Daniel's Photoblog
Ground Zero - Tower Lights
Posted by Daniel Chen (New York, United States) on 13 September 2007 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Nikon D70s, Tokina 12-24
f/4.0, 1/10s, ISO1600
taken on 09/11/2007 20:29.50
Post processing:
I began to shoot RAW a few days ago (I'll post those pictures up later on in the week)
For this image I set the fill light to 25 when I opened the image up via photoshop and used the photoshop raw converter. Nothing else was done, just a bit smart-sharpening
Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand
Once you go RAW, you never go back. This is a very nice shot ... I like the composition. I'd recommend using layer masks on the sky to avoid sharpening the clouds (the grainy look) but a wonderful image, nonetheless.
13 Sep 2007 5:47am
Andrea Auf dem Brinke from Desenzano (BS), Italy
very impressive shot! It's great! Well done
13 Sep 2007 7:45am
Louis Despres from Lyon, France
to continue on what aaron wrote you, you can use software like neatimage to avoif the grainy look. because shoting at 1600 iso create a lot of "noise" in the picture.
great interesting capture.
13 Sep 2007 10:11am
Babul Bhatt from Bombay, India
wonderful contrasts at two ends of this pic... awesome
13 Sep 2007 1:13pm
Stan Pulsar from Strasbourg, France
Fantastic shot !
With the messed up backyard and me not being from the US, the first thing that came to my mind wasn't the 911 memorial, bit some kind of dramatic sci-fi scene !
(no offense meant to victims and/or mourners in these days of commemoration)
13 Sep 2007 8:32pm
See The Light from Newcastle, United States
Beautiful shot . Very dramatic, as it should be.
14 Sep 2007 4:17am
Manuela Photography from Hainburg, Germany
Perfect composition and framming. The light and tones bring just the right amount of softness. Superb! No wonder you are on the spotlight frontpage. Congrats! http://www.aminus3.com/
14 Sep 2007 5:54am
Rabbit from Richmond, United States
This is a splendid capture with the honey colored lighting on the construction complimenting the white tower of lights going up to the sky.
14 Sep 2007 10:07pm
Bron from Canberra, Australia
So sad. Excellent shot. Bron Congratulations for being featured on the Spotlight page.
16 Sep 2007 12:24pm
Mandy from South Africa
Wow...what an excellent shot - your lighting has defintely brought a range of emotion into the shot and your angle is spectacular. A really moving tribute to the victims of 9/11. No wonder you're on the main page!!!Congartulations!! :)
17 Sep 2007 6:28am
