# Night photos or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 27, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198 "2015-09-27T12:58:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jimwatana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/jimwatana/32/221_2.png) [@jimwatana](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/jimwatana)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/1 "2015-09-27T12:58:49Z")
I am still not clear on the desire of Mapillary to include photos taken at night. Should we or should we not? Are we looking for 24/7 world coverage? ---
**Author:** ![Amiga4000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/amiga4000/32/68224_2.png) [@Amiga4000](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Amiga4000)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/2 "2015-09-28T08:17:59Z")
Moin! Do it, if the photos are clear and not too blurry. ---
**Author:** ![Sandra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/sandra/32/14_2.png) [@Sandra](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Sandra)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/3 "2015-09-28T08:56:35Z")
Hi @jimwatana, We agree with @Amiga4000. Though, the tricky thing with the night photos is that if you don’t have a great camera (the app is not too great for this) the photos will be blurry and there is not too much to see. Thanks! Sandra ---
**Author:** ![jimwatana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/jimwatana/32/221_2.png) [@jimwatana](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/jimwatana)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/4 "2015-09-28T13:05:18Z")
@Amiga4000 @Sandra. That sounds like a plan. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![tryl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/tryl/32/62_2.png) [@tryl](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/tryl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/5 "2015-10-05T09:29:20Z")
You can take great night photos, even with a phone that causes slow shutter speed. Actually, even with really expensive cameras and lenses this is a problem. Solution: Put the camera/phone on a tripod. Yes, it takes a lot longer, but some places are beautiful at night. ---
**Author:** ![jimwatana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/jimwatana/32/221_2.png) [@jimwatana](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/jimwatana)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/6 "2015-10-05T11:20:23Z")
I do plan on using my tripod later. So far, I have just taken a few test sequences. Deleted some but was happy with the overall results. Thanks for the advice. ---
**Author:** ![tryl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/tryl/32/62_2.png) [@tryl](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/tryl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/7 "2015-10-05T12:09:49Z")
Please post the result in this thread. I would really like to see it. ---
**Author:** ![jimwatana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/jimwatana/32/221_2.png) [@jimwatana](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/jimwatana)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/8 "2015-10-05T15:27:32Z")
Here is one sequence… [http://mapillary.com/map/im/Do8xg8DcP\_XgZijqJEd3Gg/photo](http://mapillary.com/map/im/Do8xg8DcP_XgZijqJEd3Gg/photo) ---
**Author:** ![filipc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/filipc/32/1103_2.png) [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/9 "2015-10-22T10:33:36Z")
I would like a tool to measure height. ---
**Author:** ![Harry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/harry/32/82_2.png) [@Harry](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Harry)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/10 "2015-11-02T10:48:30Z")
I made a sequence in a forest yesterday. Under my walk it became darker and darker, så the last part of the sequence is actually a night sequence. I used the flashlight to light up the area close to me, and I had a stong ledlight to light up the trail a bit farther away. I am not totally satisfied with the quality, but I’ll keep testing 😄 [http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/8GuVcQC8SfNrpMTcGeuX3A/photo](http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/8GuVcQC8SfNrpMTcGeuX3A/photo) ---
**Author:** ![tryl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/tryl/32/62_2.png) [@tryl](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/tryl)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/11 "2015-11-05T19:01:23Z")
@Harry, I think it is nice when look at how it is done, e.g. [http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/0heuWipkuG62pvZerrHdvg/photo](http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/0heuWipkuG62pvZerrHdvg/photo) A flash light does not distribute the light evenly - there is the spot in the center. But using a light that does that (like a strong photography flash) the area closest to you will usually be blown out while the center will be dark (DSLR, raw and HDR is left out here). In your case I would normally just stop for the day, but some picture is better than no pictures. You can see the path and everything, which is useful to somebody. I think that the only way to make it better is to put the phone (I assume) on a tripod and take each photo with a very slow shutter speed. Even one of the good battery powered LED panels, with even light distribution, will light the close areas up much more than the far areas. and you should use multiple lights and set them up for each shot to get really good images. ---
**Author:** ![Harry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/harry/32/82_2.png) [@Harry](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Harry)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/12 "2015-11-05T19:20:19Z")
I used a casio exilim camera with gps with som possibilities to adjust flash, iso value and some more. The flash only lights upp a few meter. But I had this pocket light with me > **[Cykellampa LED fram | 5 W-diod med 900 lm ljusflöde | KAYOBA](https://www.jula.se/catalog/fritid/cykel/bike-accessories-ead4e858/belysning-och-reflexer/cykellampa-led-fram-631037/)** > > Kraftfull och kompakt cykellampa med maximalt ljusflöde på 900 lm, robust aluminiumkropp, tre ljuslägen (hel-, halv- och blinkande läge), externt batteripack och fäste för cykelstyre samt hjälm eller pannband (användningssätt väljs permanent). And used it to light upp the path a bit ahead. That is the bright spot you see. My goal was to see if it is possible to make decent night time photos of a dark forest without loosing the feeling of being in the forest att night. But I agree that a tripod would be useful 😄 Of course I am going to complete the sequence with daylight photos of the same track ---
**Author:** ![Amiga4000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/amiga4000/32/68224_2.png) [@Amiga4000](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Amiga4000)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/13 "2015-11-12T09:32:11Z")
Moin Yesterday I had some time to spent on Kassel Train Station Willhelmshöhe, I tried some night shots: [http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/QxW-3XgPH6n7Yj58wkFm4g/photo](http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/QxW-3XgPH6n7Yj58wkFm4g/photo) went quite well, walk 1-3 m, take a shot, walk, take a shot… aceini ---
**Author:** ![Harry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/harry/32/82_2.png) [@Harry](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Harry)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/14 "2015-11-12T20:48:58Z")
I found a hack to make long exposed photos with a gopro hero 3+ > **[r/gopro - GoPro Hacked to shoot long exposure pictures / timelapse](https://www.reddit.com/r/gopro/comments/298jrk/gopro_hacked_to_shoot_long_exposure_pictures/)** > > 33 votes and 58 comments so far on Reddit I tried a picture tonight, but I’ll make a real sequence later ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/mapillary/original/1X/75b73534aa789a4f951891b0ebd000355e4ec280.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Richlv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/richlv/32/68232_2.png) [@Richlv](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Richlv)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/15 "2015-11-18T09:25:49Z")
night photos can be very useful to see what a location looks like at night, of course. while not using a tripod, stopping to take handheld pictures works out somewhat ok : [http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/ahiWF04B3UFmj-rlesaDTQ/photo](http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/ahiWF04B3UFmj-rlesaDTQ/photo) ---
**Author:** ![Harry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/harry/32/82_2.png) [@Harry](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Harry)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/16 "2015-12-03T11:10:58Z")
It turns out that my GoPro 3 takes very decent citynight photos with it original settings. I did use a tripod though and took seperate pictures (no timelapse) so I had the time to put down the tripod before I take a picture. But it does feel a bit silly to walkaround with a tripod and take a picture every few meters Compare these GoPro pictures: [https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/4GLMJzF95PdRm6SCjsBkSw/photo](https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/4GLMJzF95PdRm6SCjsBkSw/photo) [https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/cPzcCJWXZBhyoTAujWFa3A/photo](https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/cPzcCJWXZBhyoTAujWFa3A/photo) with these: [https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/\_5zD5lvQ0eYBVh4LErzqvw/photo](https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/_5zD5lvQ0eYBVh4LErzqvw/photo) ---
**Author:** ![Shlublu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/shlublu/32/68279_2.png) [@Shlublu](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Shlublu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/17 "2015-12-04T07:39:49Z")
> [@Harry](#): > > But it does feel a bit silly to walkaround with a tripod and take a picture every few meters So the night photos… chicken and egg situation 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tryl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/tryl/32/62_2.png) [@tryl](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/tryl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/18 "2015-12-07T16:59:47Z")
If you feel silly @Harry, then see this guy [http://www.hoholtphoto.com/](http://www.hoholtphoto.com/) who does exactly that. He makes time lapses in my town of Aarhus, Denmark. He uses a tripod and moves it just a few inches between frames. ---
**Author:** ![Harry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/harry/32/82_2.png) [@Harry](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Harry)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/19 "2015-12-07T18:20:46Z")
Fantastic timelapses, really impressive, but it sure looks silly when he’s taking time lapses 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tryl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/tryl/32/62_2.png) [@tryl](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/tryl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198/20 "2015-12-09T19:34:36Z")
That does not matter if the result is great. I have looked silly many times, with a camera, and you get used to it 🙂 [Next page](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/night-photos-or-not/198.md?page=2)