New Orleans Twilight

nola.ron · Oct 20, 2013

Oh, how I need a wider lens

1st attempt at any twilight shooting. C&C welcomed.

NOLA Twilight by nola-ron, on Flickr

Edit:
Ya know, after discussions below and comparing side by side I do think I like the non-cropped version better. The crop makes the buildings look smaller.

NOLA by nola-ron, on Flickr

NancyMoranG · Oct 21, 2013

I hate when someone says, 'my first xyz' and they come out looking like this!
Lovely. I am no expert, but I would be happy with this shot. I am sure there is room for improvement from someone more expert of something I am not even cognizant of..
nice outing,
Nancy

GDHLEWIS · Oct 21, 2013

Jesus that is excellent IMO, I tried a similar thing a few days ago and it was just a mess lol,

sleist · Oct 21, 2013

Nicely done. My only nit would be that I wish there was more water in the foreground.
I think the reflections really make these shots and I don't feel like there is enough of that here.

Shipman · Oct 21, 2013

The shot is beautiful, what lens did you shoot this with? What lens do you wish you had?

Cyotheking · Oct 21, 2013

Wow. This turned out beautiful. Amazing!

nola.ron · Oct 21, 2013

NancyMoranG said:
I hate when someone says, 'my first xyz' and they come out looking like this!
Lovely. I am no expert, but I would be happy with this shot. I am sure there is room for improvement from someone more expert of something I am not even cognizant of..
nice outing,
Nancy

Haha, thank you! It's not executed like I wanted it to be but I was happy enough to post for critique. I have always been completely fascinated by these types of shots and I finally decided to try and learn.

GDHLEWIS said:
Jesus that is excellent IMO, I tried a similar thing a few days ago and it was just a mess lol,

Thank you very much! How I pulled it off: long exposure (experimented with 5-30 seconds), spot metering, F8-F11 with ISO 100 on a tripod weighed down with my bag of gear. This was the beginning of twilight and not the very end. I think it would have came out better if I was at the end of twilight but my GF was with me and wanted to eat so I didn't get to stay until total darkness for that very perfect moment just before it.

sleist said:
Nicely done. My only nit would be that I wish there was more water in the foreground.
I think the reflections really make these shots and I don't feel like there is enough of that here.

I agree with you and I originally framed it with more water. I later thought I liked the crop to make it look more wide angle, but here's the original frame:

NOLA by nola-ron, on Flickr

Shipman said:
The shot is beautiful, what lens did you shoot this with? What lens do you wish you had?

Thanks! Shot with the Nikon 50mm 1.8G. I need a wider tele and just can't decide on whether to get the Nikon 12-24 2.8 or the 24-70 2.8. Decisions, decisions