Montreal night piece

[khtwo]

http://www.dphotography.net/forum/upload/images/200504/2362_1727636733CRW_1662_Mont_Royal.jpg
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3321126-lg.jpg
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3320815-lg.jpg
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3320973-lg.jpg

Any comments will be appreciated. Thanks!

[Persian-Rice]

They are nice, but a little too ordinary if you ask me.

The thing I noticed for night skylines is to take the images on a full business day (Mon-Thur) during the winter, the reason for that is that most places are still open at 5pm when it turns dark, so all the lights in the building are on. In the Spring and Summer, it turns dark at 9pm, so most offices are closed and shut down. The other thing is to make sure you shoot 5 minutes before it is completely dark, or everything will look black.

BTW, if you were wondering, aspect ratio on a standard panorama is 1:3

[khtwo]

Thanks for your comments, Persian-Rice.
I'll try maybe on late autumn, because Montreal is extreme code outside in winter and I'm afraid camera can not suffer.
Thanks for your information about standard ratio, I did not know it before.

[PhotosGuy]

BTW, if you were wondering, aspect ratio on a standard panorama is 1:3 Where did that come from?

[ssim]

I like the shots and if they are ordinary they are very good ordinary shots. I believe that you have done a very good job of them.

[khtwo]

Thanks, ssim.

[Persian-Rice]

Where did that come from?

I don't know, seemed like the pans were really wide, 1:5-6, might as well tell him just incase he was wondering.

khtwo, my hometown is Montreal, I know how cold it gets, but I dont really think it will effect perfomance that much, maybe slightly on the side of battery performance, but thats it. I have taken several night shots in the middle of Jan/Feb, even along the lake here in Toronto with no problems.

[khtwo]

Wow, nice to meet you here. You left Montreal, and I have been here for just 2 years. We both left our hometown. :D
I'll try your suggestion. I'm really afraid of the cold wind here.

[TheBlindOne]

IF you have a tripod set the shutterspeed for longer than a sec or 2 and stop down as far as you can the light trails you will get will be amazing. the first one at night is technically good if not that interesting, A for effort.
thats me two cents,
Riaz

[khtwo]

IF you have a tripod set the shutterspeed for longer than a sec or 2 and stop down as far as you can the light trails you will get will be amazing. the first one at night is technically good if not that interesting, A for effort.
thats me two cents,
Riaz

I used a tripod to get these pictures. I used F8 (the minimum aperture on Canon S60), ISO50 and 4.0S (at 9:00pm). I was afraid that if I expose longer, the lights will lost their details or overexposed.

[Croasdail]

I find the exposure on the first image perfect - with none of the lights burning in too much and deep blacks.... well done expecially considering the control the camera you are using gives you. I lived in Montreal for a couple of winters and yes - getting to that spot in the winter can be less then fun and extremely cold - but your camera will do just fine but watch the battery - it will dive fast. But it is a great spot. Cheers!