My first challenge win!

BobBell said:

Great shot! It has a quality that makes it look almost computer generated for a movie (prior to blowing it up! ). I see that you have quite a few lenses that you could use for the 24mm shot. Which lens did you use?

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Thanks for the kind words.

At the time, I only had the 16-80CZ and my Sigma 24 1.8 for that focal length. This shot is with the Sigma. I've been very pleased with that lens for these types of shots. I find I get good sharpness from it. When, I get time, I plan to see how it does against my 24-70 and 16-35 to see if I should keep it. I haven't used it in a while.

Here is another shot with the same lens...on the same trip. I think you see what I mean by good sharpness when stopped down.





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yakkosmurf
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakkosmurf/
a850, a700, R1
24-70CZ, 16-35 CZ, 135CZ, 70-400G, 70-300G, 16-80CZ, Sig 24 1.8 & 10-20 4.5
F58AM flash

Noisey1 said:

cool looking shot. I wonder though, how did you get the lady at bottom right to stand still for 15 secs? she is rather clear for such a long exposure, and the man next to her seems to be missing his head. Love the lighting though.

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There is a trash can to her immediate left, and a man to the left of her. He was taking a picture with his camera on a tripod. It sort of got cropped out at the bottom of the frame. I was waiting for about 20 minutes to see if they'd move, but they didn't. So, I just left them in. I don't think they are too distracting. In some of the other shots, they were moving and more ghost like. I guess I timed my exposure with his for this one.

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yakkosmurf
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a850, a700, R1
24-70CZ, 16-35 CZ, 135CZ, 70-400G, 70-300G, 16-80CZ, Sig 24 1.8 & 10-20 4.5
F58AM flash

ijustloveshooting said:

of the explorer saying 1st. Night photography something like that i told myself i will look at this photo and congratulate you...now i find you here,,,,

that's a really great photo, really really,,,,,,,,

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That is very kind of you to say. It's one my wife even likes (thus being allowed to hang it over the couch). It was a cold night, so she wasn't as thrilled that I was taking so long and keeping her from getting to sleep.
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yakkosmurf
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakkosmurf/
a850, a700, R1
24-70CZ, 16-35 CZ, 135CZ, 70-400G, 70-300G, 16-80CZ, Sig 24 1.8 & 10-20 4.5
F58AM flash

Congratulations. The picture is awesome and the correction of the distortion worked really well.

peter42y said:

Congratulations. The picture is awesome and the correction of the distortion worked really well.

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Thanks. One more reason to be glad I have CS6.
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yakkosmurf
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakkosmurf/
a850, a700, R1
24-70CZ, 16-35 CZ, 135CZ, 70-400G, 70-300G, 16-80CZ, Sig 24 1.8 & 10-20 4.5
F58AM flash