MBS - hot place for night photos

[bigpond]

So many postings of MBS/Esplanade area at night... not surprising I guess as it is indeed turning out to be a most beautiful place. Lots of guys with tripods running aroung - I was one of them, ha ha! Here are some of my own attemts to try and capture the essence of that place.

A pano attempt -- not so well stitched tho...

Thanks for viewing.

 

[weegk]

lovely shots . . .

 

[chiab]

#2 is lovely

 

[bigpond]

Thanks very much guys. There is a magic 5-10 mins each night when the sky turns a nice blue - wonderful as background.

 

[iwdreamz]

It's very beautiful. Care to share your settings.

 

[bigpond]

It's very beautiful. Care to share your settings.

Thks. Used D700 for these shots. ISO kept low, around 200 to 400 most of the time. First 3 shots were taken with the Zeiss ZF 35/2, set at about f5.6 I think. So, shutter speed is low of course, some 5 sec on ave.

Lightly processed from RAW files.
Must say the D700 AWB did a very good job!

 

[Ahtim78]

Hi,

I really loves your #2nd pic, the highlight of the sky was very nice , importantly is your contrast between the sky and the building was evenly expose, just curious did u use HDR to process your 2nd pic ?

Overall, i m awe of your pic. =D

 

[bigpond]

Hi,

just curious did u use HDR to process your 2nd pic ?

Thanks. No HDR for any of the pictures. I'm quite a dinosaur when it comes to digital manipulation. For #2, it is a matter of timing. Shoot too early and the buildings will be too dark relative to the sky, and if too late, the sky becomes very dark. A matter of experimenting.

 

[johnlim]

4th photo "pano attempt" is nice; It offers a different perspective.

 

[bigpond]

Just to share a few more night shots... really wonderful place for night photography. Had great fun and will surely go back there again and again to look for more interesting angles

Thanks for viewing.

 

[domonizo]

the last 2 photos, MBS was cut off half way, and esplanade too.
sshould have stepped back to either include them, or completely exclude it

 

[bigpond]

the last 2 photos, MBS was cut off half way, and esplanade too.
sshould have stepped back to either include them, or completely exclude it

Hi, thks for your comments. On the MBS photo, I agree it was not so good to chop off a bit of the building on the right, but I had to do that to avoid extremely bright construction floodlights shinning straight into the lens. The last photo... including the entire Esplanade will make all the buildings a bit too small, so it was a compromise of sorts.

Thanks