single photos Night in Cincinnati. ***FOR BEST DETAIL, VIEW IN LARGE FORMAT***

Very nice...

Feels good, and NICE FRAME ! *R*

Nice cityscape! Composition wise, I'm not familiar with Cincinnati, which may play real important here. I do like the foreground being there to anchor a sense of scale, and you've positioned the two major highlight reflections just in back of the boats- which works nicely! Considering there was a good chance the paddlewheel would be blown out by that spotlight, your exposure was right on! I'd be curious to know what the difference would be without the foreground, but personally I like this photo very much! Nice job!

Thank you to Roxane and Roger.

 

Shawn - I have to let the cat out of the bag in regards to the lower right rudder. There is no way to expose the entire picture correctly without overexposing or blowing out that wheel. Trust me I have tried many times. I used a little PS magic to "correct" the exposure. Thank you for the thorough critique and please stop by any of my other pictures, you may get a sense of what this cityscape looks like without the foreground. This is my favorite subject as she never moves.

Best Regards,

AJM

Thanks for visiting my folder so that I get the chance to reach your artworks! This picture is very attracting. Its exposure and composition are indeed so good. The color makes the city much more vivid. As a beginner, I always cannot handle the exposure properly for the night scene. Would you mind advising me some skills in night shot? Thank you!

Here are some tips that work for me:

 

1. Clear night unless your intentions are to get clouds (light reflects great off of low clouds) Hazy or rainy type of nights I have found arent worth trying.

 

2. Bracket your exposure until you know the exposure for a certain scene at certain times. I have shot the Suspension Bridge so many times that I usually know what exposure to use to get the look I want.

 

3. Keep an eye on inconsistant light. For instance when you do a large city scape one building may be a lot brighter than the others and you will get blown out sections.

 

4. Use a variety of WB settings in your camera. Tungsten, Flourescent, and auto WB are the settings I typically use.

 

5. Look for interesting compositions. I tend to get too caught up in the bright lights and when I look at my shots at home I am disapointed by poor composition.

 

6. If you use digital, just experiment like crazy till you get the desired results.

 

Good luck,

AJM

Thanks very much for sharing your valuable experience with me! I'll keep trying the night scene. Hopefully, I may be up to half of your level in one day. Happy new year to you & your family!

I am always looking for a different angle. My first thought with this

capture is that maybe it has too much going on. Although I get far

more comments and people I show this too like it very much over my

other offerings in this folder. Please critique any aspect of this

photo. AJM