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Old 13-02-2007, 7:14 PM   #1
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February07 - Nightscape



Taken on Sunday 11 February from Meersbrook Park in Sheffield. Get a great view of Sheffield from there. This is a composition of 6 vertically taken shots which have been stitched together using Autostitch.

Once the panorama had been created by Autostich I did the following in Photoshop:

- Cropped the bits of the panorama at the edges that weren't straight
- Levelled the horizon
- Did a colour balance to reduce the orange cast on the photo
- Upped the contrast of the sky a lot and the ground slightly
- Removed a few dust spots
- USM
- added black bars at the top and bottom of the image
- wrote the title at the bottom

Exif was the same for all 6 individual images:

Camera - Canon 350D
Lens - 18-55 USM Kit
Focal Length - 55mm
Shutter Speed - 30s
Aperture - F/8
ISO - 100
Date picture taken - 11/02/07
Time - from 19:02 to 19:06

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Last edited by electrolyte; 14-02-2007 at 9:15 AM.
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Old 13-02-2007, 7:37 PM   #2
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Re: Sheffield at night

Hi si,

thats an absolute belter

I cant believe its sheffield,It reminds me of the veiw of hollywood you see in the movies sometimes(when two lovers park their convertible on the hill type scene)

Love the sky,and the fact thats its a pano.......strong entry

Everyone hold on to your hats......Here come the big boys entries
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Re: Sheffield at night

Its certainly a "nightscape" It is fascinating

Regardless of how it does in the comp it is very definitely a keeper!

Your creativity is to be commended
Very well done

PS:How did you get the writing on it??
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Old 13-02-2007, 7:46 PM   #4
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Re: Sheffield at night

What a great Digital Montage (only joking)

I have to admit i really like it, especially with the amount of work you put in to achieve the final result, thats dedication to the art.

Well done
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Re: Sheffield at night

Nice Image - great colour in the sky. I must give this panarama lark a go one day, seems to work a treat. Sheffield never looked so good!

Not sure I like handwriting though, find it a bit distracting.
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Old 13-02-2007, 8:28 PM   #6
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Re: Sheffield at night

Hi there


I like it and this could be in the running.

Cheers Holo
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Old 13-02-2007, 8:44 PM   #7
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Re: Sheffield at night

Great shot
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Re: Sheffield at night

Superb image Simon
Great composition and I love the colour of that sky
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Old 13-02-2007, 8:57 PM   #9
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Re: Sheffield at night

Thanks for the nice comments guys.

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PS:How did you get the writing on it??
I downloaded this font and used it to write onto the photo using photoshop.
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Re: Sheffield at night

Agree with senu, a definate keeper Si, very well executed and the final result is a belter
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Re: Sheffield at night

It's a great font
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Re: Sheffield at night

Thats a really great shot and without a doubt it's a "Nightscape"
Very nice
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Old 13-02-2007, 10:30 PM   #13
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Re: Sheffield at night

Ah Bugger... this is brilliant. Excellently shot, and nails the theme.

This competition gets harder and harder every month.

Great Job.
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Old 13-02-2007, 11:21 PM   #14
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Re: Sheffield at night

Superb shot, will now ditch all my efforts so far and start again !

Same goes for Wabbits HDR, both are leaders I reckon.

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Re: Sheffield at night

Great shot Si. Really strong entry this one.

I'm struggling to think of something different now
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Re: Sheffield at night

It's a brilliant shot and definitely on theme. I can't believe it's Sheffield though...I can't see any burning cars or fields!!! (only joking I'm from Rotherham originally)
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Old 14-02-2007, 10:55 AM   #17
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Re: Sheffield at night

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It's a brilliant shot and definitely on theme. I can't believe it's Sheffield though...I can't see any burning cars or fields!!! (only joking I'm from Rotherham originally)
Thanks mate. I believe that buring cars and fields stopped being a problem once you left
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Re: Sheffield at night

Excellent shot - the full version on Flickr is awesome, although the range of subject brightness from the dark foreground and left of image, to the (very) bright right side is kind of distracting. I love the way there are some stars poking through the light pollution, though


Not too keen on the title showing on the picture (seems a bit distracting), and the black borders aren't really my cup of tea - especially as the bottom of the picture is black, and therefore merges into the border...
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Re: Sheffield at night

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Thanks mate. I believe that buring cars and fields stopped being a problem once you left

LMHO
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Re: Sheffield at night

Originals received from Simon and exif
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Re: Sheffield at night

Now thats what I call a nightscape... Really good

Trouble is how is this going to get beat?..........

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Re: Sheffield at night

quote: All of the above !!!

Great stuff!

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Re: Sheffield at night

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Excellent shot - the full version on Flickr is awesome, although the range of subject brightness from the dark foreground and left of image, to the (very) bright right side is kind of distracting. I love the way there are some stars poking through the light pollution, though


Not too keen on the title showing on the picture (seems a bit distracting), and the black borders aren't really my cup of tea - especially as the bottom of the picture is black, and therefore merges into the border...
Thanks mate. I have to say that I agree with you about the range of subject brightness. I found it very difficult to balance the exposure across the 6 images. I guess I ended up with making it too light on the right.

I added the black borders to make the image seem "bigger" as 800 pixels wide make the height pixels a bit small for a pano.

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Now thats what I call a nightscape... Really good

Trouble is how is this going to get beat?..........

Paul
Thanks mate. I don't know though, I can think of at least 3 pics posted so far that are better. Still time to go for others to join that list as well.

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quote: All of the above !!!

Great stuff!

Thanks!
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Re: Sheffield at night

Cracking shot, well done
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Great shot - It looks like a postcard!
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Re: Sheffield at night

Absolutley brilliant, even the podium places have gone!

A lot of work has gone into this and it shows, great pic.
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Re: Sheffield at night

Absolutely superb shot, love the colour of the sky, and you've made sheffield look like Vegas.

Totally nails the whole Nightscape theme as well
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Re: Sheffield at night

Thanks for the nice comments guys.
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Re: Sheffield at night

Wow! Nuff said!
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Re: February07 - Nightscape

Well done Electrolyte. i am so pleased for you, you had a bit of a tough time last year and i hope this has put a big smile on your chops
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