Thread: City photos

Love. These are fantastic! I can't pick a fave either! #1 is amazing. I personally like #3 more than #4 b/c of the way the river draws me in! Love the motion ones! So fun! I am jealous! I might have to beg Randall to do this with me!

Originally Posted by acarbo99

#1 has got to be my favorite! The reflection in the water, the "sunbursts" from the lights ... everything is just WOW!

Would you mind sharing your settings for this one?

Sure, the settings were f/18, SS 15", ISO 1000, FL 21mm. For the sunburst effect, you need to have your ap closed up.

I had been shooting landscapes at f/22, but I recently read that sometimes the image quality degrades a little when you're as closed up as you can go, so for this shoot I switched mostly to f/18 or f/16, which worked just beautifully.

Originally Posted by acarbo99

I also really love #7. Did you convert it to b&w or is that really how it appears?

I converted it. The camera was pressed up against a window that wasn't made of standard glass, and it caused some weird streaky colours that detracted from the tunnel/curve effect.

BTW, Elizabeth, I forgot to mention, but I'm so glad you noticed Science World in the background on #5. We purposely picked that street corner so that we could get Science World in. I just love that building!

Tracy, these are just jaw dropping! I took a community ed class once where we went around town after dark learning different tricks and tips. None in the class could even come close to comparing to these, not even the instructors!