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MattWeth Offline • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #1 · Dread portal Chance encounter with a good looking bridge when I was far too early for a meeting. C&C very welcome as ever. Jan 26, 2012 at 10:47 AM

T-bone1 Offline • • • • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #2 · Dread portal Sweet shot. Would look cool, too, as a setting for shooting some portraits. A lot of possibilities here. -Tim Jan 26, 2012 at 04:25 PM

MattWeth Offline • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #3 · Dread portal Thanks Tim, You're right - it has great possibilities as a setting for working with models. The only problem would be finding a quiet time! The shot above was taken at about 7:15am just as the sun was rising - even then there was a steady trickle of people walking to their offices. Later in the day, it gets very busy Jan 26, 2012 at 05:20 PM

sbeme Offline • • • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #4 · Dread portal Most very cool! Nice perspective, careful work with symmetry. I think it needs some sharpening. I'd be aggressive on masked (edge) sharpening. Where is this and what it the name of the bridge? EXIF? Scott Jan 26, 2012 at 05:23 PM

MattWeth Offline • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #5 · Dread portal Thanks Scott, Good point about the sharpening - I have a tendency to overcook sharpening sometimes so I sometimes err on the side of caution - I'll do some work on it. The shot was taken at Salford Quays in NW England, UK - a redeveloped industrial dockland area which now has swanky apartments, offices and a theatre: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=salford+quays&hl=en&ll=53.46981,-2.289877&spn=0.048229,0.111666&sll=53.39706,-2.560411&sspn=0.012078,0.027916&hq=salford+quays&radius=15000&t=m&z=14 I'm not sure of the bridge's name - it's a lift bridge that jacks itself up on four pylons to let ships pass underneath. There are a couple more shots of it in my flickr. With regards to the EXIF, I guess I should own up and admit that it was just taken with my compact (always with me, unlike my 5D) - a Panasonic DMC-LX3. It's got a good, fast, Leica lens and shoots raw - punches well above its weight. For what it's worth, the basic exif is below ExifTool Version Number : 7.32 File Name : P1020328-2.jpg Directory : ********** File Size : 3 MB File Modification Date/Time : 2012:01:26 09:10:02 File Type : JPEG MIME Type : image/jpeg Exif Byte Order : Little-endian (Intel, II) Make : Panasonic Camera Model Name : DMC-LX3 X Resolution : 240 Y Resolution : 240 Resolution Unit : inches Software : Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 (Windows) Artist : Matt Wetherill Copyright : Matt Wetherill Exposure Time : 1/10 F Number : 2.0 Exposure Program : Program AE ISO : 200 Exif Version : 0230 Date/Time Original : 2012:01:25 07:47:30 Shutter Speed Value : 1/10 Aperture Value : 2.0 Exposure Compensation : 0 Max Aperture Value : 2.0 Metering Mode : Multi-segment Flash : Off Focal Length : 5.1 mm File Source : Digital Camera Compression : JPEG (old-style) Thumbnail Offset : 648 Thumbnail Length : 11088 Displayed Units X : inches Displayed Units Y : inches Coded Character Set : UTF8 Application Record Version : 4 Keywords : copyright matt wetherill Time Created : 07:47:30 Digital Creation Date : 2012:01:25 Digital Creation Time : 07:47:30 By-line : Matt Wetherill Focal Length : 5.1 mm Light Value : 4.3 Edited on Jan 26, 2012 at 06:01 PM · View previous versions Jan 26, 2012 at 05:40 PM

sbeme Offline • • • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #6 · Dread portal Thanks. Nice to have a compact camera. Cant take a picture without a camera, so more opportunities this way! I guess my question is could you have bumped the ISO for a faster shutter speed and still get a clean enough shot? Not that an image like this cant tolerate some noise or added grain to cover some noise. Scott Jan 26, 2012 at 05:48 PM

MattWeth Offline • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #7 · Dread portal Good points again Scott - I've got a couple of custom AE settings on the LX3 which pin the ISO to certain ranges. Looking at this shot, I had it on my 'up to 200' setting. If I'd thought more about it, I should have shot manual and set the ISO a little higher (it's fairly clean up to 800 but as you say, a little grain on this shot wouldn't necessarily be detrimental). I was too focussed on grabbing a shot when the bridge was empty - should have put more thought into the exposure Jan 26, 2012 at 05:58 PM

lazlo369 Offline • • • • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #8 · Dread portal That is quite a shot of that bridge. makes you feel like you will be squashed together when you get to the middle. Very good photography Jan 26, 2012 at 07:42 PM

MattWeth Offline • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #9 · Dread portal Thanks Lazlo Jan 26, 2012 at 08:27 PM

Dougo Offline • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #10 · Dread portal Great composition of the bridge, a lower angle could have been interesting as well. The dark sky works well with this. adds that drama. Cheers Ray Jan 26, 2012 at 11:55 PM

MrBaz Offline • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #11 · Dread portal Perfect setting. The sky looks ominous, and that bridge has wonderful architecture. Jan 27, 2012 at 12:47 AM

MattWeth Offline • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #12 · Dread portal Thanks Guys. Jan 27, 2012 at 08:37 AM

MattWeth Offline • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #13 · Dread portal As suggested I've tweaked the sharpening and added a touch of NR to bring down some of the noise in the sky (the LX3 tends to blow the blue channel and before conversion, the sky in this shot had a very blue tinge to it). cheers Matt Jan 27, 2012 at 09:31 AM

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