Hi Paul, with 1/6 of a second you have been lucky to get a sharp shot. When you in future make evening shots, you might also ttry to underexpose a little. Camera's have a tendency to try to make the picture look as much taken during the daylight as possible, hence they will give you a lighter picture than expected. By doing so you will also be able to apply slightly faster shutter times, helping to make a shot sharper. (Based on my experience shooting the Le Mans 24 Hour cars at dusk)

Hi Pieter, I just set the ISO the camera worked out the aperture but I think I must have set the shutter as I just done a test shot and the shutter is the same.I am still learning how to use it. lol

Paul, I notice that not only did you put the camera at ISO 3200, but you also applied shutter priority (1/6 of a second). Was that a deliberate choice?

Thanks Tony, all I done was set the ISO to 3200 and I let the camera workout the rest.Nikon D6500.

Paul, this is truly a great photo. My canon 600D would not achieve this on auto mode, I would need to shoot on aperture priority and set a high ISO. Cheers.

@ Juan Yes I was very surprised how well it came out as the ship was in total darkness you couldn’t see any detail.I basically did nothing to the photo apart from cropping.

I wish I could get my Nikon to act that way! Really nice.

I agree Mr Nikon is brilliant. I have everything set to auto. I press the shutter he does the rest

Thanks Clyde but all the credit should go to Mr Nikon, I only push the button lol.

Beautiful work without a tripod Paul. You sure have a steady hand and a fast camera.