When its dark one more category for a photographer to
explore would be Neon Lights. The bright shining colors of neon lights most
commonly seen along commercial corridors of big cities attract several
customers. Display of Neon lights can be in form of Text or Graphics. Huge
electronic digital display boards with multiple graphics are most common in
modern world in boosting the economy. Photographers need to use low ISO,
adjusting apertures depending on colors and distance, allowing shutter speeds
from few to several seconds and finally taking the Images just after sunset or
with contrast backgrounds mostly in dark. Manual exposure would give good
results in taking Neon lights pictures.
Few pictures I took on Neon Lights are shown here.
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These Three pictures show the Neon Signs of commercial
business units. Each picture has variations in color, background and location. Exposure time changed from 1/5 to 1/15 seconds
and aperture settings are between f5 to f8.
This picture shows the Neon lights indoors of a commercial
Game center. Neon paints and lights exhibit a different environment. It is a
struggle to capture true colors in a closed environment for neon lights.
These two pictures show how a decorative LED/Neon lights
reflect when pictured at night. With no flash and low ISO settings these images
were photographed during Christmas holidays.
These Three pictures show the reflecting Neon signatures
in a Digital environment. Electronic chips and flashing lights enable the
pattern of neon lights to display Info on huge boards and are sure signs to
catch attention.
What if you look at huge cities from vertical section during
night? Several lights when photographed from aerial view displays the following
pattern. There are several neon lights within complex environment getting mixed
with dominant color.
This picture shows the bright radiance of neon lights when
projected over a structure.
This last picture shows the beautiful colors painted on a
glass to show a pattern of Neon signature in olden days when there was no
electricity. Wonderful work and when sunlight passes through these glass pieces
it resembles the perfect neon signature in a smooth texture. ISO is 200 and
f-stop at 4.
