Colors of the night

[Frank Schauf]

Cologne "Crane Houses", Germany.

Canon EOS 1Dx, EF70-200/2.8L IS II USM at 120mm, f/13, 8 pictures HDR exposure time a total of 122 sec.

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[Don Railton]

Hi Frank, interesting and colourful structures. It still has that HDR look about it I am not keen on and I don't find the image as 'crisp' as I would prefer, maybe its because of the downsizing to post or the unavoidable compromises in precision required to stack 8 images.. Could you take another where the buildings are isolated from each other, ie ~50m to the right??

DON

[dankearl]

Nice cityscape and well done technically except the color gradations in the sky...
Sharp enough for me and attractive colors.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Very nicely done and do agree with Dan on the sky...perhaps desaturating the blues in the sky would help.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Frank, the "HDR look" that is referred to above seems to work well for me (and always has) with buildings, architecture and cityscapes.
This is no exception, I like the interesting structures, the blurred water and the sunstars on the lights. Gradations in the sky have been mentioned, I would presume it's from the jpg conversion...
Looking forward to seeing more of your work on here and also your contributions to the photos of others in terms of critique :5