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St Pauls by Moonlight
St Pauls by Moonlight
bobonacus


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Challenge: The Moon (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: London
Date: Jan 2, 2010
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 2500
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jan 4, 2010

 Had to shoot at ISO 2500 handheld as I didn't take a tripod with me!! St Pauls and the Gerkin, shot from Waterloo Bridge. Cloned a couple of cranes out, a little dodge and burn, resize, noise ninja, border and save.

Don't expect this to do well, if it gets over 5 I'll be surprised but as I made the effort to take some moon shots over london you can make the effort to rate it low ;) I really like it, I have another shot of Big Ben with the moon which I expect would do better but there isn't the same mood to the shot.

Post
Well I'm surprised and pleased this made it to the top 10, thanks for the comments and votes :)

Outtakes:

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 72
Avg (all users): 6.3333
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 5.9512
Avg (non-participants): 6.3975
Views since voting: 2293
Views during voting: 521
Votes: 285
Comments: 12
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 02/02/2010 12:23:24 PM
Hi Robert, greetings from the Critique Club!

Congratulations on the 7th place finish, it was a really good place.
Regarding your photo:

Composition
As I've said in an earlier comment :) I like very much where everything is placed. The bottom half should be cropped, and then you would have only the buildings and the sky and moon. This would make a much more powerful composition.
The lighting is fantastic, and although the moon is blown out, it doesn't impact negatively the photo.

Processing
Despite the Noiseninja still some grain can be visible, but heck, it's just nitpicking. Probably if you used NN before the resizing the result would improve. The details are superb, and the balance between sky and buildings is very well done.

Overall
A very good score (6.33) and a top 10 finish, and a very moody photo, that just needed to bring the moon more into front subject.

PS - I really, really liked your London Eye shot!

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Joao

Edit: Typos

Message edited by author 2010-02-02 12:24:20.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/12/2010 11:47:42 PM
Great scene.
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 01/12/2010 06:13:51 AM
Nice balance
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 01/10/2010 10:08:26 PM
Great citiscape. Not voting.
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 01/09/2010 09:37:32 PM
Really really nice.
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 01/09/2010 06:49:36 AM
Nice shot but looks like it is on a tilt. Would have given it an extra point if it were level.
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 01/08/2010 07:11:25 PM
Very nice "cityscape"
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 01/08/2010 09:27:47 AM
Great London shot, the nocturnal city adds so much more to the photo. I would crop the lower half, as it detaches your attention from the buildings and moon.
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 01/07/2010 11:45:15 PM
Nice cityscape.
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 01/06/2010 09:10:20 AM
This is an amazing composition. 10
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 01/06/2010 04:48:46 AM
Fabulous nightscape! Good framing, detail, exposure...
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 01/06/2010 04:35:36 AM
Superb!
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