A bit of Old in Times Square

[Markel253]

I took this picture on a walk around Times Square one night. This is one of the older buildings in the area and it caught my eye. I removed a building behind it to make it stand out more against the night sky. I also removed some signage to the right of the traffic light. Would you have handled it differently? If so, how? As always, I wasn't carrying a tripod, although this might have been a situation where if one was at hand I might have used it. Of course, setting up a tripod in Times Square is not the easiest task.



Aperture: f/7.1
Shutter speed: 1/80 sec (handheld)
ISO: 3200
Lens: Nikkor 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR
Focal length: 42 mm
Nikon D3100
© Mark L. Fendrick

[Hill Country Hack]

I do like the perspective and the use of the traffic light as a frame. I tend to like cityscapes with objects at fore/mid/background. There are darker geometric rectangles in the far left and right of the frame. This must be where you removed unwanted items.

The image is a bit soft/lens shake and/or noise. If you really don't want to lug a tripod around, invest in a gorilla pod or similar item and use it on any flat surface you can find.

Having seen several of your images, you have a good eye and have consistency with your exposures. It is a shame to end up with soft images due to a fixable technical component.

[Markel253]

Thanks for your comments.

The darker geometric shapes was just sloppiness/laziness on my part - I know better than that. Refresh your screen and let me know if you still see them. (Shame on me!)

As for exposure - a bit of a hangover from my film days ... I bracket quite a bit. I don't even fully trust what I see on the display after the picture is taken.

I will look into a few tripod alternatives ... thanks!

[Hill Country Hack]

No problems. Much better now, but now I notice a partial square in upper right corner and some added "stuff" at the openings of the traffic light. They may have been there previously.

[Markel253]

You are certainly tougher than any art director I have ever worked with. I had to really dig deep to see the imperfections you pointed out the second time. (That's a good thing. )

Hopefully all is clear now and I have reloaded the file.

Thanks!