B&W CC please

[cheggy]

Hi,

I'm pretty new to this. I like to take photos of urban stuff, I like patterns, lights and night time.

I took this tonight down at Lunar Park. It's 129 seconds at f8, iso-100. Conversion to monochrome and some other minor adjustments were done in LR2. I'd appreciate any feedback and some helpful advice (I can take all forms).

Cheers, Tim

[Robert_Lay]

Well done!
The horizon is level. The focus is sharp at all distances. The balance between artificial light and ambient light is reasonably good (but I would recommend an earlier shot to get the balance more towards more ambient light and less artificial light).

I see 3 stars in the sky to the right of the bridge - these seem to be the only indication of long exposure.

Subject matter and composition are very good.

Congratulations!

[Mu Eugene]

First thing I noticed are the stars - I guess they do move that much in two minutes (15 degrees per hour, .5 degrees in two minutes...).

What's striking to me is the care taken to frame the subject: I like the crisscrossing diagonals of the bridge and the handrail, each leading the viewer's eyes to opposite corners. Very sharp all around (good choice of f/stop and ISO - back in film camera days, I used to do it wide open when I started long exposure until I read that one was supposed to set the aperture to that which offers the lens's optimum sharpness).

[AlphaChicken]

Well done!
The horizon is level. The focus is sharp at all distances. The balance between artificial light and ambient light is reasonably good (but I would recommend an earlier shot to get the balance more towards more ambient light and less artificial light).

I see 3 stars in the sky to the right of the bridge - these seem to be the only indication of long exposure.

Subject matter and composition are very good.

Congratulations!

Agree. Nice shot. "Congratulations!" LOL. :D

You might wanna "trim" the trails off of those stars and brighten them a lil somehow. I think it would make a huge difference. :)

[cheggy]

Wow, thanks for all of the positive feedback.

I wasn't sure if the stars should keep the trail or not. I kind of liked the movement in them but I've taken your advice and trimmed the tails and bought them out a little. I had them brighter but it looked unnatural so I've brought them back down a touch.

[AlphaChicken]

Looks much better me thinks. :D

[jgrussell]

Great shot, and the edit improves it even more.