The Peter and Paul Fortress

NNE View from the Strelka of Vasilievsky Island
2:20 a.m.

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This is a very nice view I feel that it would benefit from a much brighter sky. I would also crop it on the top and bottom. The illumination at the walls is very bright and distracts from the main subject. I guess, a sunset or sunrise would provide better conditions for a capture. Also, it may be a good idea not to have the main subject that close to the middle of the frame. I am not sure why, but to me the image looks softer than it should be. If there is anything you can do to make it sharper, it would make sense.

With your opinion about croping i agree. I just would like some water in the frame.

The photo was taken almost in sunrise, at this time (in june-july) here already is a dawn.

Unfortunately, all ways to sharp the picture more are exhausted. Probably, some bluring was added by jpeg compression.

I agree that the water makes the picture a lot better.

I feel like it is underexposed somewhat. I would compensate the exposure by +1, if not more.

 

Still, the sharpness does not look right to me. I am wondering what kind of camera you used. Was this a tight crop? Were you using tripod? I would assume that you were. Did you use camera's self-timer to reduce shake? Maybe the lens are not great when fully open and you want to stop them.

This is corrected version

Was used darker (-2AE) photo to reduce brightness of the illumination.

EXIF from "central" shot of sequence:

File Name	CRW_6759.CRW
Camera Model Name	Canon PowerShot G6
Shooting Date/Time	03.07.2007 2:19
Shooting Mode	Program AE
Photo Effect	Off
Tv (Shutter Speed)	0.8
Av (Aperture Value)	3
Light Metering	Center Weighted Avg.
Exposure Compensation	0
AEB	0
ISO Speed	50
Lens	7.2 - 28.8 mm
Focal Length	28.8 mm
Digital Zoom	None
Image Size	3072x2304
Image Quality	RAW
Flash	Off
White Balance	Auto
AF Mode	Continuous AF
File Size	6342 KB
Drive Mode	Self-timer Operation
Owner's Name

Yes, I was using tripod and IR-remote, so shaking was excluded.Some people noted G6 have problems with sharpness. In addition I had use max. zoom. May be also autofocus was wrong. Cropped image is about 75% of original shot (framing was made in horizontal direction mainly).By the way, link to larger image can be found in "Details".

 

Thank You very much for your interest!