Ann Arbor at night

[Badger49456]

I'm kind of excited, this is really my first post here with pictures! The only time I really have a chance to get out and shoot is at night, and it's absolutely freezing here. Anyway, these are some the sights I see on a regular basis but from a different perspective than walking along the streets.

This is (obviously) HDR, dorms on the right on and Biological Science buildings on the left:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/Nathan49456/20080207_1353_4_5_tonemapped_edited.jpg

This is one of the many cranes poking through AA's skyline. It was hard to save this one as I had underexposed and I didn't want to ruin the sky's colors too much:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/Nathan49456/20080213_1382straight.jpg

The clock/bell tower, I don't know what else we call it:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/Nathan49456/20080211_1372_3_4_tonemapped_edited.jpg

Probably one of the most familiar sights to me as I walk pass it every day:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/Nathan49456/20080213_1402copy_noise_moon.jpg

[GRODY]

that first shot is def. a portfolio pieace

[stathunter]

Nice job. I was there on Saturday for an engagement shoot. I would have loved to spent more time -- lots to photograph.
Good job!

[pmurph]

Great shots, man! I've been meaning to get some of those around my campus. What is HDR?

[Badger49456]

thanks a lot guys. when I got home last night i found that my cable release and two new batteries had arrived, so i'm excited to do some longer exposure shots.

pmurph, HDR is high-dynamic range which requires three shots at different exposures (i used +2, 0, -2) and then using a program to mix them all together (photomatix or PS or you can use a plugin for the GIMP). it ends up giving a more balanced picture in the shadows-to-highlights department, so nothing ends up blown-out or underexposed.

thanks again guys! i'll probably have more to add in the coming nights.

[blueM]

Some nice shots, in spite of the crummy weather

[ancientsanskrit]

Nice shots...I used to work at the LSI building. You should have taken pictures of the BSRB. I've seen a few HDR's of the BSRB on flickr.

[hurley1718]

Your first shot is amazing. Great colors. Keep it up.

[BottomBracket]

I like the first one - an idyllic sky with moon and stars, offset by manmade pollution. Thanks for sharing.

[Badger49456]

hey thanks everyone! ancientsanskrit, would you be talking about the building with the giant Pringle stack in the front yard?

Here's another one, a little different, that I grabbed from a friend's apartment balcony of Geddes Ave.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2406/2286776104_8a2271f25a_o.jpg

[cocheese20]

I like the last one a lot. Kinda creepy.