Light... well, a street light anyway. Taken in Tacoma Washington while shooting the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Of all the shots of the bridge, this street light shot with this sky was my favorite. Sometimes its the simple things that make the best shots.
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Taken with:
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Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm f4.5/5.6 IF-ED VRLens
Focal Length: 70mm
F Stop: f/13
Shutter: 1/4 On Tripod
ISO: 125 -1 EV
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Post Production was done in CS3 and included:
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Levels
Curves
Contrast
Brightness
Unsharpen Mask
Desaturation on the top 1/3 of image.
No, there is no filter on the light. Just lucky it turned out that way.
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8 responses
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Yasmina Baggili gave props (30 May 2008):
You're right about simple things making the best shots! I love this one! The lighting and blue...Wow!
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Simon Le gave props (30 May 2008):
Fantastic shot Dave! Great perspective composition, contrast & color tone.
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Chris Whitney said (30 May 2008):
Simplicity can be very dramatic!
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Laura Boston-Thek gave props (5 Jun 2008):
Very cool and biblical in it's staure. I agree with all above!~
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Portia Söderberg gave props (6 Jun 2008):
A huge ditto on what Chris said! Great shot!
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kevin stewart said (11 Jun 2008):
Makes me want to wrtie a story about aleins. Wonderful image
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Giulio Bassi said (17 Jul 2008):
beh! .... niente da dire .... un vero spettacolo! ...... luce, tonalità , composizione, .... veramente originale e piacevolissima da vedere!
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Kendra Flynn gave props (8 Aug 2008):
Love the colors and textures
