Burrard bridge at night

[Seb]

Dear All,

Here are two attempts at night (almost night!) photography. It's a view of the Vancouver Burrard Bridge. The architecture is quite 'art-deco'.

Please let me know what you think and if you have any special tips. In particular, I wanted the street lights to turn green and get ight trails from the traffic.

Both shots: Velvia 50 exposed at 30 sec (first shot) and 20 sec (second shot). A prime 50 mm was used for the first shot, while a 24 mm prime was used for the second.

(+ the usual PS work. Some perspective adjustement was done in the second pic.)

Cheers,

Steph.

Hello Steph,

I mostly agree with SmartWombat although the signs on the lamp post doesn't distract me much. I find the first picture to be visually interesting.

I must say that the second one doesn't works for me. The odd (to me) point of view doesn't add to the picture, nor does the angle.

regards

Seb

[Steph_B]

Thank you Paul and Seb for your feedback.

Street signs: I HATE THEM.... mostly when they are up for nothing. The marathon was long past and they still kept the signs up... untill they have another event to annonce.... This way, there is always something there. Short of putting the damn things on fire or ripping them off, there is nothing to be done! Since the lampost is quite close to the building itself, that does not leave much option beside standing in the middle of the road with the traffic whizzing by!

I do agree that the second pic is disturbing due to the picture angle. I tried to get the closest pillar vertical. But then I realized that by adopting a lower viewpoint, I could get an interesting view of the steel structure behind the main building. This way, I was hoping to add some dynamics in the pic. I actually like the second one better. But I guess it's because I am so used to it by now.

Thus the reason for asking you guys for your opinion!

Thanks!

Steph.