On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > The church steeple at Mission Santa Cruz is quite picturesque, and because > of that dynamic range thing, damn near impossible to photograph at night. I > was driving into Santa Cruz last night, just a touch after sundown, the sky > was glowing a pretty shade of blue, not too much darker than the steeple. > From where I first saw it, there were also some pretty clouds in the > background. By the time the stoplight had changed, I'd found a place to > park etc. the sky had already darkened past peak. I didn't have any lenses > with me long enough to photograph it from where I could put the pretty > clouds in the background either. > > Here's what I did manage to get: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7018377935/in/set-72157629673999061/ > > Which I think is the better composition. Of the four attempts I posted, > this is the other likely > composition: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6872272564/in/set-72157629673999061/ > > I did do some bracketed shots, so in theory I could do HDR on them to > bring out details. > > > Comments? Suggestions? Preferences?
I'd suggest a different tack. More steeple, less foliage. Portrait orientation, frame the steeple with foliage. I noted a possible crop onto LRC45282. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6872272564/in/set-72157629673999061/ BTW, in defense of Flickr: can SmugMug or Photo.net do that? Collaborative crops? ;-) -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
