February 7, 2013

2-7-13 Reflections On A Winter’s Night

“If you’re too open-minded; your brains will fall out.”

“Cloudy waters cast no reflection
Images of beauty lie there stagnant
Vibrations bounce in no direction
But lie there shattered into fragments”
John Phillips

I am spending a lot of time in midtown after dark these days and have become fascinated with light bounce, color temperature and reflections in buildings.

Straight From Camera

Worked in Lightroom

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This entry was posted on Thursday, February 7th, 2013 at 9:48 pm and tagged with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, New York City, postaday2013, Reflection (physics), Reflections, The Empire State Building, The Hudson River, The Mamas and the Papas, The Night Time Is The Right Time and posted in Photography. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

8 Responses to “2-7-13 Reflections On A Winter’s Night”

purpleborough
February 9th, 2013 at 10:28 am

Fascinating light reflections! good job!

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- quotidianhudsonriver
  February 9th, 2013 at 11:21 am
  
  Thanks
  
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TBM
February 8th, 2013 at 5:01 am

Night shooting is not my friend have fun!

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- quotidianhudsonriver
  February 8th, 2013 at 2:39 pm
  
  But it can be…Just keep shooting…
  
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xpat92
February 7th, 2013 at 11:37 pm

Hi,
Oooh; you are also learning and trying. Good examples of pre-editing.
I have yet to scratch the surface of night shooting; it is a subject just in itself.
Happy TGIF

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- quotidianhudsonriver
  February 8th, 2013 at 2:40 pm
  
  It truly is…we have a blizzard coming in so I’ll be tucking in tonight. have a good weekend.
  
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quotidianhudsonriver
February 7th, 2013 at 10:48 pm

White balance, I find to be pretty impossible in camera for this type of night shooting. The camera always choosing some odd daylightish temp so everything goes orange and I can never decide which light is really the key light until I see it when I get home.

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rebekah
February 7th, 2013 at 9:53 pm

Lots of interesting reflections in these shots.

I find it difficult to set the WB in shots like this. Most of the time, I have to adjust them afterwards..

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