amsterdam Tower in Amsterdam at Night

Canon Eos Elan IIe with Canon 28-105 USM Lens.

Exposure settings unrecorded.

I forget the film but it was slide so it was probably Fuji Astia or

something like that. I don't really remember though.

 

It was shot on one of the canal tour boats as the sun was setting in

Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It was pretty dark and I was obviously

on unstable ground using slow film. It's weird the top is a little

soft but the the bottom is fairly sharp. In a full scan you can zoom

in and read the name of the tower off of the brick. Some people

think it makes it look more interesting... I just like the colors.

Let me know what you think.

One of the benefits of long-exposure night-time photography is the ability capture crisp details, but the motion of your camera made it too difficult to make much detail come out in the tower. (Hey, I've been there ...)

 

The colors turned out beautifully, which is another great effect of long-exposure shots, but without the sharpness that comes with a tripod, well, it just doesn't look great.

 

I sympathize. I do some dive photos, which means long baot trips to gat dive sites. It also means other divers, and sometimes the nightlife with boats moored alongside each other in the middle of nowhere makes for neat photo opportunities. I can't tell you how many shots I took that didn't turn out because my boat was moving.

Pretty amazing shot considering you shot it on unstable ground. Nice comp and colors. I find your work inspirational. Well done folders.

lovely colours and the lighted tower works well in the darker sky, well taken

lovely colors, but like the rest of us, buy a manfrotto tripod and have it surgically attached to your body, so you'll always use it.

Thank you all for your comments. Just to clarify though, as it seems people don't read technical details.... Not even the best tripod would have helped since I was on a rocking boat.