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    I made this image on a rainy night in January 2010.
    It seemed appropriate that I should process it for this weekend.

    Canon 1D Mark II, 28-135 mm IS lens at
    20 mm, f/11, 30 seconds manual exposure (IS off) at ISO 200.
    The person at the wall is a self portrait.
    Some minor brightening in lab mode on the lightness channel.
    Full image, no crop.

    Higher quality jpeg is here:
    http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries...05.c-1000.html

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    Very moving beautiful photo.
    The color is and the lighting is perfect.
    I would have liked the persons silhouette to be in focus.
    The mood is great, thanks for posting it.

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    Hi Roger, well handled technically. Good use of leading lines and thoughtfully framed. I even like the inclusion of the flagpole on the far left. Wet pavement has a way of adding another dimension to the image when lit well and works here.
    My first reaction to the image was a strong one but I too have some reservations regarding the OOf figure. For my taste I would have wanted to see the silhouette sharp. Overall well done...

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    Hey Roger,
    Interestingly enough I don't mind the OOF figure! to me....it adds to the mood. I do think toning down the brightest highlights near the reflection of the figure and perhaps darkening the reflection a few points will really make this shine. I think this works very well!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Mills View Post
    Hi Roger, well handled technically. Good use of leading lines and thoughtfully framed. I even like the inclusion of the flagpole on the far left. Wet pavement has a way of adding another dimension to the image when lit well and works here.
    My first reaction to the image was a strong one but I too have some reservations regarding the OOf figure. For my taste I would have wanted to see the silhouette sharp. Overall well done...
    Dave, Dan,

    The person in the silhouette is me. I purposely moved during the exposure to make a ghostly figure. It was a 30 second exposure and I set the shutter to the long delay, ran over to the spot, then moved during the exposure. I wanted the ghostly appearance for the mood.

    Roger

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    Overall, I like how this turned out Roger. I think you succeeded in capturing your vision.

    Compositionally, I would have preferred if you had stood in a different location so that your reflection did not have the tree reflection growing out of your head.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Amoruso View Post
    Overall, I like how this turned out Roger. I think you succeeded in capturing your vision.

    Compositionally, I would have preferred if you had stood in a different location so that your reflection did not have the tree reflection growing out of your head.
    Robert,
    Exactly! That was my thought about the image, and I was surprised no one brought that up before.
    It is interesting how people see different things.

    Roger

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    Here is a redo. I reduced some of the highlights, and darkened the reflection to minimize the impact of the trees coming out of the head. No one mentioned the reflection of the flag, so I emphasized that.

    Roger

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    Hey Roger,
    You know what........while I think the highlights toned down a touch work....I like the reflection in the OP.....tree and all best! For me it adds to the overall look. I know you don't like messing with images.....so just toning down the highlights would work best for me. Like I said.....very powerful image overall IMO.

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    Very powerful image indeed
    TFS

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    It brings back good memories of several young friends, lost to the wall. Thank You

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    Fantastic image, Roger.
    A very strong image that I stared at for a long time.
    Amongst other things mentioned, I also like the [what looks like] a light trail from a plane.
    Having never done any night photography - how did you come up with the exposure time of 30 secs? I assume it's guess-and-check based?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sidharth Kodikal View Post
    Fantastic image, Roger.
    A very strong image that I stared at for a long time.
    Amongst other things mentioned, I also like the [what looks like] a light trail from a plane.
    Having never done any night photography - how did you come up with the exposure time of 30 secs? I assume it's guess-and-check based?

    Thank you Sidharth,

    In city night photography, I've found low ISO and 15 to 30 seconds arounf f/8 to f/11 usually makes a nice image, so I try exposures around that and adapt to local conditions from there.

    Roger

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    Thanks for the info Roger.
    I will try it some day.

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