I had just walked into the Central Square in Brussels when they lit up the tower for the evening. Lots and lots of people there so this is an attempt to shoot over most of them. Handheld, three exposures. Used Photomatix for the HDR bit then tweaked some in Photoshop.
[Sep. 20th, 2009 04:07:49 PM]
Here's the middle exposure, with levels and sharpening only. Also, another view with more of the building included. Quite the crowd was gathered and a number of bands were playing in the square that evening.
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A beautiful capture! The evening colors are so very dramatic. Great job!!
(They had a tent set up in the middle of the square when I visited Brussels...I was really bummed. I really had to work hard to get a shot.)
Very nice image, and another good example of how to use HDR for good, and not evil, in that your image has benefited from the increase dynamic range w/o adopting all the usual HDR cliches of haloing, black clouds/skys, grittiness etc.
I love the detail, colour and composition. Well done.
Deb! A-MAZING job!! Hand held??? 3 exposures?? Ohmy! You are THE BOMB! Such crystal clear sharpness in such low light. I am truly in awe of your work here!
Super job of showing detail in all areas of the image. Super subject for this. Good job on perspective correction (or good use of tilt-shift lens). I would have liked to see just a bit of ground floor base, but I understand it's a tall spire. 9
Great tones this brought out. It really glows. Composition seems a bit more shoved over than is my preference, I assume you were wanting to not leave out that gorgeous sky.
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