orlando