Glen Gilligan, PPSA  


City Reflections by Glen Gilligan, PPSA

October 2019 - City Reflections

About the Image(s)

This image was taken recently at Surfers Paradise, our Florida equivalent. Surfers is in our sunshine state of Queensland. The sun was rising behind me and the tide was just right to get the reflections. I hand held the camera and got as close as possible to the water to get the buildings and the reflections. I pushed the ISO to 640 to have a hand held shutter speed. Cheers Glenn

Camera- Nikon D810
Lens- 16-35mm at 16mm
Exposure Time- 1/200 sec
Aperture- F/16
ISO- 640
Hand Held

I used the sliders in Adobe Camera Raw. Cheers Glenn


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6 comments posted




Pierre Williot   Pierre Williot
Nice. The perspective appears well preserved to me despite this very low angle. Did you apply the lens correction for this 16 mm lens? The buildings and reflection on the left side are straight but in the middle, there is some bowing. It is possible that this was simply caused by the slight angle of the water running up on the beach (shallower in the middle). Nice mirror image with some residual orange light. I would have like to see the top of the tall skyscraper.

  Posted: 10/06/2019 13:12:01



 
Really creative composition that uses the natural lines of the strand and the wave front to create the strong, visual "backbone" of this image. The point of view and scale compression of the 16mm lens yields a somewhat surreal mood. It was unfortunate that the tall building did not fit in the frame.   Posted: 10/10/2019 19:57:31



 
Nice leading lines of the clouds and wave edge both taking you towards the city buildings bathed in morning light caught with their reflections on the wet beach. Sharp with good focus throughout. Well seen and captured.

While doing my "border patrol" of the image I too am distracted by the cut off tall building.
  Posted: 10/17/2019 10:00:38
 
Thanks everyone for your input. I do agree that the building being cut off is a little annoying. I think my reason was that leaving the whole building created too much sky on the top right. I'll have another go. Thanks. Cheers Glenn.   Posted: 10/17/2019 19:02:49



Frans Gunterus   Frans Gunterus
Hi Glen.

I like the impact of this image; symmetrical reflection of the building; the right time of shooting for Color Harmony between building, sand and sky; and ... how you arranged the horizon in the middle of the frame for a balance composition.

I know how you and all of us regret missing part of the building cut off. That's one of my reasons not only bracketed the exposures but I also took several frames in case that I need part of the image. I always think this could be once a life time chance.

Lately, I learned how powerful is the Clone Stamp Tool in Photoshop. Adobe include 'Clone Source Panel' to allow flip horizontal, flip vertical and adjust the angle of the souce and the copy of the image.

Warm regards from Indonesia!
  Posted: 10/20/2019 22:15:20



 
Hi Glenn,

I really like the contrast of the big buildings and the empty beach--I'll bet you only see this very early in the morning. After all the discussion of cropping in Pierre's post I thought it would be interesting to try and emphasize the tallness of the buildings with a portrait crop and the best I could do was a square. I think you did a nice job catching the reflection and I like the color/temperature balance of the image. The issue of the top of the building being cut off could be addressed by cutting off even more so the viewer has no idea how tall the building is--or in this case I used the clone stamp tool to give it a few extra floors! Either way getting rid of the taper at the top of the building makes it look like a more intentional crop.
Best Wishes, Todd
  Posted: 10/24/2019 11:47:46
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