Night Shot, C&C pls.

[ndancona]

Bought a tripod and felt like testing it out. I am quite happy with this shot, would appreciate your comments.

 

[ricksname]

I like it! I've just today borrowed a tripod and must try this out myself.

All I would suggest is perhaps less road and more night sky. The reflected light is nice, but the road takes up too much of the shot for me.

 

[ndancona]

thanks for your comments, I appreciate your feedback. I was focusing on getting some nice light trails from passing vehicles whilst using the monument as a backdrop. Traffic passes through the monument and to the left of it. As luck would have it there wasn't much traffic that night. It took some patience but finally a bus passed left of the monument and a car went through at the same time. The bus gave a really good effect.

I'm standing as close as I could safely be to the road. If I took out some of the road from the shot i would lose the effect of the light trails. I'm not sure which would be better.:scratch:

 

[amolitor]

Highlights are a bit blown, I'd use a little less exposure time in future, or stop down a trifle. Not a bad composition for a first try!

This sort of thing is a bit overdone, but it's overdone because people like it, so there's that.

 

[UnknownBro]

nice. I'd just mess with the WB a bit though, and like rick said less road.

 

[PeterN]

Interesting, but I would do something with the highlights and houses at background.