Sydney Sunrise City Scapes 11/09/2010

[biggerry]

Continuing with the sunrises for one more W/E, this week it is Sunrise with a difference - over the city.

Where; in the city probably near Circular Quay, looking to get some iconic strutcures at a different hour
Time; latest 5:30am I will be there at 5:15am

It will be a pretty short one for me since I only have a few hours on saturday and I need to be home before 9.

If your keen and around, drop me a PM - I will deal with teh flood of PM's later tonight

Get in now since it will probably be the last for awhile until the clocks change

[surenj]

Dude I don't know whether I'd allowed to have too many excursions so not sure. I will message you if I change my mind.

What does Skippy say?

it will probably be the last for awhile until the clocks change

I thought the clocks are going forward one hour? From 3 Oct the sunrise is at 0630. Much more sensible.

[surenj]

S%^&. Skippy says no clouds what so ever....

[biggerry]

Dude I don't know whether I'd allowed to have too many excursions so not sure.

fair call, I have morning release and its probably the only time available on the weekend (excluding the possible sunset on sunday) hence I am gonna capitalise and get out there!

Just txt me if you do decide to come.

S%^&. Skippy says no clouds what so ever....

skippies full of ......

0% track record with me at the moment

[surenj]

Yeah skippy is a piece of $&@". I don't think the resolution is good enough.
Hope you enjoy!

[biggerry]

as to be expected, not a whisker of cloud in the sky

cheers to the dedicated mob who turned up I was not alone

Interestign concept taking pictures of the city at that hour, especially on a saturday morning

[surenj]

Nice one Gerry.

I guess that's +1 for Skippy. (or +2 as it was right 2 weekends ago)

#2 is quite nicely composed with the lines etc and plenty of elements. Easily a postcard that would sell.

I like how you get those blues to contain some yellows... Can you bring your laptop to NC so we can have a bit of post processing fun?

[Jenno]

Here's what I got from the same location

[biggerry]

Nice one Gerry.

I guess that's +1 for Skippy. (or +2 as it was right 2 weekends ago)

#2 is quite nicely composed with the lines etc and plenty of elements. Easily a postcard that would sell.

I like how you get those blues to contain some yellows... Can you bring your laptop to NC so we can have a bit of post processing fun?

the sky looks crap imo, needs rework - will definitely bring lappie up for some PP shenigans..

Here's what I got from the same location

man ray, you have caught me out, I had them all fooled with that ship being cloned out and all!

That ship does fill the space quite nicely there - the image is actually nice and sharp but you neeed to click on it due to the forum resizer.

[aim54x]

I was almost up early enough.....interesting light and a very surreal feel in these.

[Jenno]

Gerry
It's simply a case of the D700 resolving more detail

[biggerry]

Gerry
It's simply a case of the D700 resolving more detail

grrr..... 8 comes after 7, I really thought it would be a better camera.

[aim54x]

Gerry
It's simply a case of the D700 resolving more detail

Actually the D80 with it's 10MP DX CCD has more resolving power than the D700 with its 12MP FX CMOS due to the higher pixel density and smaller pixel pitch.....

[surenj]

Actually the D80 with it's 10MP DX CCD has more resolving power than the D700 with its 12MP FX CMOS due to the higher pixel density and smaller pixel pitch.....

Does that mean that the D80 can produce sharper shots when enlarged as compared to the D700?

[aim54x]

Actually the D80 with it's 10MP DX CCD has more resolving power than the D700 with its 12MP FX CMOS due to the higher pixel density and smaller pixel pitch.....

Does that mean that the D80 can produce sharper shots when enlarged as compared to the D700?

In the ideal conditions yes. The D700 cropped down to DX is a shade under 6MP so comparatively the D80 has more resolution, and will produce sharper, more detailed shots when enlarged, provided the D700 shot is enlarged from a DX crop.....

[surenj]

provided the D700 shot is enlarged from a DX crop.....

Dude, Whoever said about the D700 being used in a DX mode? I thought we are comparing native to native.... I am sure Ray didn't use DX mode to capture the above image??

[aim54x]

provided the D700 shot is enlarged from a DX crop.....

Dude, Whoever said about the D700 being used in a DX mode? I thought we are comparing native to native.... I am sure Ray didn't use DX mode to capture the above image??

Even in native, the D80 is not far behind the D700 in resolving power, 12mp vs 10mp

[surenj]

Thanks Cameron for the clarification.

Gerry, Can you see those halos that I was talking about? Both images but more on #2 on the left upper buildings. Are those jpg monsters or can you see that in the raw?

[biggerry]

Gerry, Can you see those halos that I was talking about? Both images but more on #2 on the left upper buildings. Are those jpg monsters or can you see that in the raw?

have had a quick look, I cannot see anything that I would attribute to the GND

here's an example from that morning.

final processed image;



crop around the GND line;



you can see a faint halo around the back vertical of the building, however I suspect that is the PP

to be sure, next is a crop of the original raw file;



Remind me later and I will have a closer look at some other images too.

[surenj]

Thanks for posting these!

Well that's the halo I was talking about. I think it's because of the grad which is accentuated by the tonal contrast. It is much less apparent in the RAW but still seem there; Or am I seeing things?