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Postby Hlop on Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:40 am

Hi All,

Some Images from my last night photo session
http://hlop.net/gallery/SydneyNights

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Postby stubbsy on Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:48 am

"City from Blues Point" & "harbour bridge & skyline from blues point" are both great shots. The others from Blues Point lack a little oomph for me (I'd like a little less monochrome feel to them ie more colour highlights - maybe try a few in B & W to make use of the lack of colour)

Opera House from McMahon's Point is fantastic Mikhail, that's one to frame.
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Postby Glen on Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:48 am

Opera House from McMahons Point is great
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Postby mic on Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:18 am

You have such a great city to photograph. Melbourne just doesn't cut it in my opinion. The Harbour Bridge from Circular Quay is a ripper :shock:

I love how Luna Park under it is glowing.

Nice shots Hlop :wink:

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Postby Greg B on Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:26 am

Good work hlop, there are some beauties in there.
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Postby the foto fanatic on Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:51 am

Glen wrote:Opera House from McMahons Point is great


I like this one too. Well done hlop. :)
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Postby Hlop on Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:17 pm

Thanks guys!

Peter (stubbsy): Could you point to pics which you want to see in B&W? I'll give them a try

mic: Don't be shy! You've got good city too! There are good places around Yarra river and in city itself
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Postby Hlop on Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:20 pm

I made EXIF data available for images - click "photo properties" in the top right corner
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Postby naasif on Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:39 pm

No matter how many times I see pictures of Sydney Harbour I never get bored looking at them :) :) It's such a picturesque place :)
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Postby birddog114 on Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:40 pm

naasif wrote:No matter how many times I see pictures of Sydney Harbour I never get bored looking at them :) :) It's such a picturesque place :)


Yes, I agreed, but please no more duck! :lol:
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Postby stubbsy on Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:17 pm

Birddog114 wrote:
naasif wrote:No matter how many times I see pictures of Sydney Harbour I never get bored looking at them :) :) It's such a picturesque place :)


Yes, I agreed, but please no more duck! :lol:

You mean like theD70 Forum Duck Fetish Extravaganzacourtesy of Matt K :lol: :lol:
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Postby kipper on Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:27 pm

Mic, I'd have to agree about Melbourne there. The only things we have worth photographing are down on the coast.
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Postby Killakoala on Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:45 pm

They are really nice pics but i would like to make one suggestion, do a PRE-white balance on them first to get a less yellow lighting, especially on the bridge,

Changing the white balance can make an amazing difference to night shots.

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Postby Hlop on Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:04 pm

Killakoala wrote:They are really nice pics but i would like to make one suggestion, do a PRE-white balance on them first to get a less yellow lighting, especially on the bridge,



Thanks Steve. Fair enough! :)

Grey card won't help in this situation, won't it? Could you share how to do PRE_WB for night shots?
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Postby Matt. K on Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:38 pm

Hey Mikhail...your daughter is a good photographer. Now show us yours! :lol: :lol:
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Postby Hlop on Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:32 pm

Matt. K wrote:Hey Mikhail...your daughter is a good photographer. Now show us yours! :lol: :lol:


:oops:
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Postby stubbsy on Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:31 pm

Hlop wrote:Peter (stubbsy): Could you point to pics which you want to see in B&W? I'll give them a try

Mikhail

The ones I was thinking of are #2 and #3 - both Opera House From Blues Point and maybe even #12 Circular Quay
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do your own ...

Postby christiand on Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:54 pm

Stubbsy,

I'm probably very much jumping the gun regarding things happening on Saturday.
How would you feel about taking night shots on Saturday ?
I personally don't know if I'm going to last the day if attending Birddog's 4 am meeeting, however I could recover in the afternoon.
I'm also feeling a bit safer being in company regarding night shots.

Cheers
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Re: do your own ...

Postby stubbsy on Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:27 am

christiand wrote:Stubbsy,

I'm probably very much jumping the gun regarding things happening on Saturday.
How would you feel about taking night shots on Saturday ?
I personally don't know if I'm going to last the day if attending Birddog's 4 am meeeting, however I could recover in the afternoon.
I'm also feeling a bit safer being in company regarding night shots.

Cheers
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Sorry Christian I won't be in Sydney Saturday night. I'm going back to the NSW Central Coast to visit a friend after the minimeet at birddogs then driving back down Sunday morning.

Edit: Do people actually ATTEND the VR meets :shock:
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Re: do your own ...

Postby rokkstar on Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:29 pm

stubbsy wrote:
Edit: Do people actually ATTEND the VR meets :shock:


I wasnt even aware that there were two 4 'o' clocks in the day!
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Postby Nicole on Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:11 pm

I also love the Opera House from McMahons Point. I love night shots. I also really like the last Opera House shot. Nice shots hlop. 8)
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Postby Killakoala on Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:38 pm

HLOP. if you have a read of the WB tutorial it explains how to do a PRE-WB, but i would recommend finding a source of light of the same or closely similar colour to the ones in your subject and use that as your reference light source. You may have to get close to it for the PRE-WB to be successful.

Otherwise, shoot in NEF and adjust whitebalance afterwards using the Tungsten setting. This will reduce the redness in the images and add a bit more blue, which is a truer representation of the colour of the light .

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