Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House long exposure, like any landscape shot (and I use that loosely since this image could almost be a cityscape too) often getting the right dynamic range can be a challenge, even with newer, more sensitive sensors often you still need to employ additional techniques to achieve the desired dynamic range, especially when trying to replicate what your eyes saw on the day.
The bigstopper adds another level of complexity to it, these tend to add quite a bit of vignetting, (for my lens anyway) so one must also combat this issue also.
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Great shot +Gerard Blacklock and good use of the Big Stopper. As for the vignetting, it works really well here particularly with that big, open sky.
Thanks for looking and commenting +Tony Heyward and yes the vignetting can sometimes be a help:)
Great shot!
Wow what a piece of art !!!
Stunning. Nice touch with the sun "peeking" just above the approach to the Harbour Bridge.
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Thanks +Olav de With, i hope all is good on your side of the planet, i love seeing your aircraft images, – keep 'em coming.
Thanks +Gabriel Komarnicki I also hope things are good in the Philippines atm.
+Gerard Blacklock I'm okay mate, if you ever are able to visit my site off the planet. I could bring you to special places (airshows) ……so keep it in mind !!
mmmm foggylicious Gerry – nice bigstoppering and love that hole full of water
if I was being super picky dude I'd say it "feels" like it tilts just slightly to the right (could be the optical illusion with the bridge going slightly away from us – mines the same I think) and the brightening of the rocks leading into the milky water on the right looks like it has bled into the water a touch
Love it!! Well done.
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