I’ve heard it said more than once on podcasts by professional photographers that if you are contemplating getting a tripod, you might as well go ahead and get a good one. It’s a false economy to buy a series of increasingly better ones – which I did. So a quick trip to the trusty J&R’s, and I had furnished myself with a Manfrotto 732CY carbon fibre number. I didn’t get the chance to use it this trip, but it’s a good balance between packability and load bearing capacity [3.5kg].<\/p>\n
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<\/a>1.3seconds at F14, ISO100 at 105mm<\/p><\/div>\n
The shot above has been through the mill, as the original was a bit hazy, with much lower contrast in the clouds. I’ve used Silver EFEX Pro, with a preset called High Structure. I’m not sure if this is one of the installed presets or something that I downloaded. I’ve then gone back into Aperture and tweaked the exposure up a few clicks. Actually, it’s worth having a look at the original shot straight out of the camera:<\/p>\n
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<\/a>1.3seconds at F14, ISO100 at 105mm<\/p><\/div>\n
I might try going further north in Jersey if I try to take another shot of the Empire State. The picture above is looking diagonally across the water, and going closer to parallel might reduce the haze.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>30 seconds at F6.3, ISO100 at 24mm<\/p><\/div>\n
The shot above might be a bit better as a narrower crop. The water is dead space and, despite a bit of dodging and burning, the sky isn’t up to much either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I had a work trip to Jersey last week. I was last there in January and had to go to the office for a 7am call. When I looked back from Jersey to the sunrise over Manhattan, I kicked myself … Continue reading