Now I know what you're thinking, this was taken in the middle of they day. Wrong.
I took this at 9:15pm eastern time, the timestamp says 8:15pm because I forgot to set it for daylight savings time (spring ahead), either way the sun was down. This was a 5 minute exposure on a really dark road, and the moon was out, the moon was to my right which caused all the shadows. In the top center of the picture you can see two white streaks, those are stars.
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Less noise, levels, maybe curves, I don't remember.
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Awesome...it really looks like it's daytime. Couldn't people tell that those streaks were stars? What else would they be, radioactive sensor dust?
Nice shot!!
you guys all suck, just because the sky is bright and there are shadows you all immediately assume that it was taken in the day, well maybe being the "awesome photographer" that you all think you are, you'd realize that with the right settings, any picture can look like daylight; or night.
The angle you use here really works with the title. The sky may be a bit bright to convey a night shot and the shadow by the car doesn't help matters. I know the moon was bright during challenge week and you did a good job using it to your advantage since it appears there's no other lightsource nearby.
I would have shot this at a smaller aperture so the sky wasn't so day-like. I also would have adjusted the white balance to give some cooler colors in the sky. I've found that a Tungsten setting (if you have it) gives a nice blue cast to night shots.
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