First competition first prize!!!

[Nikolas]

I entered a photo of the month competition and actually won it!
first time I've entered a competition :-)
Pity there is no "prize" just the glory but who's complaining?
http://www.photos-of-the-year.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13463

And here's an original shot from my site.
(Yes yes I know crop the bottom!)

http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/%7Esmeegles/Stuff/citysouth

[CyberDyneSystems]

Congrats on the big win! That's great :)

[cricket]

What a neat photo! You really did a great job on the exposure and composition!

Congratulations!

[Big_B]

Nice work!

[tim]

Beautiful photo, stunning. I love the sky.

[sixshot]

Congrats. Thats one great photo.

[boomer1959]

Well done Nicolas :D

[DeltaWebb]

NICE!!! Something for me to aspire to.

[queenbee288]

Nikolas, congratulations. It is a great photo.

Char

[Michaelmjc]

Congratulations! Thats a pretty impressive shot.

[mak8ce]

Very nice!

[YosemiteJunkie]

Very well done. I love the color. Congrats.

[Spearin]

Well deserved award :)

[Little Fish]

First off, congratulations. Since you brought it up, I think I would have cropped out the railing at the bottom and the crane on the right and to me it makes a great photo even better. Cropped or uncropped, it obviously is a prize winner.

Frank.

[jsarnold]

Congrats man! It's an awesome shot!

On the site you say that the orig is 18mb. How is that possible with a 300d??

-jason

[Nikolas]

Congrats man! It's an awesome shot!

On the site you say that the orig is 18mb. How is that possible with a 300d??

-jason
uncompressed from raw

[mijbril]

Nice shot of Melbourne at night, down near the Casino???

[Nikolas]

Nice shot of Melbourne at night, down near the Casino???

The casino is further on from there.
That was taken from the princes bridge looking down across flinders street station.
I didn't have a tripod with me so used the wall as a base and set the camera on a 4 sec exposure.
I plan to take a few pics from the casino end when all the gas burners are firing.
I reckon that sort of shot would be awesome.
I do have a few shots taken with a sony digicam but it is way too grainy.
as seen below
http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~smeegles/Stuff/P1010003.JPG
http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~smeegles/Stuff/P1010004.JPG
http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~smeegles/Stuff/P1010011.JPG

[MadMesh]

I really like that picture, did you use the cameras internal light meter to take that shot? Or did you use a handheld light meter?

The exposure looks like it came out right on the money.

[Nikolas]

I took it straight from the camara's internal metering then played with the shutter speeds by bracketing the shots.
This was the best of 3.
I don't really believe in hand metering etc as I tend to rely on instinct when taking night shots.
Whatever the camera say then bracket.
(never could do that with film often as it would be an expensive proposition.)

[mknabster]

Wow, that's an amzingly awesome shot! Can you share your secret to taking that type of photo? Or is it classified? lol. I have been trying to take a shot like that for a long time, but it just doesn't seem to work for me. But overall, just WOW!

[Nikolas]

Wow, that's an amzingly awesome shot! Can you share your secret to taking that type of photo? Or is it classified? lol. I have been trying to take a shot like that for a long time, but it just doesn't seem to work for me. But overall, just WOW!

Hehehe read the post above yours.
A lot of it is instinct as well.

[Nidz]

Nice job mate. Can't wait to get my XT down to Southbank for some night shots..

[kenyc]

Congrats on the win and on a wonderful shot!

KAC