Opera House
Time exposure behind the Opera House
Time exposure behind the Opera House
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Oct, 2015Views
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Location
This is the alley way beside the Wellington Opera House in New Zealand. I had recently purchased a wide angle lens and found myself draw to this alley way for a few photos.Time
I was visiting the city and had eaten out, rain was falling, bringing reflections of the lights come to life in the streets. I already had the idea to shoot reflections in this alley way, and with there being enough light, I went to my wide angle lens and captured several shots here around 8pmLighting
Murals and themes had been painted on the walls of the buildings and some lighting had been fitted to illuminate the work. With the long exposure, I was able to capitalize on the available light and capture a good sensation of what the location was like without any additional lights.Equipment
I had recently moved to the Canon 6D (which was such a great and dependable camera) I also had both the 24-70mm f/4 and the 11-24mm f/4, which I used in this shot. Knowing that a good tripod was worth every penny, I also had the RRS TVC-33.Inspiration
The idea behind this photo was to capture a street or ally with some character along with reflections of light in the street surface itself so that all elements of the photo contributed in some way. Of the three photos I took, the last was my most favorite with a car rolling past leaving light trails as well :)Editing
I tend to only adjust exposure and white balance. The whole idea about being a photographer is to understand the camera and know what ISO, white balance, aperture or speed you want to shoot at such that the image requires only technical adjustments. Making big changes to a photo trend the image from reality to art, and on that spectrum, I definitely prefer to make a real representation of the moment leaving my artistic side to compose the view, choose a depth of field and how much motion I would like to capture.In my camera bag
My camera kit has been through three major iterations. From Sony mirrorless to Canon full frame and then in the persuit of precision and detail, I moved to Hasselblad medium format. My current kit is Hasselblad with three lenses, 24mm, 80mm and 210mm. Godox strobes, RRS tripod and NiSi filters. The Canon 6D is gone but I kept the lenses for use on a C300 mk II video camera.Feedback
The most important thing for this shot was a tripod. It gives you the opportunity to compose your shot and then try several settings if you like to capture it the way you like.
