The Night is Still Young IV

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi All,
The shots were taken wirth a Canon 10D with a 15 mm lens at ISO 3200. Please criticise.
yoyo

[Seb]

Hi All,
The shots were taken wirth a Canon 10D with a 15 mm lens at ISO 3200. Please criticise.
yoyo

Hello Yoyo,

I'd say that these are all well framed but the second one arguably is too noisy. I have no personnal experience with the 10D but I am quite sure that you would get more definition and a more dramatic result by using a smaller ISO value with a longer exposure. I found out that beside noise, I was actually loosing definition when I was pushing my D70 to ISO 1600 (it's maximum value). I assume that the same apply to any digital camera.

The building you are shooting here have an interesting and unusual design (by my north american standarts at least...).

best regards

Seb

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Seb
Thanks for your comments. I agree with your suggestion. I chose ISO 3200 because I could hand-hold the camera. Since these shots are my exploring experience, I'll reshoot the ones I love with a tripod.
All the best.
yoyo

[mjm]

i really like the last shot. the framing of the building using the railings is a great idea. perhaps with a shorter DOF the building would stand out more?

[gahspidy]

For me , these are all very good with exception to the first one of the statue. Think I don't like the angle it is shot from and a bit dark losing detali in the front of statue
The second one I like alot, even if it is somewhat noisy. Great comp, scene has alot of depth.
The last one I'm not crazy about the point of view and the railing in the foreground
As usual, good stuff

[darkrainfall]

Yoyo,
I've been enjoying your series of night shots very much, even if I haven't commented on all of them. I'm not a big fan of the first shot, I find the different colored squares to be distracting, not that you can do anything about that, but imo it is rather distracting. My favorites are the second and third, even if they are a little busy. I think that a shot showing a busy city just shows the character of the city. The last one isn't my favorite, I agree with Gary, the railing is distracting. Overall good job though, you have a lot of beautiful pictures in this series.

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi mjm, Thanks for your comments. The shots were taken at f/2.8 because of the low available light.

Hi Gary, Thanks for the comments. I agree that the statue in Photo 1 does not show much detail.

Hi darkrainfall, Thanks for the comments and kind words.

All the best.
yoyo

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Seb,
This building has a very unique desig, Some say it has kaolas cuddling on it. More information of this building is at http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=120956.
All the best.
yoyo

[Seb]

Hi Seb,
This building has a very unique desig, Some say it has kaolas cuddling on it. More information of this building is at http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=120956.
All the best.
yoyo

Hello Yoyo,

The koala effect is indeed quite surprising. Thank you for the extra informations on the building. I sincerly appreciate it.

regards

Seb

[mikehulsebus]

First shot seems exposed a little bit too long for me--doesn't seem at first glance that it's night. Other two really cool--I like the black in the building if that makes any sense. Something about the overall colors of the photos

[PuckJunkey]

Very interesting structure and collection of shots. I think I like the last one the best due to its simplified and unique perspective. Might consider cropping in a bit on the bottom edge to accent the shape of the overpass more, while reducing the number of lines or other potential distractions.

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Mike and PJ,
Thanks for your suggestions and kind words.
yoyo

[kamboura]

Hi Yoyo,
I really like night shots. I was wondering how you took the one with the cars showing (2nd one), and I couldn't figure out how it was such a short exposure, until you said ISO 3200 !!.. woow... I don't think I can find film at ISO 3200 !!...
As for the shots themselves, I agree with the comments above. I would repeat the statue shot from further away with a longer exposure, try to get more light on the statue to make the details come out more. As for the other 3, I like them all, my favourite is the one with the tree and the cars

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Kamboura,
Thanks a lot for your suggestions and comments. I have pushed Fuji Press from 800 to 1600 and printed them on A4 sizes; the results were very good with fine details.
All the best.
yoyo