john101477
Photographer in the Wild
No comments? Good or bad?
Photo Critiqing Thread
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Tucson T4R
Expedition Leader
OK fine.
I don't do very many cityscapes so I am not the best judge. I would be interested in what's out of frame to the left. The building with the clock tower looks interesting. Would there be a way to bring more of that into the shot?
john101477
Photographer in the Wild
I wish. I could have added a little more but not the entire tower. Another building was in my way but. I wanted to shoot that building from the park garage on the right but could not get in.
nwoods
Expedition Leader
Seems blurry. I like night shots, but I like them crisp!
john101477
Photographer in the Wild
Can I ask what is blurry? besides the light trails that is.
Clark White
Explorer
Not knowing anything about what camera you used to shoot it or your actual exposure beyond 30sec., I would say what nwoods is referring to is a factor of high ISO? Not so much noise, but just loss of image quality? I can see what he is talking about, but it doesn't look like camera motion blur or out of focus, so that is my best guess.
Clark
Clark White
Explorer
Not knowing anything about what camera you used to shoot it or your actual exposure beyond 30sec., I would say what nwoods is referring to is a factor of high ISO? Not so much noise, but just loss of image quality? I can see what he is talking about, but it doesn't look like camera motion blur or out of focus, so that is my best guess. And I would say it's more of a nitpicky thing (at least to me) since it is equipment limitations, not photographer mistake, but of course that is the point of this thread.
Clark
john101477
Photographer in the Wild
Maybe but the wind is blowing pretty good. If you look at anything that can move, it was! Trees, flags etc. Building lines are solid, light trails are straight and not wavy. I think I was at something like f/8 and probably could have pushed it to f/16. infact I think I tried on the next frame but the camera ran out of battery so I had to call it a night.
K2ZJ
Explorer
OK fine.
I was also drawn far left to that building, so I got rid of it. I took the liberty of getting rid of that light. At first I did just the tower but that spot light was still puling me there. If you could photochop it out I think you could keep more of that building or maybe all of it.
If this bothers you I can pull it down.
john101477
Photographer in the Wild
hahah nah it doesnt bother me. Honestly the only part of what bothered me about the shot was the huge light right in the middle of the shot. I personally liked the composition how I had it. The building was part of what drew me up there in the first place. odd how after I took this shot the battery died though. the only thing that bothers me in the shot now is what Mr Woods pointed out which was the blurry trees. frikin wind!
john101477
Photographer in the Wild
That ladder draws my eye for some dang reason to. it really does not fit any of the rules of photography that come to mind but it is one of the 3 first things I notice when i look at the picture.
Lost Canadian
Expedition Leader
John, I think the "soft" look is a result of a touch too much noise reduction. The details do look muddied a bit. Also, if you can, I would run a lens correction over the image as those buildings, especially the one on the far right, is showing lens distortion. What should be straight lines looks like this )
john101477
Photographer in the Wild
I will have to pull it out of my wifes laptop. I was stuck in Fort Wayne with just her laptop and LR4. I have a heck of a time editing anything in her laptop. I may have boosted something a bit to much.
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john101477
Photographer in the Wild
Maybe?
