Ivar Dahl-Larsen
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Done with Fuji xt10 and the kit lens.
Critique Welcomed Last night, March 23. 2016.
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Done with Fuji xt10 and the kit lens.
John Holland
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well done in the low light conditions.
John Allen
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I like it. The reflections of the lights are especially beautiful.
Ivar Dahl-Larsen
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Thank you both. Of course, the image has not much significanse, but its lights, Gods own light, makes it stand out in the night and urges me, for I do not know how many times, to again preserve this moment and share it with people who may like it for just that. So, - much appreciated boys.
John Allen
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I've been thinking about this image since I first saw it. You may have seen the photo of the reflection in a pond that I posted the other day. When I saw the slight ripple in the water in your image, it reminded me of mine. That made me wonder if these images would have benefited from a longer exposure to smooth out the water. A look at the exif for my photo shows that the lighting was too bright to slow the exposure enough to make a difference. Your night shot, however, would work well. The exif on your photo of the bridge shows f/4, 1/2 second, ISO 800. You could slow the shutter by three stops by setting the ISO to 100 and another four stops by going to f/16. That would get your shutter speed all the way to 60 seconds, which would probably be longer than needed and probably longer than your camera can do. Using a slow shutter speed to flatten out ripples is something I've never done with a shot like this, but I think it would be interesting to try.
Ivar Dahl-Larsen
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Well John I have many opportunities to do that, but somehow when water turnes to a carpet / velvet like without there is a mist that does it, I do not find it natural nor that much interesting except for the pure curiousness of mine. I used to experience with long shutters many years back, but I have lost that interest. In this image, I would assume that other factors would go amiss by extending the shutter time. But of course I could be wrong.
Pete Askew
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The reflections are indeed very nice, Ivar.
