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jjrichards
May 28, 2013
Thanks Jeffrey, I felt I had to go with selective color or the people became distracting in the shot
drakkardarkblade
May 25, 2013
Congrats on awesome capture. If you get a chance please checkout and/or vote for my work.
lisawiza
May 25, 2013
generally i hate selective colour with a passion..BUT it really works here! good job :)
jjrichards
May 28, 2013
Thanks Lisa, I felt I had to here as otherwise the people distracted focus from the lights
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Location
Manhattan I believe this is on 6th AveTime
Around 3PMLighting
This was taken using natural Light and I went there about three times till I got a shot I liked, early morning and evening as well as 3PM, my favorite shot was this oneEquipment
Pentax Pentax K-5 TAMRON AF 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical [IF] MACROInspiration
The size and scale of the Lights in this display is such an eye catcher from quite a distanceEditing
Sharpening and selective coloring to draw attention to the lightsIn my camera bag
Pentax Pentax K-5 TAMRON AF 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical [IF] MACRO Pentax 10-16MM Tamron 90MM F2.8Feedback
Patience is really needed for a popular spot like this with so many people passing by and stopping to look at them, other than that shooting from various angles to find which angle you like the best