Night Photography of Shark Tower

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Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby radar on Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:41 pm

Hi,

went out to photograph the Redhead Shark Tower in the moonlight. Got there just when the clouds were rolling in. It was also blowing a gale, high tide, cold but had a fun time :lol:

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Nikon D700, 17-35mm at 17mm, f/16, 20 min. exposure.

I did a bit of light painting on the tower and the closer rocks, thanks to a Wolf Eye Angel A torch. Great little torch BTW. I couldn't take many shots, only the one, the tide was coming in and the rock I was on was getting surrounded by water more and more, so decided to cut it short :roll: With noise reduction on the camera, one 20 min. exposure actually takes 40 minutes! It was still NR by the time I got back home.

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Re: Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby Big V on Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:10 am

I like the cloud effect in the shot but can't help wondering what it would look like as a monochrome print..
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Re: Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby Reschsmooth on Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:07 am

I agree, the clouds are great. Overall, I reckon straigtening the verticle on the tower, if possible, would strengthen the image. In my view, the lights on the horizon are a bit distracting, but I am guessing there isn't much you can do about it? :D
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Re: Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby aim54x on Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:24 am

very nice! good call in not going another shot, you dont want to get wet when it is this cold!
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Re: Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby radar on Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:51 am

Thanks for that. I'll check out a monochrome version.

Patrick, good point on the verticals, I'll see what I can do. The lights are the coal ships waiting to be loaded, not much I can do about them other then cloning them out.

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Re: Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby aim54x on Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:58 am

Try perspective correction in photoshop to fix the verticals...just a thought.

About the lights, I dont mind them, I guess it is a personal choice. I think they add to the image as if there was a point for the tower to be there in the past...something like that.
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Re: Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby Reschsmooth on Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:59 am

radar wrote:Thanks for that. I'll check out a monochrome version.


I agree that a mono version would probably look great - may need to bump the contrast up a bit?

The lights are the coal ships waiting to be loaded, not much I can do about them...


And here I was thinking you had more influence than that! :biglaugh:
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Re: Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby big pix on Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:27 am

Nice work on this one.......... the lights bring the image to life and a sense of being
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Re: Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby CraigVTR on Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:36 pm

I like the lights and agree about straightening the tower.
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Re: Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby Glen on Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:52 pm

Very surreal Andre, I don't mind the angle of the tower, it gives the impression of straining against the incoming clouds. Only one attempt? On a nice single digit temperature night I would have thought 3 or 4 shots :lol:
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Re: Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby Matt. K on Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:19 pm

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That's bloody beautiful! A competition winner!
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Re: Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby V-man on Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:50 pm

I love it. Beautiful Shot. With the D700 what iso setting was it?
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Re: Night Photography of Shark Tower

Postby radar on Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:40 am

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated. As for ISO, it was shot at 200.

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