[TL]

Originally Posted by Weebl

I like these colors, makes it pop

thanks Kevin. That's one of the reason why I tend to prefer night shots better than most of my day shots.....the colors and reflections just pops

[Weebl]

what about a small aperture and good PP? I suppose night air clarity plays a smaller part also.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by TL

thanks Kevin. That's one of the reason why I tend to prefer night shots better than most of my day shots.....the colors and reflections just pops

I prefer the daylight shots because of the emphasis on the building. The night shot, to me, emphasizes the traffic. Perhaps a GND on upside down to bring out the building more would "fix" my concern.

Dave

[Chewy734]

Tim, do you ever make B&W night shots?

[TL]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

Tim, do you ever make B&W night shots?

of course here's 2 of them


Manhattan Bridge by GQjai, on Flickr


Manhattan Bridge by GQjai, on Flickr

[Chewy734]

Tim

[Weebl]

Right now, after sunset. Pele is throwing up.Pele is barfing
been waiting for this for quite a few months.

[Flying_Dutchman13]

Here's one I took during the Olympics in Vancouver. It was taken on my point and shoot, unedited.






Also a couple of my old truck that a buddy took for me.

[TL]

Manhattan Bridge Night by GQjai, on Flickr

[adrean8j]

Ok so methinks you have this bridge fetish the way Slavik has a car fetish (photographically speaking)?

Anyway here is my latest entry:


Lightning Storm by Adrean8j, on Flickr

[TL]

Originally Posted by adrean8j

Ok so methinks you have this bridge fetish the way Slavik has a car fetish (photographically speaking)?

I think I do too

of the lighting

[Chewy734]

sweet pic man! I like the sharpness of the thunderbolt. Those clouds to the right of it look pretty cool too.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by TL

Manhattan Bridge Night by GQjai, on Flickr

Awesome pic, Tim. Are the light trails from a boat going by? If so, did the time lapse smooth the wake? And what's with the ghost image of your watermark beneath the light trails? Too much coolness in that pic.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by adrean8j

Ok so methinks you have this bridge fetish the way Slavik has a car fetish (photographically speaking)?

Anyway here is my latest entry:


Lightning Storm by Adrean8j, on Flickr

I see pics like this and I think, "I'll never be that good."

Really sweet image, dude.

[1013mm]

Originally Posted by adrean8j

Ok so methinks you have this bridge fetish the way Slavik has a car fetish (photographically speaking)?

Anyway here is my latest entry:


Lightning Storm by Adrean8j, on Flickr

nice!

[adrean8j]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I see pics like this and I think, "I'll never be that good."

Really sweet image, dude.

Thanks man it really means a lot. To be honest I am not "good" IMHO. It was an almost once in a lifetime opportunity and chance. Three keys:

1. Lightning/Thunderstorm in the distance
2. Long exposure (15-60secs)
3. Patience and Luck

Focus to infinity and hope that lightning flashes during your exposure time. Rinse and repeat BTW the good thing about lightning is that it is pure light...with shutter speeds from 1/60 (which you would have to be the luckiest person on earth to catch at that speed) on down you will never underexpose the strike itself...the longer shutter speed is more to make sure you catch something and help get the clouds to be exposed somewhat. I have an even better picture i will post in the next couple days.

Originally Posted by jzhang

nice!

Thanks JZ still trying to get on yo level bro!

[Chewy734]

adrean8j, what's with the blue and red pixels in your photo?

[adrean8j]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

adrean8j, what's with the blue and red pixels in your photo?

Good question...I saw them after I posted the photo...umm might have been aircraft as there is the Punta Cana airport off to the left. I thought it might be something on the lens but it doesn't show up in the other pictures I took. I should have just spot healed it out. What do you think it might be from?

[Chewy734]

ahh... honestly, I thought some pixels on my laptop were going bad, until I looked closer after scrolling.

I don't think they are aircraft... but it is odd. I didn't notice it the first time I commented on your photo, since I was staring at the lightning bolt.

As a small critique, I'm surprised the water isn't smooth with such a long exposure time. I guess there wasn't much light from the lightning bolt. Personally, I think it would look better with the water cropped out and you had just the sky.

[adrean8j]

^^^I think they are just stars in the frame...some of them are moving faster than others so the look like streaks but the others you just catch either the blue or red light from them. In my other lightning photo with a much longer exposure you can't see them at all...with the same lens. I thought about cropping out the water but I kinda felt like it lost a sense of depth without it...I will probably 100% re-crop and look at it again.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

ahh... honestly, I thought some pixels on my laptop were going bad, until I looked closer after scrolling.

I don't think they are aircraft... but it is odd. I didn't notice it the first time I commented on your photo, since I was staring at the lightning bolt.

As a small critique, I'm surprised the water isn't smooth with such a long exposure time. I guess there wasn't much light from the lightning bolt. Personally, I think it would look better with the water cropped out and you had just the sky.

Here's where personal taste comes in. I like the water and the reflection. The long exposure time wouldn't smooth the water because the deciding exposure factor was the millisecond of lightning. Like using a flash in a dark room with the camera on bulb setting.

I was wondering about the two pixels as well. Inbound and outbound aircraft, maybe?

[oneintheory]

shot at around 2200 last night.

Untitled by jsophoto, on Flickr