Electric Blue

Artist: LeighN
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Electric Blue

Como Marina and Bridge just after sunset – Como, Sydney, Australia.

The interesting thing about this photo is that I was experimenting with delaying the time between each of the bracketed shots to capture the a train going each way on the bridge and I think this may have added to the vivid electric blue colour. The first shot was taken about 15 mins after sunset and the other two bracketed shots were taken 5 and 10 mins later respectively. You can see this a little in the fact that the boat on the right is a bit fuzzy.

Very little post processing was done on this shot other than the obvious HDR process in Photomatix. Other that that it was just a minor crop to get rid of something I couldn’t see in the low light in the forground in iphoto and thats it.

Nikon D90, Sigma 10-20mm @ 10mm, f10, HDR’ed in Photomatix with 3 exposures, mtr, -2 & +2, at 20, 6 & 30 seconds, iphoto, Slik 614CF tripod, Nikon ML-L3 remote.

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Taylor Sawyer
LeighN replied

Thanks Taylor, thanks for the feature! The colour quite suprised me, over the course of 30 mins the sky changed from faint pink to electric blue to deep blue then to brownish orange, amazing.
jacquei

This scene lives up to the title …its just electric to look at….the lighting, the shadows and the refelctions and all in the most gorgeous blue…...great work…..jacquei
LeighN replied

Glad you like it, thanks!
ChelseaBlue

Fantastic colour, congratulations on your feature
LeighN replied

Thanks!
alexkess

This is absolutely fantastic Leigh. That colour is amazing.
LeighN replied

Thanks, it has inspired me to do a series of Como shots in different light in the near future.
seawhisper

awww wonderful colours :)
LeighN replied

Cool, Cheers.
MyheART

Wow:)
LeighN replied

:)
Nigdaw

A really vibrant picture, the colours are amazing.
LeighN replied

Thanks Nigdaw!
Scott d'Almeida

stunning
LeighN replied

Thanks dude!
Wendi Donaldson

Gorgeous blues…...lovely lines in the sky …they lead you into the shot.
LeighN replied

Thanks Wendi, I’m quite chuffed with this shot :)
Svetlana Sewell

Gorgeous shot!!! :))) Awesome!!!
LeighN replied

Thanks Svetlana, glad you liked it!
BlaizerB

magic capture – great blue tones, cheers
LeighN replied

Cheers and thanks!
Svetlana Sewell

The Beauty!!!!!!!
Excellent work!
LeighN replied

Thanks :)
Mark Hodges

Nice HDR work Leigh…. very effective long exposure.
LeighN replied

Thanks Mark. I still have lots of little things i want to fix in this photo, just starting out with night photography but learning all the time.
PJS15204

I really like all the shades of blue here very nice shot!
LeighN replied

Thanks PJS, the light just after sunset was very cool on that day.
Sue Nueckel

Beautiful!
LeighN replied

Thankyou Sue :)
Donna I

Wonderful image!
LeighN replied

Thanks Donna :)
EarthGipsy

Superb!
LeighN replied

Thankyou :)
Isa Rodriguez

Congratulations this image is being featured in First Things
LeighN replied

Thank you Isa! It’s an honour to be featured in the group :)
joyousmoon

Gorgeous! Congratulations on your feature!
LeighN replied

Thanks Pamela!
Mac Cabrera

Spectacular shot, Leigh.
Mac
LeighN replied

:)
Jo Ann Craig

Blue hour is one of my favorites times of day and you have a beautiful capture.
LeighN replied

Thanks Jo Ann!
William Bullimore

I love the effect of the wide angle lens and the cool blue tones. Beautiful
LeighN replied

Glad you like it William!
lucin

We have a restaurant in Portland, Oregon called The Blue Hour. Never understood that until seeing this beauty and reading Jo Ann’s comment above.
LeighN replied

Thankyou Lucin, glad you like it and yes blue hour is a great time to take photos.
Christophe Testi

Wow, stunning shot! Love the colors.
LeighN replied

Thanks Christophe, I think I got lucky with the light, time of evening and the colours!
Sue Nueckel

Nice shot.Love the blue
LeighN replied

Thanks Sue!
Michael Bermi...

You’re landscapes are something else…. I’ve just purchased a Canon 10-22mm and haven’t had a chance to shoot anything yet.
Cant wait!
LeighN replied

You’ll love it, having a good wide angle lens opens up so many more shooting options and takes your landscape shots to another level. Cheers!
mm1208

awesome feeling to it!!
excellent shot!
LeighN replied

Cheers, thanks MM!
David Haworth

good shot and an interesting angle…. must remember when my ND400 arrives! Good one!
LeighN replied

Thanks David!
Tatiana R

Cool work! Very nice!
LeighN replied

Thanks Tatiana!
Angie McKenzie

gorgeous blues!!
LeighN replied

Glad you like it Angie, thanks!
lorilee

Beautiful!!!!
LeighN replied

Thanks Lorilee!!
SandraRos

The guest host that featured your work this week was bygeorge
LINK
LeighN replied

Thanks Sandra!!
Aimelle

superb !!
LeighN replied

Thankyou Aimelle!