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High Court at Sunset

Postby hedge on Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:19 pm

Howdy all, joined recently and thought I should start posting some shots. I was a bit late to get the awesome sunset colours but didn't mind this one.

D70, 70-200, ISO800, jpeg, f11 for about 5-10 seonds (??). No PS/PP.

Comments always appreciated.

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Postby sirhc55 on Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:22 pm

Adam - this pic has a certain ethereal quality to it that I like. Soft pastel colours compliment the sombre look of the building
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Postby Glen on Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:29 pm

Adam, nice shot, makes an imposing building look tranquil. Just for my own education, why did you pick ISO 800?
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Postby Killakoala on Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:30 pm

The colours are amazing, the subject interesting and exposed well so as not to allow the lights in the foregound to burn too brightly.

Well done.
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Postby christiand on Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:40 pm

Very nice photo !

We got rained and hailed upon when we tried a night shoot. BTW there is a nest with white-faced herons in front of the court.
It is up in a gum tree on the left hand side above the water feature.
Two chicks were in there 10 days ago.

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Postby Matt. K on Fri Feb 18, 2005 8:13 am

Adam
You got a dust bunnie top slightly left. Might have to do a CCd cleaning workshop with some of the Canberra guys.

I'd be curious to know if a printer could hold those sky colours?
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Postby hedge on Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:47 am

Hey all, thanks for the replies. Sorry i'm slack in my reply! Had blissfull weekend without touching a computer!

Glen - i think i went ISO 800 because taht was the minimum ISO the camera would meter in. It was an awesome burning sky type sunset but i was late to get down to the lake. I chucked it on the tripod and set up a quick shot so i'd go home with something at least.! Then i set it back to 200 and played around with really long exposures using the histogram as a guide.

KillaK - burnt out buildings are one of my favourite screw ups. Most of the rest of my shots that night suffered from it a bit. Annoying stuff!!

sirhcc, christiand - cheers guys! I do want to go back down and get some more next time there's a good sunset. Stuff around the lake is so photogenic it makes life easier on me!

Matt - oops, never noticed that before, now I can't stop looking at it! PS time methinks! I usually shoot wide open so that may hide it. CCD cleaning meeting sounds like a top plan. I do use the camera in a lot of dusty places...
As for the printer, dunno. Might run down to Teds for a $2 8x12 and check it out!!

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