Help with night shots

[kentonline]

I went out tonight to catch the 507 on the 507 arriving in Eugene after seeing it on the olympia webcam. So I biked over to the Amtrak station in the cold to catch it. As I pulled pulled out my $30 tripod, one of the legs decieded not to work so it became a bipod. So making the best with my new bipod I pulled out my camera, and snaped away. I had a nice chat with the engineer who identified him self as the hog on the SP&S 700. But my pictures turned out "interesting." (The ring around the lights)

since i don't see an option for attaching photos look at this thread on railroad forums to see the pictures I took.
http://www.railroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=37261#post37261

Can one of the vets of night shots help me with the setings I should use with my Digital Rebel. I just got the Canon Digital Rebel and this was the first time taking night shots with it.

Here are the photo properties
Camera Model Name= Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Shooting Date/Time= 2/15/2005 8:45:47 PM
Shooting Mode= Shutter Speed Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )= 3.2
Av( Aperture Value )= 4.0
Metering Mode= Evaluative
Exposure Compensation= 0
ISO Speed= 200
Lens= 18.0 - 55.0mm
Focal Length= 18.0mm
Image Quality= Fine
Flash= Off

[brunswickrailfan]

First off, just shoot at ISO 100. There's no need for unnecessary grain. As for the rings, that's just wierd. :shock:

The settings look fine to me, just play around with them untill you get a combo that works best.

As for image links, follow the steps inside the box:


[img]PUT IMAGE URL IN HERE[/img]


As I said before, just toy around with settings and see what works! :D

[kentonline]

thanks for the info dan, as for those rings I thing it was because i had moisture on the camera or a problem with the lens kit. it made for an interesting photo though. But not the one I was looking for :roll: