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Shyama Prasad Mishra

*** Bridge With A View ***

Hello Friends,

I just came back from Venice and below is my first photo from the trip:

I would appreciate feedbacks and comments on what you think about it and any improvement suggestion.

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Anonymous

Nice! Was the sky and water actually the two different colors? Not sure, never been to Venice.

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Shyama Prasad Mishra Anonymous

Hi Craig,

Thanks for the comment! Yeah the sky and water were two different colour, straight out of camera.
I have saturated them a bit using graduated ND filter using Adobe Camera Raw adjustments.

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Michael Lacy

nice long exposure shot! I've never seen it look so pristine (without traffic on the canal) and i like it compared to reality. I am wondering how a 16:9 crop would look to eliminate some canal and sky and focus on the buildings along the canal?

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Shyama Prasad Mishra Michael Lacy

Thanks for you comment Michael. I think 16:9 Crop is a great suggestion.

I will try that when I return home.

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Ben Saunders

What was the shutter speed on this shot? I have had problems with wind moving stationary objects during long exposures to smooth water like this. I notice the flags on the left are hanging still and reasonably sharp, suggesting no wind. Love the colors! Have never seen the canal with no traffic. What was the time of day?

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Shyama Prasad Mishra Ben Saunders

Hi Ben,

I used a 30 sec Exposure. Shot around 3PM Venice Time, Last Week.

It was a cloudy day but relatively less windy. I was also surprise to see the boats reasonably sharp.

Another reason for sharper frame is the Low tide timing.

If you look carefully, you will notice few blurred boats near the horizon line, on left side of Del Salute.

I took around 20 shots with different exposure and Aperture. I felt this one is the most appropriate for processing.

The shot was taken just after two water buses left Accademia stop.

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Ben Saunders Shyama Prasad Mishra

Thanks for the info. Nice work.

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Jacob Bingham Ben Saunders

You should try to go with the elia locardi method of blending a bunch of exposures in photoshop. I've been doing a lot of experimenting with this lately. It would allow you to take your long exposure and get that smoothness, then do a quick exposure to get the crispness. Blend them to gather in photoshop and BAM! You have a masterpiece...okay it takes a little more time then just BAM but its worth it. This is a pretty good lecture by him that will help you understand how this is done more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS4MRl_GpxI

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