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
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?
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:
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
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.
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
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).
