London Night Sky

[Dikkie]

Some touristic photos I took last weekend:



Houses of Parliament by Dirk Desmet, on Flickr



Thames by Night by Dirk Desmet, on Flickr

With the MI6 secret services building an St Georges Wharf in front...

 

[cptkid]

Love the composition, but they are just to underexposed for my liking. In these kind of situations its always work shooting HDR.

I think they would be amazing photos, if there was just a little more shadow details.

Just my 2cent.s

 

[thereyougo!]

Try shooting earlier while there is some colour in the sky. You'll then be able to keep more detail in the floodlit areas.

 

[pinupcollector]

Don't listen to me because I know absolutely nothing.... I thought they were lovely. I have NO talent for shooting at night.

 

[Dikkie]

Thanks !

Well, I don't like HDR anyway, it mostly gives overcooked ugly images, so that's not an option.

But yes, I did had to shoot earlier at blue hour, but we were still in a pub at that time. UK has good pubs. This was a priority
When we came out, it was already too dark.

 

[cptkid]

HDR doesn't give overcooked ugly images if done correctly =]

It does exactly what it says on the tin, high dynamic range.