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My first attempt at night photography

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:56 pm
by Neeper
http://johnnytran6387.fotopic.net/c431546.html

Critque away!!! I need your thoughts to improve.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:20 pm
by Killakoala
Very nice and a very picturesque city you live in.

One thing i might add is the white balance setting you have chosen for the lighting in the streets. The light in your photos is very orange, perhaps too much. If you could cool the white balance a bit i reckon these pics would look so much better. But of course that's my preference, i prefer my night cityscapes to have a less orange and slightly cooler blue tinge to them. Give it a go and see how it looks. If you have shot in JPG and not NEF then you could try turn down the colour balance in your editing program and see that way.

Just a few thoughts. :)

Please keep shooting and showing your pics. Take care.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:25 pm
by stubbsy
Neeper.

I'm with Killa - a little too orange. I really like the use of angles and lines in the foruth shot with the pathway & railings.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:13 pm
by Neeper
You know I agree with you guys. I do not know why I didn't fix that. Maybe because it's getting late. I'll fix it and update it. I always shoot in RAW. I appreciate your feedback.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:37 pm
by SoCal Steve
I don't know how long you've been shooting, but I think you show a very good eye. Your images are all very nice.

Several of them however would be even better if the dominant structural element in the picture was straighter; e.g. the one with the ramp looks like the masonry part in the background should be the vertical reference. I know that it's kind of hard some times to tell just what that element should be and sometimes you have to wait until post processing to decide, but it can knock the picture down a couple points when it's not right.

I do like your work and look forward to seeing more of it!