Shot of the Logan LDS Temple at night. Still limited by my equipment, this shot is hand-held at 1/5 sec. To reduce the shutter speed a bit (and to keep the highlights of the towers from blowing out), I under-exposed -0.6EV, and metered off the brightest points. My wife thinks I should have submitted one of my other photos from this shoot, but to me, this one best exemplified the challenge.
Technical:
Underexposed -0.6EV as mentioned above. I performed significantly more PS work than I normally do:
Adjusted highlight/midtone/shadow settings slightly to decrease the intensity of the brightly lit towers. Desaturated, converted to grayscale, then increased contrast to provide a bit more 'pop'. Converted back to RGB color, duotoned with a hue of 15 and saturation of 10. Cropped, bordered, and saved for submission.
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This image has an elegance to it that doesn’t immediately jump out at the viewer. A person has to actually LOOK at this shot to appreciate the delicate balance between light, aperture and shutter speed.
I like how the bell towers/steeples stand out against the night sky…also the tree silhouetted against the light on the building is a very subtle touch. The visual flow of this shot is great. My eye starts with the tree on the right…goes up to the steeple and follows the roofline to the other steeple…then down the back of the building. By the way, great job of handholding this shot, the lack of sharpness doesn’t bother me a bit.
I think your exposure is almost perfect; although, I feel there are a couple of overexposed points in the bell towers/steeples and the darkness/blacks are a touch grey. Of course, if you were to stop down any more, you’d lose the details in the building, so yup…there’s some give and take with a shot like this. Another thing to note…I have my monitor set a touch bright in order to see details in images with a lot of darkness, this may have something to do with how I’m seeing your shot.
Good time of night to photograph this! I like the point of view here; it makes it look grand and important. Lighting gives it a sacred feel. Nice work! 9
This is a lovely building and the lighting is very dramatic overall on the building. The trees sadly take so much away from the overall effect of the shot, maybe from a different side or angle? A 6
good use of sepia tones. The perspective is good but I'm rather feeling as though it will all tip over. A bit straighter in the frame would have helped. 7
fantastic shot, beautiful trees. I would buy this as a print. I would buy your camera. I am jealous once again. Is that sepia tone? great shot. 10 plus
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