Empire State Building - a continuing series
I went back to the Brooklyn Bridge last night to pick up some more shots of the Empire State Building framed by the Manhattan Bridge. This is for an on-going series I am working on to capture the scene in different colors.
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It takes a 400mm lens to capture this image on a Nikon D800. The biggest problem is having to overcome the constant vibration caused by traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge where I am set up with my tripod. Whenever the bridge quiets down I take a burst of exposures hoping that one of them will be stable enough to gain a sharp image. The whole process is a balance of ISO, shutter speed, and timing. This photo was taken at ISO 800, wide open at f/5.6, and 1/13 second. |
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So far the series is shaping up like this. I am envisioning a group of photos displayed either in a row or in a grid format like the one above. |
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For this variation I first brought the image into Photoshop in full color. Next I over laid another layer of the same image in black and white. Finally, I painted out the area of the building where it was red. |
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While I am there I always move off to one side or the other to gain another composition of the scene. |
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