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No, I don't do HDR. All of my cityscapes are single exposures. The Paris one was taken (clandestinely) with a tripod (since you are not allowed to use them on the Arc de Triomphe) used as a monopod. I did have to do use quite a few graduated filters and so on in Lightroom to even out the bright...

A selection of cityscapes taken over the last year or two. (1) Parisian Sojourn on Flickr (2) Empire Strikes Back on Flickr (3) W110 on Flickr (4) The Bay and the Rock on Flickr

Paint by Sergé, on Flickr Mean Streets by Sergé, on Flickr

How would one capture that narrative? I think I am doing just that, in my own peculiar way. Some people would go and shoot wide angle cityscapes of the great avenues of NY, Paris or Berlin, some would get a 35mm or 50mm and focus on street photography trying to capture the narrative of the city...

Hi all, this is a photo project I've been working on since last summer. Basically the idea is to convey the atmosphere and feel of each of these cities late at night. Of course, I could have went out and photographed famous landmarks in these places at night, but I don't think that would be...

presetpond.com has some user-contributed stuff. Also Google.

The slanted horizon in number 2 hurts my eyes. Numbers 4 and 6 are magnificent.

A very nice image, the only thing I don't understand is why you had to shoot it at f/3.5? For a cityscape shot such as this you really should go for a slower stop, say the classic f/8. As you can notice, a section of the bridge at the top right corner is blurry because you were shooting at...

What by Sergé, on Flickr Mission by Sergé, on Flickr Untitled by Sergé, on Flickr

14mm is quite wide if you have a full frame camera. If you have a crop sensor then it's not quite so wide. There is no harm in trying to do a panorama. Photoshop can stitch photos quite nicely automatically (look at youtube tutorials). There is a quite specific technique you have to master...

A perfectly composed photo! That shadow coming from the postbox is lush. A small shame about the wall shadow on the right but that's being picky.

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I do like the symmetry in those photos, I think architectural photography works best when the lens is symmetrical to the structure. Looking at the first image, however, I am left wanting to see more of the cathedral below and at the sides. I know you focused on the ceiling and probably even...

I ended up going with this PP. Yes, I agree there is no way to mask the dullness no matter how hard you try. Days like this are probably perfect for B&W shooting, but I don't feel it works for San Fran. You can paint the sky blue and make the image nice and warm but there is no way of...

I realise that what I am about to ask is a very subjective matter and there are as many opinions as there are people, but that's probably a good thing in the context of this. So, suppose you are take a photo of something on an overcast day (just like below) and of course in the RAW image...