Thanks, Rob. It was shown it at my photography class last night and I mentioned I was thinking of removing the car light streak. Consensus was leave it in. Security is tight at local oil refineries, and it is best to shoot them from far away if you don't want to get hassled. So I was across the freeway.
I found it easier than I thought it would be. Just a matter of finding the right exposure (shutter open longer than I thought it should be. f/stop lower than I thought it should be). So I really just need more experience playing around with settings. There are lots of oil refineries in the area (San Francisco Bay Area), so I will probably try again. I have found one I may be able to get a little closer to. Appreciate comments coming from you, re your wonderful nighttime panos. Thanks. But I must say using a tripod, heavily, felt very uncreative. I like to move around a lot with a camera and try different framing on a scene quickly. But a tripod is like set up your shot first and let the camera do the work. Almost boring. I am still sorting out how I feel about that. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/30/2013 11:34:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, distudio.p...@gmail.com writes: Hey Marnie, This is very good, very well balanced exposure, good WB in tricky light, sharp and an interesting view to boot. I like the vapors on the right, you could potentially use a longer lens and shoot that little area as a subject of its own. I wasn't sure about the car headlight dissecting the frame but actually i think it works well in the image intended or not. Very cool! Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
