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Posted: **Mon May 16, 2005 1:37 pm**

Some artsy fartsy stuff.

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/125s f/8.0 at 35.0mm ISO 200 hand held

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/125s f/7.1 at 85.0mm ISO 200 hand held

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2005 1:49 pm**

Rich in colour and well composed. Just one point Kerry - I was wondering if the last pic would be improved with a contrast mask to bring out some building details and not leave them so black.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2005 2:02 pm**

sirhc55 wrote:Rich in colour and well composed. Just one point Kerry - I was wondering if the last pic would be improved with a contrast mask to bring out some building details and not leave them so black.

Thanks for the kind comments, Chris.

Dunno about your suggestion for the 2nd pic. I've done shots like that with bracketing, but never hand held. Given that this image was deliberately underexposed by more than a stop, I'd guess that any attempts to bring up the shadow areas would be pretty messy.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2005 2:03 pm**

Artsy farrsy - no way, just good images. I particularly like the second one, but unlike Chris I quite like the lack of detail.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2005 2:10 pm**

Oneputt wrote:Artsy farrsy - no way, just good images. I particularly like the second one, but unlike Chris I quite like the lack of detail.

Thanks, Oneputt! I'm pleased that you enjoyed them.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2005 2:19 pm**

Kerry,

Love the colours in the second. Well done.

As to trying to bring up building details ... I dunno. I quite like the sillouette effect.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2005 2:40 pm**

gstark wrote:Kerry,

Love the colours in the second. Well done.

As to trying to bring up building details ... I dunno. I quite like the sillouette effect.

Thanks for the kind comments, Gary.

I tend to use the "cookie cutter" type silhouette technique in my low light scenics. It's a lot easier for me, because to bring out more color and the silhouttes, I just underexpose by using the by guess and by golly method.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2005 6:34 pm**

Kerry

I also like the second one as is and think the saturation of the shot really works well too.

First shot freaked me though cos the red dot in one of the buildings appeared like I might have a dead pixel on my new LCD (until I scrolled :oops:

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Posted: **Mon May 16, 2005 10:18 pm**

stubbsy wrote:Kerry

I also like the second one as is and think the saturation of the shot really works well too.

First shot freaked me though cos the red dot in one of the buildings appeared like I might have a dead pixel on my new LCD (until I scrolled )

Thanks, Peter. Sorry for giving you heartburn on the new display.

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