London by night
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samratmitrafeb14
October 20, 2020
This is a truly amazing shot of the Southbank, we miss walking down there due to Covid but your picture is just about as satisfying!
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Location
I took this Photo in London, near the Tower Bridge. London is for Photographers a kind of Paradise. So much motives, architecture, people, history endless possibilities for everybody who likes to take photographs.Time
It's the time of the blue hour, just between sunset und night.Lighting
In the blue hour it's not totally dark, the sky is not black. This is the natural light, he comes in addition the artificial light of a modern city. This makes a good light potential for photography in a City like London.Equipment
I used my Sony alpha 7ii, a tripod and for this photograph a 14 mmm prime lens.Inspiration
The contrast between the historical and the modern London, the old Tower Bridge and the modern architecture in the foreground,Editing
The most important post processing was to cope with the aberration of the wide angle lens. I don't like it to see strait lines in angles. But this is quite easy done in Lightroom. The I dropped the lights and raised the dark tones, that's all.In my camera bag
I don't carry a lot with me. May camera of course, when I plan shootings in the dark a tripod, in a City like London a wide angle lens, my 24-70 mm lens and a 100-300 mmm lens. Thats enough for me, I'm not getting younger...Feedback
Prepare you trip to such a City with watching other photographs of that City, get a plan, what do you want to see and what do you want to photograph. If you have plenty of time, watch in the daytime for good spots and return in the evening or in the early morning to getting the best light.
