San Diego Shoreline

PedalGirlPedalGirl Registered Users Posts: 794 Major grins
edited February 16, 2012 in Landscapes
I just had to share this... it's probably the best night shot I've ever taken!
IMG0869-copy-copy-L.jpg
Pho-tog-ra-pher (n) 1. One who practices photography 2. one obsessed with capturing life with their camera. 3. One who eats, sleeps and breathes photographs. 4. One who sees the world in 4x6.
www.lisaspeakmanphotography.com

Comments

  • CrokeyCrokey Registered Users Posts: 195 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2012
    Wonderful shot. I'm not familiar with San Diego, this looks totally enchanting, like something from bladerunner. I'm not sure if it was an aesthetic choice during pp, but when I looked at the large version it seems oddly devoid of detail, very graphic looking like it's been computer generated(I know it's not!).
    Regards,

    Colin Croke

    http://colincroke.smugmug.com/
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited February 14, 2012
    It is a beautiful cityscape. Congrats, Lisa! I think I see what Colin is saying, perhaps you were a bit aggressive with noise reduction? It's still a beautiful shot though.
    Moderator of Landscapes forum
    Link to my Smugmug site
  • wizardrywizardry Registered Users Posts: 142 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2012
    Yeah...seems very splotchy when you look at the original...did you use in camera noise reduction? I usually shut that off when shooting night stuff. If not it could be caused by the processing too. Less is more with night shots :)
    http://www.scapeshots.com
  • PedalGirlPedalGirl Registered Users Posts: 794 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2012
    Thanks for the feed back.... I'll revisit my processing. I did use some noise reduction when I played with this... perhaps I went too far.
    Pho-tog-ra-pher (n) 1. One who practices photography 2. one obsessed with capturing life with their camera. 3. One who eats, sleeps and breathes photographs. 4. One who sees the world in 4x6.
    www.lisaspeakmanphotography.com
  • AdamideasAdamideas Registered Users Posts: 30 Big grins
    edited February 16, 2012
    Congratulations, that is really awesome. Night shots are a blast. I love the clouds, they look sinister to me. I take shots of downtown SD every so often and I like this one better than mine :) I think Crokey nailed it with the bladerunner reference. Yeah I really like this. Don't worry about the noise reduction. I'm sure you'll find some settings that you are happy with. Good luck.

    Adam
Sign In or Register to comment.