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10 years 3 months ago #327645 by irishcrusader95
Hey there

I really enjoy cityscape and urban photography and would like to hear from other people here with this interest on how they do there work. I don't just mean city skyline shots but any shots taken in which the city is the subject such as individual buildings, motor ways etc.

- Whats draws your eye
- what kind of style do you do? dynamic, HDR, still life?
- The equipment you use
- Favorite shooting time and why?
- how you edit

A particular question i want to ask is on exposure. i often find the exposure a but difficult to get right when in twilight as the lights come one. they often get blown out yet a longer exposure is needed for the limited light, how do you strike the balance?
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10 years 3 months ago #327661 by KCook
I'm lazy. When the light is difficult I just bracket my exposures.

Kelly Cook
Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
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10 years 3 months ago #327785 by Stealthy Ninja
Tripod and stuff.
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10 years 3 months ago #327885 by John Landolfi
Crank up your ISO so your highlights may be recoverable in LR, and you can try to clean up noise in the shadow areas.
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10 years 3 months ago #327917 by Stealthy Ninja

John Landolfi wrote: Crank up your ISO so your highlights may be recoverable in LR, and you can try to clean up noise in the shadow areas.


I guess what John is talking about is "highlight recovery" in some cameras which will use some of the ISO to recover some of the highlights. Shooting RAW this a waste of dynamic range and won't work.

A camera's dynamic range is highest at the lowest ISO numbers. Better to expose for the highlights and shoot at a low ISO number. Then your shadow noise should be reasonable or non-existent.

Canon tend towards better recoverability in highlights BTW. Nikon are better at recovering shadows. So shoot to expose the highlights well with Nikon (you can always push the shadows). For Canon you're better exposing a bit to the right (of the histogram) and pulling it back (of course not blowing all your highs to hell).

Bracketing is a good idea. Then you can choose the best exposed one later.
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10 years 3 months ago #327925 by irishcrusader95
i was not aware different camera models performed differently in where its best to expose for. i usually try to expose to the right as i read that bringing that down in LR leave less noise then bringing shadows up.
I use a Sony A57

I'll be getting some shots latter of my current location Batumi, Georgia and i'll share them here once there ready, i encourage anyone else here to share their work so that we can de-analyse how the shot was taken, what caught your eye and so on (if this is the right place on the forum for that)
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10 years 3 months ago #328199 by Alain-De-Loor
Wow, you're looking for a full meal deal?

What draws the eye is different to everyone I would say. I try to capture a moment or a feeling I had at a particular moment and try to record it in order to share this feeling with someone else.

Style used? What it takes to achieve the above mentioned goal.

Gear used? Tripod, whibal card, cable release/remote trigger, the right glass and at times, I even used a hat as a sunshade.

My favourite time is 2 hours before and after sunset. It gives me time to plan, travel around and work the scene, make adjustments and to take the time needed. I don't like to get up early in the morning, otherwise there are some great pictures to be taken in the morning's golden hours too.

I have come down to two methods of editing, one is technically correct and can give nice pictures which captured what I saw. Then there is the artistic method, which calls for what I felt (wow, I sound like a girl, no offense intended) meaning I'll boost colours, contrast which can turn out outstanding photos. When to use each is up to you, what message do you want to convey? There are times when I will end up with 4 to 6 different editing methods with different products at the end. Then I choose the one or two I like best... Seems to work for me.

The picture I prefer the most from all I have taken this year has little editing. That is strange to say and surprising to me.

Cheers

-Al
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10 years 1 month ago - 10 years 1 month ago #357349 by Siarhei Shvaiko

Alain-De-Loor wrote: My favourite time is 2 hours before and after sunset.


Just want to add. The golden and blue hour times are not constant and depend on a latitude and season. Typically it shorter in the beginning of a spring and autumn and longer in winter and summer. It is better to use a special app to calculate it exactly in your location. There is a brilliant one for Android I use to plan my night photography. It allows not only see golden and blue hours but create your own condition. For example, I created my own with the Sun altitude from -2.2 to -4.5 degrees below horizont to catch a time when clouds on sky become red. The app name is Exsate Golden Hour. It's both free of charge and ads!
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