first try - Washington D.C.

DCguide · 22nd of January 2006 (Sun)

where were you standing?

elTwitcho · 22nd of January 2006 (Sun)

Sorry I didn't see this earlier or I would have commented.

The exposure is nice, maybe a bit overexposed on some of the highlights but that's common with night scenes. My only issue is that the photos lack a clear point of interest for me. Still, for a first attempt it is excellent, and I've taken much worse pictures in my time.

Wrench · 22nd of January 2006 (Sun)

Good composition. Next time, try bumping the ISO up. I was out last night in Baltimore and had some shots that looked like yours. I bumped up the ISO to 1600, 1/30 and f/2.8 and the shots came out a lot better. MOre of the buildings themselves. The lights were blown out still but no way that I know of to get around that. I'd share, but I hit the wrong button this morning and deledted them all

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photoTAB · 24th of January 2006 (Tue)

I was standing in a parking lot in G-town underneath the expressway. It seems that these photos are a little out of focus to me. What could I have changed? I shot these in RAW and was able to clean them up considerably making them a lot sharper. I'll post those tomorrow when I get back to the computer (I don't have CS2 at home, have to wait to get back to the lab in school).

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photoTAB Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 127 IMAGE EDITING OK	first try - Washington D.C.

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elTwitcho frustrating as .... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,478	Re: first try - Washington D.C. Sorry I didn't see this earlier or I would have commented. The exposure is nice, maybe a bit overexposed on some of the highlights but that's common with night scenes. My only issue is that the photos lack a clear point of interest for me. Still, for a first attempt it is excellent, and I've taken much worse pictures in my time. __________________ Rich Some of my recent projects Portraits from 2007 Urban Gallery Where Toronto Was Built People and such

22nd of January 2006 (Sun)	#4
Wrench Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 533 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: first try - Washington D.C. Good composition. Next time, try bumping the ISO up. I was out last night in Baltimore and had some shots that looked like yours. I bumped up the ISO to 1600, 1/30 and f/2.8 and the shots came out a lot better. MOre of the buildings themselves. The lights were blown out still but no way that I know of to get around that. I'd share, but I hit the wrong button this morning and deledted them all . __________________ Tony www.pbase.com/tonybracci -10D, grip, EF 50 f/1.8, Sigma 10-20 EX, Sigma 24-70 EX f/2.8, 70-200 EX DG f/2.8, 70-300 APO II, Sigma EX 2x t-con, 550EX, Manfrotto 3021.

24th of January 2006 (Tue)	#5
photoTAB Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 127 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: first try - Washington D.C. I was standing in a parking lot in G-town underneath the expressway. It seems that these photos are a little out of focus to me. What could I have changed? I shot these in RAW and was able to clean them up considerably making them a lot sharper. I'll post those tomorrow when I get back to the computer (I don't have CS2 at home, have to wait to get back to the lab in school).

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