55 Degrees North

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A photograph of the 55 Degrees North Building on Swan House roundabout in Newcastle upon Tyne. I've never taken this type of more abstract cityscape photograph before, so was a bit outside my comfort zone. However, it was great fun, and I'll definitely have to make the time to get back out and do it again.

55 Degrees North by Simon Harrison, on Flickr

Any comments or feedback very welcome.

Cheers,

Simon.
 
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All straights and a gentle curve… nice!

Good take Simon though the clouds movement
is a bit too much — just a suggestion is enough
and usually more effective. :cool:
 
Kodiak Qc said:
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All straights and a gentle curve… nice!

Good take Simon though the clouds movement
is a bit too much — just a suggestion is enough
and usually more effective. :cool:
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Thanks Kodiak. I was a bit stuck with filters etc to get the right shutter speed. I was down at base ISO and (being a m4/3 user), I didn't want to stop my lens down beyond f8 - f11 as diffraction starts to bite. Just had to roll with what I had. It's a good excuse to go back and try again :)

Simon.
 
srhmoto said:
I was a bit stuck…
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You did everything right but you could have gone
one step further
srhmoto said:
I didn't want to stop my lens down beyond f8 - f11 as diffraction starts to bite
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Right but, before you feel the negative effects of dif-
fraction, the loss of sharpness will come first.
srhmoto said:
It's a good excuse to go back and try again :)
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I like this idea! :cool:

THE STEP FURTHER
After setting the triangle right (ISO + ƒ +SS) which
takes care of the relatives, one more tweak will get
you there: EV. This adjustment will tell the triangle
at what luminance to operate the shooting conditions
it controls.
 
Kodiak Qc said:
You did everything right but you could have gone
one step further

Right but, before you feel the negative effects of dif-
fraction, the loss of sharpness will come first.

I like this idea! :cool:

THE STEP FURTHER
After setting the triangle right (ISO + ƒ +SS) which
takes care of the relatives, one more tweak will get
you there: EV. This adjustment will tell the triangle
at what luminance to operate the shooting conditions
it controls.
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Could you explain this a little further please Kodiak, in laymans terms?.. its all gone right over my head!

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The Princess & I said:
in laymans terms?.. its all gone right over my head!
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I will try.

You will never meet someone at a given place
unless you both agreed on a time. Because we
leave in a three dimensional world… that world
has FOUR dimensions: axes X + Y + Z + TIME.

The same applies to the exposure triangle: ISO +
ƒ + SS + LUMINANCE / brightness. When read at
18%, that may record an overexposed capture, too
bright. So using the wished triangle but tweaking
the EV at a minus value (EV- ?) will correct the ex-
posure as the FOURTH element in entered in the
equation: LIMINANCE.

I'm I going anywhere?
 
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Kodiak Qc said:
You did everything right but you could have gone
one step further

Right but, before you feel the negative effects of dif-
fraction, the loss of sharpness will come first.

I like this idea! :cool:

THE STEP FURTHER
After setting the triangle right (ISO + ƒ +SS) which
takes care of the relatives, one more tweak will get
you there: EV. This adjustment will tell the triangle
at what luminance to operate the shooting conditions
it controls.
Click to expand...

I understand what you're saying here Kodiak, but as I am shooting in 'bulb' mode due to the exposure time being >> 1 minute, then I can only adjust my exposure using ISO, aperture or shutter speed. On my current camera, I have no way of adding any +/- EV when in bulb or full manual operation.

Simon.
 
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srhmoto said:
I am shooting in 'bulb' mode due to the exposure time being >> 1 minute,
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Great, than expose for a shorter time
srhmoto said:
I can only adjust my exposure using ISO, aperture or shutter speed.
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As always, lowest possible ISO, +/- ƒ8 and tweaking
the SS will do the trick: reducing the clouds movement.

The shorter the SS the higher the ISO to keep the triangle
relative setup.

DISCLAIMER
Sorry Simon and Alan if I sound a bit obscure but
  1. I only us high end Nikon bodies with their full set of
    possibilities and express myself in these terms

  2. I use French to English google translate the best I can :(
 
Kodiak Qc said:
Great, than expose for a shorter time

As always, lowest possible ISO, +/- ƒ8 and tweaking
the SS will do the trick: reducing the clouds movement.

The shorter the SS the higher the ISO to keep the triangle
relative setup.

DISCLAIMER
Sorry Simon and Alan if I sound a bit obscure but
  1. I only us high end Nikon bodies with their full set of
    possibilities and express myself in these terms

  2. I use French to English google translate the best I can :(
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Your English is way better than my French.

Fully understand :). As said, I use a m4/3 camera and as such am limited on aperture and also wanted my ISO as low as possible on such a long exposure.
 
Kodiak Qc said:
… and how does you sensor perform at say… 600 or 800?
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At normal exposure times, it is just fine. However, I've never shot any long exposures at those ISO levels so couldn't really say what the result would be. In any event, I wanted an exposure >1 minute to give a lot of streaking in the sky from a purely personal creative perspective. To that end, I think I achieved what I set out to do :)

Simon.
 
I really like this and love the streaked effect of the clouds. I wonder what it would be like without the curved element. Must try this type of photography myself
 
Right up my street, good stuff! I tend to process my architecture photo's a little on the darker side of things than this one - I think with this kind of shot you can really push things with the black and white points to create some really interesting contrasts and an almost graphic like image.
 
Very nice indeed, well taken (y)
 
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