Nice - haven't been to Växjö in years, and didn't remember it to be so photogenic.
One thing you might want to do is actually make it a little bit darker, so it looks taken at night. I think it's perhaps a little too bright to get that moody feel.
Here's the freeway overpass in Nipponbashi, Osaka (1sek, 18/3.5 iso200):
I agree that it was exposed too long. Star trails are evident and it does appear to be daylight. It's a very cool old castle. Try again using various time spans from 15 sec. to 45 sec. and see what you get.
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Scott
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Jag har bott ett par år i Värnamo, men nu tillbaka i mina hemtrakter i Västsverige.
This picture was taken in a clear night, not as long exposure as you had set up but I wanted to keep the sky as dark as possible but still to see the stars. I did a lot of test shots before I got a few decent. Longer than 10 sec and the stars will be blurry because of the earth rotation.
Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel ,Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
6s f/1.8 at 50.0mm iso400
It looks overexposed and in need of more contrast. If you don't like my edit let me know and I will take it down. I will delete in about a week anyway.
Hmmm... anyone know why my screenshot picture was lighter than the one I saved to pbase? I took the screenshot then saved to JPG without changing any settings.
Very strange. I would like to know so I can keep them both the same. Maybe something to do with color space?
Is the first photo taken in a californian desert? Joshua Tree or Zion? My brother went there a year ago and he absolutely loved those places. I wanna go there too.
Its from a place called Caruthers canyon in the Mojave Scenic Area. Do a Google search on Caruthers Canyon and you will find lots of interesting stuff. Check it out with Google Earth too!
Here is a link to photos from Caruthers canyon. Many more photos from that trip too.