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    Night Shot: Help me improve!

    Please help me improve my nightshots!
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    Night Shot: Help me improve!
    Last edited by Colin Southern; 27th April 2010 at 02:11 AM.

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    Re: Night Shot: Help me improve!

    You should wait til they go out the frame :-? thought.

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    Re: Night Shot: Help me improve!

    And, of course, the central copyright needs removing.

    Otherwise, I think the angle is good and you have achieved excellent exposure for a difficult subject.

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    Re: Night Shot: Help me improve!

    I'm not an expert, would it be nicer if it wasn't so bright, it is night and supposed to be dark. Just an idea and it is hard to take a clean image at night so well done.

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    Re: Night Shot: Help me improve!

    Looks great. Good exposure

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    I think I would take a HDR in this case

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    Re: Night Shot: Help me improve!

    Thanks, Folks, for the encouragement.

    @Arith: Making it less bright gets a black sky alright but also reduces the foreground to darkness. Yet, it should probably be less bright. I have a RAW version and I'll check whether I can achieve it there or I need to revisit the spot. Thanks for the suggestion.

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    Re: Night Shot: Help me improve!

    Quote Originally Posted by Geoff F View Post
    And, of course, the central copyright needs removing.

    Otherwise, I think the angle is good and you have achieved excellent exposure for a difficult subject.
    I disagree. There is no reason why the OP should not attempt to protect his images if he so wishes; at least it stops idiots stealing them and adding them to Flicker and claiming them as their own!

    Anyway, good exposure on the photo, I don’t think it needs to be darker.

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    Re: Night Shot: Help me improve!

    I do not mean all of it and not by a lot, if the white interior around the statue is reduced by a very small amount it may have more dramatic effect, but I don't know, it is nice as it is.

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    Re: Night Shot: Help me improve!

    I see a dynamic range from nearly blown out in the bright area to black. The exposure is probably close to as good as you can get for a one shot gets all image. In order to increase the detail, especially in the dark areas you might want to consider HDR or masking.

    Chuck

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    Yeah, thanks, Chuck. The dynamic range can be better managed.

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