Sydney Opera House Sunrise shots

[michael_]

took these in January

1st shot was a combination of a few different exposures to try and keep the orange in the sky

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[Yi-P]

2nd shot is a must print!!

[Sheila Smart]

Beautiful shot (#2) of an icon which is so difficult to shoot without it being a cliche. Nice work indeed.

Cheers
Sheila

[Lukaszek]

#2 is a winner !!!

It is breathtaking!

[kazuhiro]

Any chance you could tell us/me the settings you used for #2?

[hart]

Any chance you could tell us/me the settings you used for #2?

Taking a guess here (trying to solidify my understanding of all this fun stuff):

- doesn't seem to be much noise in there from what I can tell with this res, so low ISO is guess #1 (200? 400?)

- water doesn't seem exceptionally crisp, so perhaps a slow shutter speed in favour of a higher f/stop?

alternatively a faster shutter speed and full open on aperture with focus set to infinity?

Does infinity focus change the depth of field on a landscape shot like this? That's my only real point of confusion at the moment ...

Cheers

Leigh
(brain has turned into a photography sponge lately)

[michael_]

thanks everyone, the 2nd shot has been printed and look amazing, so much so 5 people have bought prints.

Any chance you could tell us/me the settings you used for #2?

EXIF is attached with the image but here tis.

Model = Canon EOS 30D
Exposure Time = 3.2"
F Number = F13
Exposure Program = Aperture priority
ISO Speed Ratings = 320
Exposure Bias Value = -0.67EV
Focal Length = 30mm

Hart good observations, i didnt want the longer exposure simply because i hate the effect it has on the sky (in my experience it becomes very whitish yellow) as its letting more light in so bumped up the ISO a fraction to keep the speed to a minimum, i probably could have used a wider f/stop but was trialing a few things to see the results so shot at f/13.

"Does infinity focus change the depth of field on a landscape shot like this? That's my only real point of confusion at the moment "

dont think it would as my focused area was all at the same distance (i think thats correct).

[hart]

EXIF is attached with the image

D'oh! My brain wants a refund for working so hard when the answer was right under my nose. Maybe I won't install that exif plugin in Firefox just yet ... at least until I've learned more

good observations

Ta - I felt warm and fuzzy getting close to the right answer

Roll on March 10th so I can get on with real practice!

Cheers

Leigh

[Pehpsi]

simply awesome. #1 is good, but 2 is a ripper in my books..

[Aussie Dave]

Michael,
I agree...no. 2 is a great image. Well done !

Did you do much PP to the image ?

[michael_]

thx guys.

dave to #2 none but i spent a good hour waiting for the perfect time

[Grev]

I like both, the silhouette of the first one makes a good print or even postcard. The second one is more orthodox and will be enjoyable by most of the people though I think, but the clouds in them are great!

[Travy]

Pic #2 is fantastic!

Love it