This is an attempt at nighttime photography of Christmas lights on the San Antonio River (Casa Rio resturant).
I used RSP to crop and convert the raw image into multiple exposures then used photomatix to combine the exposures. I PSE4 I manipulated the color cast a bit and then did some sharpening. Resized then save for the web.
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Reminds me of River Walk in San Antonio, TX, but I have no idea if there is a Casa Rio or not (I only visited it once as I was traveling to SA for business, but it was a lovely place). Anyway, love the imagery here, especially with the all the Christmasy colors.
I love the food at Casa Rio--one of my fav's on the Riverwalk. This shot is very festive and appealing to me, but the blurriness in certain places (e.g., the people on the boats, seated at tables in lower left, and lights on the water under the bridge) weakens this shot considerably, in my humble opinion. My camera doesn't allow me to manually adjust shutter speeds, but I would have tried this on a tripod with a much quicker speed to try and minimize blurs. Overall, I offer a 6.
A remarkable scene, though i think you've perhaps over-exposed it, or perhaps rather not brought the overall brightness completely under control in processing - more dark to balance the brightness would help the impact of the shot.
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