Sydney Opera House

[wijew]

A shot from earlier this week.

What do you guys think? I feel i should have exposed it a bit longer to brighten up the foreground of the image. This is a 6 image stitch. Click here for details on how the image was taken.
Camera: Canon EOS 400D Digital

File Size: 2.6 MB
File Type: JPEG
MIME Type: image/jpeg
Image Width: 5508
Image Height: 2639
Encoding Process: Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample: 8

[denja]

This is a beautiful image. It is so gratifying to see an image of the Opera House that I haven't seen 10,000 times before. Great perspective. I agree about lightening the foreground though. This image is so nice otherwise, I think I would try to lighten the shadows in post processing.
By lightening the shadows just a tad, you can bring out the detail in the fence and the base of the Opera House a little without losing the fixture's globe shadows. I had a quick go at it. If you want me to take this down, please let me know.

Jim

[pikers]

Great shot Jim. I see what you are saying about the foreground, but I actually kind of like it. I feel that if the foreground was any lighter it would detract from the real focus of the images which is the opera house. There is a very nice balance to this image...very pleasing :-)

[brasil0069]

Great picture well balanced shot. The foreground adds to the overall beauty of the picture,
just the way it is.

Mike.

[wijew]

Thanks for the Feedback guys. Now that you mention it, I'm not too sure how I'd like the foreground to be! maybe I should have taken the image and brought up the foreground shadows a tiny bit??

I see myself making another visit to redo this shot!

Jim, Thanks for the post processing work. I don't mind you having it up there, as long as there's a photo credit.