British Parliament

[shyama-1984]

Hi All,

I need some comments on improving my night shots. Kindly help me with the same.

EXIF DATA:
ISO 80, F8, Exposure: 6 SEC
Tripod Used.


Thanks,
Shyama

[Krusty79]

Your exposure looks good to me. The only thing that bugs me is that the two parts of the building with the most visual interest are at the extreme ends of the image. You could either use a wider angle to fit them in better or I think a better idea could be to zoom in more and take two shots, then stitch them together.

[dancronin]

Looks pretty good to me although you can see some lens distortion on the ends, maybe pull them out a but until they are straight.

[gturner]

I am not sure of your total set up and position on the other side of the river, but if you can shoot this again or have a bigger original to crop from, but I would consider:

1. have more golden reflection on the water running up to the building and have the building sit in the top half of the frame. The dull sky take up a fair bit of the image and is not interesting.
If you want more sky, get there early evening so you can still pull some detail out of the sky. and get a touch of natural light to light the currently unlit towers.

2. The white balance looks a little off from my memory. (too yellow, but I may be wrong. I remember them a little more orange)

3. Zoom out a little and catch the bridge on the right, giving some space so you can see how the houses are situated.

[flytyer57]

I guess the only problem I have with this is the part of the buildings that are not lit. I can see them, but then again I can't. You could try taking 2 pictures, one when it's a bit lighter out to expose for the dark part, and another later when it's totally dark out to expose for the lit building. Then merge them together so that the shaded parts are more viewable.

I also think the crop on the left cutting off the balance of the whole building is confusing to the viewer. Shoot wider of a little bit more to the left.