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Melbourne at Dusk & Night

Postby Chaase on Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:56 pm

A few shots I took at the weekend testing out my new 16-35 f2.8

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(perspective correction on this one cropped a bit of the hand :(

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Re: Melbourne at Dusk & Night

Postby Geoff M on Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:55 pm

#4 looks kinda scary. What on earth does it represent and how big is it?

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Re: Melbourne at Dusk & Night

Postby Chaase on Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:04 pm

Cheers, Bruce
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Re: Melbourne at Dusk & Night

Postby Bob G on Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:12 pm

I like the Flinders Street Station shot but unfortunately the dome merges with the sky.

I'd like to see that selectively bought out a bit more for impact.
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Re: Melbourne at Dusk & Night

Postby zafra52 on Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:51 pm

I like all, but the last one. I think that is a
picture that needs daylight.
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Re: Melbourne at Dusk & Night

Postby biggerry on Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:41 pm

Bruce, i definitely like the first two images, both i think could be made stronger images with a little extra love in the cropping department. Take the first one, crop 10% or so off teh top and bottom and apply some distortion control, just to straighten up the sides a bit, even if teh crop takes out a bit of teh building top on the left i reckon it will still be a stronger image. Warm it up a bit too, however that could be my monitor.. On the second image, again cropping a bit tighter will give more weight to the bridge in the distance where my eyes end up, but struggle to get any detail.

That last image is a bit freaky ;)
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Re: Melbourne at Dusk & Night

Postby aim54x on Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:03 am

I love the lines in #3, as Bob said the dome merges into the sky a bit, but overall the image is brilliant.
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Re: Melbourne at Dusk & Night

Postby Chaase on Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:25 pm

Thank you all for the advice. I have updated the images as follows.

Bob G wrote:I like the Flinders Street Station shot but unfortunately the dome merges with the sky.
I'd like to see that selectively bought out a bit more for impact.


Thats strange both my home and work computers show allot of contrast (time to get a monitor calibrator me thinks) However I have had a play with it
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biggerry wrote:crop 10% or so off teh top and bottom and apply some distortion control, just to straighten up the sides a bit, even if teh crop takes out a bit of teh building top on the left i reckon it will still be a stronger image. Warm it up a bit too

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[quote="biggerry"On the second image, again cropping a bit tighter will give more weight to the bridge in the distance where my eyes end up, but struggle to get any detail.[/quote]
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