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[steelbluesleepr]

this is outside the civil engineering building at my university. i love shooting this, ecpecially at night. here i my favorite shot of it. let me know what you have.

[steelbluesleepr]

anybody? this is one of my favorite shots

[readingr]

First off I have to apologise as this is your favourite but it does nothing for me.

I like the contrast between dark and the light but for me there is too much dark and not enough detail in the shadows to make this interesting. Perhaps opening up one or two F stops would have brought more detail into the shadows rather than the black space and make it more interesting.

Roger

[steelbluesleepr]

i cant adjust the f stop on my camera, its a sony cybershot dsc-w30 autofocus. thanks for the reply thought, and no need to apoliogize, ill accept any criticism.:thumbsup:

[Seb]

this is outside the civil engineering building at my university. i love shooting this, ecpecially at night. here i my favorite shot of it. let me know what you have.

The patterns created by the structure of the building itself and the shadows play "seems" interesting but I must say that this picture is definitely too dark to work as it probably could. I am not familiar with Sony's small cybershot cameras but while most small digicam won't allow for aperture settings I am assuming that you must at least have an exposure compensation control of -3/+3 stops or so.

Also, shooting earlier at night (when it is getting dark but not that dark!) may allow for a moody picture while retaining more details.

regards

Seb

[kball]

You know, as much as I agree that it could use a little more definition, I really like the play on colors. There's been many a time that I've looked at the girders at my local stadiums when the sun goes down wishing I had my camera. The colors aren't that different.

Kudos on the shot and generating the discussions....

[trog100]

i am sure it suffers from the downsize and white forum background colour.. seem a little larger it will have more appeal..

trog

[Chunk]

I find a lot to look at here and enjoy the patterns and shadows. I like how the light changes through the scene. There's a similar construct at UW Madison. It's an interesting sculpture to those of us with some mechanical background but just seems a jumble of junk to those who don't. I think you've caught the strength and feel of the piece intended by the artist.

If you can tell your camera to use a point exposure rather than general (don't know if it's available on that model), you can then get exposure readings on different parts of the scene to vary the aperture and hold the shutter halfway down while repositioning the framing.