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Story Bridge

Postby Steffen on Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:32 pm

Here's another one from my Brisbane trip. I'm quite sure the Story Bridge has never been photographed before from the Botanic Gardens shore... :wink:

Anyway, here is what I saw tonight:

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As always, comments welcome.

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Postby Alpha_7 on Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:35 pm

Lovely reflections, but the lighting on the boats kind of spoils this shot a little for me.
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Postby avkomp on Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:13 am

like the lights, but you should have sunk the boat.

never any sydney ferry drivers around when you need em.

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Postby Steffen on Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:54 am

avkomp wrote:like the lights, but you should have sunk the boat.


I liked the boats in the foreground, in fact I used a handheld flash during exposure to light them up a bit... :?

avkomp wrote:never any sydney ferry drivers around when you need em.


:lol:

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Postby Manta on Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:39 am

Hey Steffen.

Having seen just about every angle and incarnation of shots of our own little Coathanger, I'm actually quite pleased to see a different approach. As far as critique is concerned, is this cropped? If so, I would have liked to have seen the full masts of the catamarans, making them the subject and the bridge a spectacular backdrop.

Also, the image seems quite noisy - what ISO were you running at?

The 'river of gold' reflection is magic; worth an uncluttered, uninterrupted shot in itself, if you could find the right viewpoint. Check out <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:StoryBridgeByNight800.jpg>this shot</a>, which is a great example of what I'm talking about.
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Postby Steffen on Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:55 pm

Thanks for your comments, Manta!

Manta wrote:As far as critique is concerned, is this cropped? If so, I would have liked to have seen the full masts of the catamarans, making them the subject and the bridge a spectacular backdrop.


It is cropped, but only on the sides, to make it square(ish) and remove clutter. The boats were almost pitch black in the viewfinder and I couldn't see the masts. I composed for the top of the bridge lights...

Manta wrote:Also, the image seems quite noisy - what ISO were you running at?


ISO200. Any noise would have to be attributed to my PP. My guess is that it comes from the fill-light (0.5EV) that I applied, maybe amplified by JPEG conversion. However, I can only really see it in the sky, looking very closely. Maybe that's why I didn't spot it when converting the image on the laptop...

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Postby Manta on Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:25 am

I can understand why the masts missed out, hard if you can't see them. :wink:
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