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Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:49 pm**

My final images from the Sydney night shoot last weekend. I almost missed the first one which has (to me) an interesting composition.

24-120 VR @ 82mm, 5 sec, F8

70-200 VR @ 120mm, 10 sec, F7.1

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:05 pm**

Peter, You have nailed No1, man thats a friggin good shot which to myself says it all about sydney.
Sell that sucker to Aunty Clover and her dog collar and the Sydney city council. Hell thats a good shot.

Jethro

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:12 pm**

I like the way the Opera House has been framed by the bridge Peter, an angle you don't see all that often (unless you're sitting in our lounge, or visit Poon's office in HK!!!). Your angle is definately further around, so I won't chase you for licence fees

I am very impressed at the sharpness of all of these shots, and I'm sure it's not just the lens. I need to sit down with you to see what you do in sharpening these things. I tend to over-do this part of PP usually.

Nice shots, all of them

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:13 pm**

wow stubbsy, that first one is spectacular! :shock:

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:16 pm**

Peter,

I like #1 a lot. If I could change anything it would be taking it earlier in the evening when there is a little more light in the sky but that is just nitpicking. Great shot mate.

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:20 pm**

Love #1 Peter. The composition is both striking and unusual. You almost wish you could have magically shifted the opera house a tad to the left to have all the shells from behind the pillar. Great shot!
marco

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:26 pm**

I'm going to go against the grain on this one. No. 2 is a cracker. Great symerty and very well balanced.

Colour of the sky is magic.

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:30 pm**

Hi Peter,

wow, the first shot, wow.
If I may say, looking back to when we both wen't and sailed in company of tall ships, your photography has excelled heaps.

Jeez, its getting harder to keep up with it. :shock:

Keep it coming,
CD

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:40 pm**

I'm sure his tripod G1325 and the RRS BH-55 Pro contributed to the sharpness of #1 and other pics in his gallery. Weather at that evening was very windy, that proved the sturdy tripod helped.

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:56 pm**

You've nailed it Birdy, who needs a camera when you've got a solid tripod? Great pic of the Opera House Peter, an unusual angle but it works. I also liked the second shot as well. :wink:

Bob.

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:13 pm**

A couple of well composed, well exposed images Peter - Well done...

It's difficult to find new interpretations of the coathanger, but these are great...

In #1 you could try selectively lightening up the horizintal of the bridge on the LHS, but that's all I could improve...

I wish I'd come along that night...

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:31 pm**

Great shot Peter,

#1 is awesome, frame it and give it to good friends for Christmas

, they'll love you for it.

Very different perspective on #2, for me, I'd just crop a bit more of the sky on the top.

A benro tripod/head would not have done it quite as sharp as the gitzo ;-)

Cheers,

Radar

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:14 am**

stubbsy wrote:My final images from the Sydney night shoot last weekend. I almost missed the first one which has (to me) an interesting composition.

Hi Peter!

We're getting a nasty habit to shoot very similar photos

This one at 65 mm and I was staying bit left to Luna-Park direction

And it's taken in last March

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:38 pm**

Boy - my almost missed first one got a response didn't it :shock:

Thanks one and all for your comments.

Jethro - Not sure SCC has the $$$ I'd want for it :wink:

Leon - I didn't do all that much PP on these. Mostly they were done in NC then taken to PS for the border, but in NC I used the Nik Color Efex filters (frequently used ones are the Contrast Only filter and the Graduated ND filter). I used DEE in NC a bit too + minor sharpening

Christian - thanks for the compliment. Can't put my finger on it, but I also feel I've lifted my images a notch lately.

Birdy - Even with the mighty Gitzo 1325 + BH 55 Pro I had a few blurry ones (even discounting the ones I created because I had VR on for the first few shots with the 70-200 VR)

Mikhail - Spooky :shock:

Great minds think alike I see :wink:

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:07 pm**

That first shot is a beauty Peter. Great clarity.

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:30 pm**

Wow, beautiful pictures.
I hope to stay with your guys whole night there.
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Regards
Poon

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:45 pm**

Poon
Everyone would be happy to see you stay here for awhile. Welcome anytime. :lol:

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:07 pm**

Number one!! For number one.
Great shot and a different perspective to our lovely city.
I think it is a seller IMHO

Albert

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:23 pm**

Poon

We can organise a night shoot when you're here at Christmas

Posted: **Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:47 am**

Wonderful crops and composition here Stubbsy, different and spectacular, Max

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