Night Walk

[Alexandre da Veiga]

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[geraldb]

The image is too small in size to critique for one. I see some photographers reduce exposure bias by -3 to preserve highlight details but end up with big solid black areas of their images without detail, I don't think thats the way it should be done. Striking a balance between dark and light areas that help retaining reasonable amount of detail in both is important. the trees look blurred for some reason. I like the depth of color though.

[Frog]

I'm guessing the trees are blurry because of wind?

[geraldb]

I'm guessing the trees are blurry because of wind?

Possible? those are huge trees, if they are in fact trees. To move that much, it had to be a stormy-like weather condition.

[Adamo]

I think its two people walking

[armando_m]

Great image , nice sky colors,
a bit of rear curtain flash would define the people walkig with a trail of blur ...
and fill in some of the near shadows

[Didache]

I too wish it were a little bigger - because I suspect this is actually a pretty good image. I took the blurred figures to be people (from the title if nothing else). The very low angle of shooting is what makes it for me, and the letterbox crop is quite bold. Even so I would be inclined to take a little off the right.

Cheers
Mike

[Alexandre da Veiga]

There are no trees, These are two ladies walking. I will try to get the image bigger.

[hminx]

I also like the low angle, the two ladies may be a little too ghostyfied but not a major issue for me. Not sure what to make of the noise in the sky though.

[Frog]

Now that I know they are ladies walking, it makes more sense.
I think they are too ghostly though and would like more definition.

[geraldb]

Now I wish they're trees. Those two figures spoiled the image for me. I don't think I like it, and I don't see how it could be fixed.

[wfooshee]

Was this multiple exposures? The figures aren't just blurred, they're multiples.

And it looks like exposure was pushed real hard in post, generating the noise. Just guessing on that, though.

[Alexandre da Veiga]

This is a 2.5 seconds exposure, that is why the ladies are blurred, they were walking fast.
The noise is due to the 1600 ISO(highest that my Sony Alpha 100 has).

I had to raise the ISO, because if I did not, I would have to decrease the shutter speed, and at a slower shutter speed, the lights would be too bright.

[armando_m]

noise isn't bad, I passed the image through Nik define 2.0 and looks great , clean and good colors

[LeeIs]

I find it funny that some thought it was trees. I knew right away it was two people walking. Maybe it's because the amount of night photos i do and the amount of 'remove ghosts' comments i get.

I think what works in this photo is the correctly exposed parts. most of the photograph is nice. What doesn't work for me is the amount of black space, I think it's a bit much. Cropping a little from the right and bottom can fix that. Other than that, it's a very good night image.

[daq7]

Generally I like it, but the big shot is a bit grainy. I like the ghosts. But a bit too much blur in the image in general to be really satisfying.

[Fernando Mendez]

I like the buildings on the image, and also the clouds on the sky, but the two blurred figures don look so good.

[GB1]

Great angle.. I just learned something here - get low! Although it isn't perfect, I like the shot for what it is - dramatic, great perspective and vanishing point, nice sky. The downside is that the fence sort of obstructs the view of the skyline, and I really wish that train was a speeding blur

G

[rossi46]

This is one of the shot which I think shots which I thought shooting from low angle does not work.
The railing (or fence) is distracting and blocking the view to the city building lights. Perhaps taking it from eye level, or alitle bit higher than eye level could show some good view into the background city lights?

Not sure whether the slow shutter speed is deliberate to show motion blur of the pedestrian walking by, but it does not work, abit like ghostly image.

[SmartWombat]

Was this multiple exposures? The figures aren't just blurred, they're multiples.

Think about how people walk slowly, body stays relatively still, stretch the leg, take a stride as you move to balance over that leg, then body stays relatively still ... this looks like they took two strides during the exposure.
Walking fast there isn't that pause over the top of the stride before the body dips down again as you move, and so it becomes a more constant blur.