Midnight Views in Windy City
I took this hdr shot to allow for a good even glow over the shot and still get the reflection of the street down below.
It also always reminds me of a drama, as after I went to bed after taking it, about 2 hours later my wife woke up in agony on the 38th floor in a Chicago apartment with a prolapsed disc and we had to ring 911!
Anyway, the 2 hours sleep was quite worth the effect..maybe!
Taken with 2 exposures – 1st with F3.5 aperture/5 secs shutter/500 iso
2nd with same aperture & iso with a 1 second shutter.
Thanks in advance for any views or comments.
Cheers,
Matt
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Robert Mullner
Great night shot Matt…love the reflections of the city street below from the opposite building…Rob
Dave Aarons
Wow, excellent
Michael Gatch
yeah, very well done.
Jeff Burns
Amazing shot. Awesome
~ Ademac
Great image…......well done.
Alyson Pearson
turned out great!
I hope your wife’s ok!!
Matt Halls
Thanks all.
Thanks Alyson…she has pretty much recovered now after a spinal operation once we returned to Oz.
Tony Middleton
nice work Matt – definetly one of the better HDR images that i have seen on here…
mmills3080
beautiful lighting, detail and reflections- great job!
Paul Ryan
Very nice. And not overdone in post, as HDRs so often are.
Good back story, too.
KENDALL EUTEMEY
Great shot!
deliriousgirl
Absolutely fantastic!
jen
Robert Hardy
Stunning HDR, love it!
Jacqueline Baker
This is HDR at it’s best..i’ve seen too many HDR works that have a cartoony appearance and for me ruin the whole image but this is a whole new ball game extremely well done!
Matt Halls replied
Thanks for the very kind feedback Jacqueline!
I do agree, there seems to be so many HDR shots out there with way too much light-smoothing used lately. I don’t think they realise how totally unnatural it makes the entire scene appear.
Matt Halls
Thanks to everyone above for the great comments.
berndt2
Beautiful colours – love the shapes and reflections in this too!
David George
This whole series is amazing. Nice work.
jon1977
Awesome set of pics. Great subject, well captured.
Holly Werner
Beautifully done.