Sydney city - predawn and sunrise

YoungNomadYoungNomad Registered Users Posts: 57 Big grins
edited April 3, 2011 in Street and Documentary
Took a few HDR shots this morning while Sydney city was still waking up - hope you enjoy!

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  • indiegirlindiegirl Registered Users Posts: 930 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2011
    I want to go to there.
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  • FreezframeFreezframe Registered Users Posts: 246 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2011
    Great Shots!
    Beautiful color & contrast. Looks like you need a sensor though.

    Well done! - Damn Dust!

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  • YoungNomadYoungNomad Registered Users Posts: 57 Big grins
    edited February 26, 2011
    Freezframe wrote: »
    Beautiful color & contrast. Looks like you need a sensor though.

    Well done! - Damn Dust!

    Brady

    Thanks :)

    Excuse my ignorance - but what does a sensor do?
  • FreezframeFreezframe Registered Users Posts: 246 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2011
    The Sensor captures your image!
    As stated above the sensors captures the light entering your camera. When you remove your lens you see a mirror - that lifts and exposes the sensor to your subject. It is on that sensor that the dust - that can be seen in your photos.

    Brady
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  • FreezframeFreezframe Registered Users Posts: 246 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2011
    Please! With you being new to this game!
    If you are new to this game please have it cleaned by an authorized dealer!

    Brady
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited February 27, 2011
    Just to clear up some possible confusion, what Brady meant to say is that you need to clean your sensor, because it has a few visible dust spots. The worst is in the upper left of the frame when you are shooting in portrait orientation. You could just get rid of them with the spot healing brush in Photoshop, but in the long run it will save you time if you clean the sensor. There is a lot of FUD about cleaning, but in reality, with the proper kit it's easy to do yourself. Do a search on Dgrin for "sensor cleaning" and you will find lots of helpful information.
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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2011
    These are neat to see with no people around...kind of eerie. the last two are my faves.
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  • 98olds98olds Registered Users Posts: 137 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2011
    Gorgeous Photos, I have to ask. How do you do this with HDR? Haha
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  • WeiselWeisel Registered Users Posts: 235 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2011
    I LOVE Sydney! It's my new favorite place on Earth. I spent a few weeks there in 2009, and you have really captured it well. (Better than I did, but I was a noob at the time)

    The cruise ship photo really brings back memories, because I was working on a huge cruise ship in 2009, and that is right where we docked on 2 of our visits. Love that photo.

    I really like your eye for seeing things. I would have never thought of some of those views. great job.

    I had some specs in my sensor too, in almost exactly the same spot as yours. I bought a $10 blower gadget. ( a hand puffer thing) It cleaned it right up. Try it before you pay anyone to clean it for you. I simply removed the lens, set my camera to "sensor cleaning mode". I squeeze the air puffs into the sensor area, and it blew the 2 particles right out. As far as I know, this is totally safe, and even recommended. If anyone else knows better, let us know. It worked for me, and that was months ago.

    Again, nice job with the photos. Sydney is amazing, and you captured some of it's beauty very nicely.
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  • YoungNomadYoungNomad Registered Users Posts: 57 Big grins
    edited April 3, 2011
    98olds wrote: »
    Gorgeous Photos, I have to ask. How do you do this with HDR? Haha

    Not difficult at all! Take 5 shots, one at -4, -2, 0, +2, +4 of the same image - then get software which can process. I use Photomatix - it's brilliant.

    If you google HDR photomatix, there are loads of articles. It's a brilliant tool for photos like this, but takes a fair bit of practice.
  • YoungNomadYoungNomad Registered Users Posts: 57 Big grins
    edited April 3, 2011
    Weisel wrote: »
    I LOVE Sydney! It's my new favorite place on Earth. I spent a few weeks there in 2009, and you have really captured it well. (Better than I did, but I was a noob at the time)

    The cruise ship photo really brings back memories, because I was working on a huge cruise ship in 2009, and that is right where we docked on 2 of our visits. Love that photo.

    I really like your eye for seeing things. I would have never thought of some of those views. great job.

    I had some specs in my sensor too, in almost exactly the same spot as yours. I bought a $10 blower gadget. ( a hand puffer thing) It cleaned it right up. Try it before you pay anyone to clean it for you. I simply removed the lens, set my camera to "sensor cleaning mode". I squeeze the air puffs into the sensor area, and it blew the 2 particles right out. As far as I know, this is totally safe, and even recommended. If anyone else knows better, let us know. It worked for me, and that was months ago.

    Again, nice job with the photos. Sydney is amazing, and you captured some of it's beauty very nicely.

    Awesome reply - thank you very much!

    Off to Sydney again this weekend, so I'll be taking the kit out again to try and get some more interesting shots - another 3:30am rise and shine with the fiance - luckily she's a morning person as well!
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