Life in a lens
After the storm
Posted by Sandrine (Cincinnati, United States) on 10 March 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Yesterday we had a level 3 emergency storm... A lot of snow... My tradition is to go for a walk after at night, I love it!
Thanks for stopping by! I love to hear any of your thoughts...
Merci de votre visite! J'aime entendre toutes pensees...
ManuelaR from Hainburg, Germany
Great low perspective and the tones are warm and inviting!
Glad to know all is well ;)
10 Mar 2008 8:02am
Peter Miller from Lichfield, United Kingdom
I really like this shot, great perspective, makes the subject look a lonely figure in the night
10 Mar 2008 11:00am
Helma from Tehran, Iran
very nice composition and nice lighting ! dreamy mood ... thanks.
10 Mar 2008 1:04pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Lovely angle, the colours are perfect and you have created a fantastic mood. For someone sitting in 35c (95f) heat, I could actually feel the cold nip in this one.
10 Mar 2008 9:12pm
standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France
Wonderful shot. Great angle and perspective! I like the colour tones.
10 Mar 2008 9:36pm
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Beautiful night shot and perspective. A lot of snow...
11 Mar 2008 2:37am
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
oh this is nice - beautiful tones and great composition!
11 Mar 2008 2:59am
Shuva Brata Deb from Hyderabad, India
Its nice that you have company at that hour too.
11 Mar 2008 4:20am
kimberly Cook: bigpawgraphics.com from smyrna, United States
very nice....love the perspective, makes me feel like I am there too.
11 Mar 2008 4:29am
vu@granby - Wolfgang Prigge from Canada
Nice with the low angle and the warm lights.
11 Mar 2008 2:55pm
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
great image - it is like a movie scene - nice work
11 Mar 2008 6:10pm
Dang from Marietta, United States
Wonderful mood, and tones. My First thoughts were to have stopped down to get star pattern lights, but after looking the open aperture works well here. Good goin'.
23 Mar 2008 11:47pm
@Dang: How do you get those star patterns?
Dang from Marietta, United States
Sorry for the slow response, see if this makes sense. In this shot, you've used an open aperture of f/3.5. By stopping down to f/8 or more, the smaller opening will give you a star pattern on the lights instead. The number of points will be determined by the amount of blades in the diaphragm assembly. Most better quality lenses have more (possibly to help bokeh), but usual blade numbers are 5, 6, or 8. You can cheat, of course, and buy star filters... but they usually soften the overall photo, and can add additional flair which can be less desirable. Good rule when shooting night shots is to carry a tripod, and shoot with manual, or aperture priority as opposed to depending on IS or other anti-shake ability while hand holding. Hope this makes more sense,. I still like the effect here, the feeling is different with the smooth glows.
7 Apr 2008 5:51am
Canon EOS 20D
1/4 second
F/3.5
ISO 1600
18 mm