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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

I took these shots a couple months back on a super clear morning. I woke up early hoping for some passing clouds but as we all know that's not how it always works! I ended up with two exposures that I enjoyed and thought I'd post them here for some feedback and to see which one was more enjoyed by the masses. Any and all C&C are appreciated!


	© brockslinger 2015


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Dec 08, 2015 at 08:16 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

Beautiful captures, you had high tide and looks great..!!

The second is my favorite.

Marcelo

Dec 08, 2015 at 09:06 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

Awesome captures....I like 2nd one as well.

Dec 08, 2015 at 09:10 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

I like the composition of the first Brock. In the second the buildings seem a touch sharper and I love the deep blue.

Morris

Dec 08, 2015 at 09:37 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

Love the first image! Fantastic!
Keith W.

Dec 08, 2015 at 09:44 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

Thanks so much for the comments everyone! They were fun images to take - waking up on the other side of Brooklyn at 430am and riding a Citibike to Pier 2 only added to this adventure!

Dec 08, 2015 at 11:41 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

Clouds usually add interest but I like the clear sky. Both are great. Was your exposure really 211 seconds on the second shot?

Dec 09, 2015 at 12:06 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

Konablue wrote:
Clouds usually add interest but I like the clear sky. Both are great. Was your exposure really 211 seconds on the second shot?

Thanks for the comment! I agree that having clouds would be helpful but I took what I got on this day. Yeah the exposure really was 211 seconds. I had tried a couple shots with the Little Stopper and if I remember right that was somewhere around 20 seconds but they still showed some slight texture in the water. I then switched to the Big Stopper and wanted to keep the aperture around f14 resulting in a 3min 31second exposure which took all detail out of the water.

Dec 09, 2015 at 12:22 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

I haven't had a chance to try a smooth water long exposure photo yet. I didn't think it would take that long to smooth the waves but I guess it also depends on the surface texture of the water. I'm always learning something.

Dec 09, 2015 at 12:26 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

Konablue wrote:
I haven't had a chance to try a smooth water long exposure photo yet. I didn't think it would take that long to smooth the waves but I guess it also depends on the surface texture of the water. I'm always learning something.

There's nothing wrong with a little learning! You can see in the first photo there is a different texture to the water than in the second; its 16sec vs 211sec. I could have stopped up to f8 and the exposure time would have decreased by a lot. I also may have gotten the same water effect with an exposure around 30-60seconds but again I would have had to open up the aperture which I was trying not to do.

If you get into shooting long exposures like this of course you will need a 6 or 10stop ND filter and I highly recommend at first using an app like NDCalc to help you nail exposure times without wasting too much time toying around.

Dec 09, 2015 at 12:35 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

both shots are really nice. I like the leading lines in #2 but the colors in #1 are fabulous

Dec 09, 2015 at 03:32 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

I like the atmophere of the second one ... it's all polished and so quiet looking, but it feels like a city emptied of its inhabitants ...

santiago

Dec 10, 2015 at 09:08 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

Great capture. I like the sunrise glow crawling up the buildings in #2.

Dec 10, 2015 at 09:14 AM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

Both are excellent but #2 is my favorite, nice work.

Bob

Dec 10, 2015 at 09:24 AM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

#2 is also my favorite, but both are stunning images.

Dec 10, 2015 at 05:17 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

mysh wrote:
both shots are really nice. I like the leading lines in #2 but the colors in #1 are fabulous

Thanks for the kind words!
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santos wrote:
I like the atmosphere of the second one ... it's all polished and so quiet looking, but it feels like a city emptied of its inhabitants ...

Thanks! It's funny you mentioned the empty feeling - this is generally a very popular place to take photos and yet on a saturday morning I had the place to myself.

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BauerPower wrote:
Great capture. I like the sunrise glow crawling up the buildings in #2.

I agree! The reflection of the sunrise behind me is my favorite aspect of the buildings

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bobsav wrote:
Both are excellent but #2 is my favorite, nice work.

Very much appreciated Bob!
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peacefrog33756 wrote:
#2 is also my favorite, but both are stunning images.

Thanks for the comments...I think #2 is the winner with a close second place for the top image.

Dec 10, 2015 at 05:48 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

Great work. Both are awesome, but like #2 best.

Dec 10, 2015 at 10:25 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

Sweet set

Dec 11, 2015 at 12:51 AM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Blue Steel - NYC Financial District

The composition for the first one is my favorite.

Dec 13, 2015 at 04:01 PM


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