@ Night in Melbourne

binga63 · Apr 30, 2013

@ night in Melbourne by Binga63, on Flickr

@ night in Melbourne by Binga63, on Flickr
@ night in Melbourne by Binga63, on Flickr

UnknownBro · Apr 30, 2013

nice. Last one is my fav.

TimothyJinx · Apr 30, 2013

Wow, really nice set. I think the first is my favorite but all are good.

Parker219 · Apr 30, 2013

wow I love how much detail you got even though it was dark.

I keep going back and forth on what one I like the best. Can you share some others you took?

binga63 · Apr 30, 2013

Thanks... here are a few more from last night

Melbourne @ Night by Binga63, on Flickr

cenote · Apr 30, 2013

Wow, the detail is insanely nice. Prime lens? Also like the last shot in the first set too

binga63 · Apr 30, 2013

cenote said:
Wow, the detail is insanely nice. Prime lens? Also like the last shot in the first set too

Thanks Chuck... I used the 50mm 1.8d and as I forgot to bring my glasses last night I placed my trust in the D800e's autofocus....

jaguaraz · May 1, 2013

Those are beautiful shots. Love the composition in 1 and 4. They look like well-rendered HDR (and that's a compliment!).

ryanparker · May 1, 2013

Nice set, I like what you've done.

binga63 · May 1, 2013

jaguaraz said:
Those are beautiful shots. Love the composition in 1 and 4. They look like well-rendered HDR (and that's a compliment!).

Thank you ... they aren't HDR just processed in lightroom, all the detail you see is from one shot, gotta love the D800e ...

binga63 · May 1, 2013

Here are a couple that I took today before it rained

Melbourne wet by Binga63, on Flickr

batmura · May 1, 2013

Great shots! How did you get the star effects so amazing?

kathyt · May 1, 2013

Wow. I love the arch one.

binga63 · May 1, 2013

batmura said:
Great shots! How did you get the star effects so amazing?

The Star effect is caused by the aperture F11 (i think i used that) the number of blades in the lens and the fact it was a long exposure causing diffraction... here is a definition

Diffraction occurs when light hits an opaque edge in the light path, such as the aperture blades in the lens. Diffraction causes the light to be spread out in a plane that is perpendicular to the edge from where the diffraction occurs. So you get two points of sparkle from one edge. If there are odd number of aperture blades in the lens, you get 2X the number of points for the sparkle. If the lens has even number of aperture blades, you get the same number of points as the number of the blades due to over-lapping points of sparkle.