Mr Armani is Here

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi,
The first photo is the Flagship store of Armani in Asia. The second is another view of the Bank of China Building. All were taken with a 15 mm fisheye. Please criticise.
yoyo

[Seb]

Hello Yoyo,

I am not too sure if it's the way the city by itself is lightened or if it's your exposure (both factors most likely count) but the lightning on these two picture is frankly remarkable.
The second picture is especially beautiful.

Then again, you do very very well at night shooting

regards

Seb

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Seb,
I slightly increased the contrast of the two shots. Thanks again for your comments.
yoyo

[Seb]

Post processing or contrast adjustment on the camera?

Seb

[greg hxc]

I like the second one in particular. Excellent exposure and great color.

I'd be interested in some of the exposure details. Even for a fairly well lit scene, you did a great job freezing the cars on the road for being a night shot.

[Yoyo Szeto]

HI Seb,
I used Photoshop to increase the contrast.

Hi Greg,
Thanks a lot for the comments.

yoyo

[Yoyo Szeto]

HI Greg,
The exposure information: f 2.8, 1/30s, and ISO 1600
All the best.
yoyo

[Seb]

ISO 1600 and virtually no noise!? Hi carumba!!

I haven't tested the noise reduction function of my D70 yet but I doubt that I can achieve something that clean at ISO 1600.

regards

Seb

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Seb,
I denoised the photos with NeatImage.
All the best.
yoyo

[greg hxc]

I hadn't heard of NeatImage before, although I definitely plan on trying it out.

Looks like I have some night work to do this week!

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Greg,
Read the review of NeatImage by Michael Reichmann at http://www.luminous-landscape.com/re...eatimage.shtml.
All the best.
yoyo