My first posting.... NYC Skyline @ night

[JSchwartzNYC]

What do you think??

yes, that is lightning and no I did not edit this photo. I took it as such.

Nikon D60
Sigma 18-200mm lens
18mm – ISO200 – -f/8 – 10sec

 

[Scuba]

it seems soft especially on the buildings. I think f/8 may have been too shallow DOF. However even the rocks are soft as well. It could be due to the lens you are using though. 18-200mm lens is not going to be very sharp due to the massive 10x+ zoom. Also I think if you had moved to the right some and got less rock in the foreground it would be a little better. Some color in the sky just a hint would help as well.

 

[Frequency]

I see an excellent color scheme in this image; yes i too find an overall softness in the image; but that did only a minimal ruin on the image


Regards

 

[j_mejia17]

Can you fix the softness in post. There's some sharpening tools that can save this. Otherwise it's a great capture!!

 

[JSchwartzNYC]

I can try to work on the softness. Never thought of it nor do I really know how to fix the softness.
But, I did print out this pic in 24"x36" and it looks fantastic hanging on my wall!!!!

 

[Scuba]

If you have photoshop you could run unsharp mask on it. It is under filters. Hard to say the settings but I would say 70-100%, 2.8 pixels or a little more and 1 on the masking.

 

[JSchwartzNYC]

What about lightroom.... That's I've been using.
I do need to get into Photoshop.

 

[Scuba]

you could try light room I am not the biggest fan of LR sharpening. It is similar settings in LR

 

[Joel_W]

As others have already alluded to, there is an overall softness issue. Love the foreground colors, and the lightning bolt is a plus, too bad it wasn't a really major bolt. I would have cropped it so that the road in the bottom left wasn't in the photo for a stronger foreground.

 

[xolauren22]

it's beautiful