On Mar 26, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > 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/
Ahh, I saw your note, and this is what I thought you meant http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6872549660/in/set-72157629673999061/ But here's my take on your suggestion (I had considered something much like this, but didn't figure it got me much more steeple http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6872566918/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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
