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At Seaport Village in San Diego, California

At Seaport Village in San Diego, California
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Contest Finalist in Social Exposure Photo Contest Vol 4
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Contest Finalist in Yellow, Orange And Red Lights Photo Contest
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17 Comments | Report
tmlakshmi PRO
 
tmlakshmi May 16, 2014
congrats. lovely
Rl1956
 
Rl1956 May 16, 2014
beautiful, congrats
ArtQ
 
ArtQ May 17, 2014
Congrats on your finalist award.
carlosramos
 
carlosramos May 17, 2014
Perfect in all aspect , congratulations !
JulianneBradford
 
JulianneBradford May 17, 2014
Great night capture!
sebastianmuglia Platinum
 
sebastianmuglia May 18, 2014
Yees, deserve to be a -finalist!-
drakkardarkblade
 
drakkardarkblade May 18, 2014
congrats, fantastic, please check out my works
christopherpayne
 
christopherpayne May 18, 2014
Thank you all VERY much :)
diporzio
 
diporzio May 21, 2014
great
congrats
elizabethsantiago
 
elizabethsantiago May 22, 2014
wow
maalikali
 
maalikali June 02, 2014
OUTSTANDING!
RuwanFonseka PRO
 
RuwanFonseka September 16, 2014
Excellent night capture.
onyanita PRO+
 
onyanita October 01, 2014
gorgeous capture...congrats!
Tim_Haynes
 
Tim_Haynes October 03, 2014
Beautiful, congratulations x 2
NatureLoverJJWal
 
NatureLoverJJWal November 17, 2014
Congratulation on your Award!
KayBrewer Platinum
 
KayBrewer November 18, 2014
Congratulations on Finalist in After Hours contrast. Gorgeous shot. Well done!
JulianneBradford
 
JulianneBradford September 10, 2015
Congrats..love this location
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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken in Downtown San Diego, California right around the Seaport Village area.

Time

This photo almost didn't happen. I had driven all the way to downtown for some night photography, and then realized I had left my tripod at home. I was very limited in what I could do, at this point. It was probably about an hour to an hour and a half past sunset, and since I couldn't take the shot I came for without a tripod, I was looking for another opportunity. I came across this restaurant and knew I had to somehow get this shot. Luckily, there was a large concrete dock nearby with a metal railing. The space between rails was just right so that I could hold my camera against the upper and lower rails, and get a perfectly steady shot.

Lighting

The clouds in this scene were absolutely crucial to the lighting. I used to get disappointed downtown if it was a cloudy night, but I've learned to use it to my advantage. With a solid cloud cover, the many lights of downtown reflect off the clouds and give a much more interesting sky, than the almost totally black sky (and water color) I would have had without them. With that setting the overall ambient light in the photo, all the man-made lights reflecting in the water were just so beautiful, complimenting the rest of it.

Equipment

For this photo I used a Canon 5D Mark III, a Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens, and...the railing as a tripod!

Inspiration

You know, I don't always have a deep meaningful reason for taking a photo. In this case, I loved the dark brown wood that makes up this beautiful restaurant, the pillars it sits on over the water, and the reflections that all of that and the lights make, in the water. The ambient color in the photo, thanks to the clouds, just seemed to perfectly compliment everything I just mentioned.

Editing

In Lightroom, I brought up the dark areas some, and brought down the bright/white areas. I moved the white balance a smidge, and gave a bump to the saturation and vibrance.

In my camera bag

I generally carry my Canon 5D Mark III camera body, Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L lens, Canon 24-105mm f/4L lens, Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens, Sigma 500mm f/4.5 lens, tripod, circular polarizer, remote shutter release, 8 batteries, 4 chargers, a DC to AC voltage converter to give me a plug to run my laptop, if I am staying overnight, I bring my laptop to sort through photos while I'm out there, and various other small items, like a lens cleaner and such.

Feedback

Patience! Just because your subject, in this case, is perfectly stationary, doesn't mean you're going to get your best shot by plopping down with your tripod, and snapping your shot. I spend typically 1-4 hours in locations like this. Cloud cover or not, your lighting conditions are still going to be changing over time, and it's hard to predict which amount of light and the colors presented, will make the best shot. Especially when there is no cloud coverage, whenever I plan to go anywhere for night photography, I try to get there before the sun goes down, and scope out locations, unless I am already very familiar with the area. There will always be that moment where the light in the scene and the colors present make you say "that's it!"....so go take lots of shots in the time...but don't forget to take shots before and after what "sweet spot", as I have sometimes found that the best photos I take, aren't the one I thought they would be, when I was on location.

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