Some night photos from Brisbane

[DionM]

Got there much later than expected, so taken about 8-9pm at night.

[daniel_r]

#1 and #4 for me.

#1 - I like the top half better than the bottom half of the image. When it was loading, the whole image was different to what I was expecting

#2. The sky lacks interest, but otherwise ok. I think if you re-shot this just after dusk with a few clouds about, you'd get a nice blue glow with some detail to add punch to the image.

#3/4 I prefer the composition of #4 rather than 3, as it doesn't have the orphaned lightpost as in 3. The stronger blues in #4 also add life.

[DionM]

Thanks Daniel.

Yes I had hoped to get there much earlier and get the afternoon glow, but alas I got there quite a bit later. I still fired off a few.

#1 - Yeah I was struggling for a good composition of the tree; its about the best I could do (traffic being in the pic) without standing in front of the traffic - not a good idea

[spada]

Hi Dion
Those images look very good to my eye, at 9 PM , without any flaring , everything clear and sharp particalar the second picture. I guess you've used the 17-40 lens.

regards
spada

[avkomp]

love the raytraced appearance of #2

steve

[mudder]

Hey these came up well...

I like the color and tones in the first, gives a strange and eerie feel woth the bright light eminating from the tree...

Great exposure on #2, very very nice and seems really sharp too... #3's got terrific lines taking me right through all the lights... The trails from the light work well in the last one too...

[elffinarts]

great shots - love to figure out how you've managed to avoid flares so well.

[Oneputt]

Dion nice crisp shots, very well exposed

[TonyH]

Dion,

nice shots, I always seem to shoot from South to North.

Yours are obviously North to South and to me give an interesting perspective.

Might have ot change ends for a while


Cheers

Tony

[Alex]

Great shots, Dion. The last two are my favourites. Well done!

Alex

[Slider]

Very nice Dion. Super sharp and lovely colour.

[DionM]

Thanks guys.

Yes they were taken with the 17-40. First night long exposures I've done on the 20D and new Benro Tripod, actually (only taken me over a year to get around to it!).

TonyH - Yeah I've never shot from that location before, something different! Mainly it was driven by available parking spots.

Can't say I did anything special re: flare - just the 17-40 + hood + Hoya UV filter.

[gecko]

Very nice images - clear and crips.
Thanks for the inspiration - I should get out and try this sometime

Cheers
Gecko