NYC Midtown Sklyline - Night

Last night from Weehawken, NJ. Others were shooting in the same location, anyone from POTN?

awesome shot!

WOW

Very nice! I need to learn how to do this...

What a shot love how the city lights paint the water great capture

darkknight1999 wrote in post #10277087
Very nice! I need to learn how to do this...

Thanks! No magic here. 40D with Tamron 17-50 at 37mm, f/11, 15 seconds.

Learn how? You have pretty much the same gear I do. You need an evening with no haze. Start before dusk so you're set up. You'll get some terrific shots before full dark, too.

Here's how: Steady tripod on solid ground. Middle of your zoom range, manual focus. Eliminate all camera shake with a remote shutter release if you have one. I forgot to bring mine so I used the 2-sec self timer, same result. Manual exposure, middle aperture. Take several shots at different shutter speeds - 2 seconds, 4 seconds, 8 seconds, 15 seconds, 30 seconds... You will see when you're getting close, then you can vary by 1/3 stop. The longer your shutter is open, the silkier the reflection on the water will be.

Ignore the meter in your camera when setting the exposure. It will try to make the picture so bright overall that you will blow out all the detail in the buildings. You are exposing to keep detail in the tiny brightly lit areas, the water will take care of itself.

Post: I used the TLR Pro capture sharpening panel and TLR landscape sharpener script, FREE from The Light's Right collection of Lightroom, ACR and PS tools.

Have fun!

7D_Sniper wrote in post #10277149
What a shot love how the city lights paint the water great capture

Nmahooch wrote in post #10276820
WOW

mwalsh9152 wrote in post #10275714
awesome shot!

Thanks for the compliments!