The church steeple at Mission Santa Cruz is quite picturesque, and because of that dynamic range thing, damn near impossible to photograph at night. I was driving into Santa Cruz last night, just a touch after sundown, the sky was glowing a pretty shade of blue, not too much darker than the steeple. From where I first saw it, there were also some pretty clouds in the background. By the time the stoplight had changed, I'd found a place to park etc. the sky had already darkened past peak. I didn't have any lenses with me long enough to photograph it from where I could put the pretty clouds in the background either.
Here's what I did manage to get: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7018377935/in/set-72157629673999061/ Which I think is the better composition. Of the four attempts I posted, this is the other likely composition: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6872272564/in/set-72157629673999061/ I did do some bracketed shots, so in theory I could do HDR on them to bring out details. Comments? Suggestions? Preferences? -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
