Assignment #61 - Night Scenes: NOW VOTING
The only real criteria for this assignment is that the image has to at least appear to be taken at night. This could include starscapes, star trails, night scapes, city scapes, aurora shots, lightning shots, architectural or setting up an artifically lit scene that is meant to be at night. I find night scenes can provide great opportunities for creative lighting or lighting that accentuates a specific feature. So let us see your best....
Neuroanatomist "Evening Lights at the Confucius Temple"
Motivation: Night scenes offer great opportunity for different types of light. Here, colorful artificial light dominates the scene highlighting and creating their own details from the outline of the temple, to a silhouette of the tree, to a dragon. This shot makes me feel like I am there, taking it all in. Also, the boat coming up the river also contributes to the scene, giving it a bit of action.
CLS "Moonrise over Bla Jungfrun"
Motivation: An incredibly peaceful scene. Excellent division into layers each with their own detail ranging from the moon, the islands, the ship, the birds (swans?) to the detail of the foreground. All softly and uniformly lit by the moon.
Tounis: "Spending a Night in the Swiss Alps"
Motivation: Sharp from the snow capped fence post to the snow capped peak behind the cabin with blurred clouds backlit by the moon while the cabin is side-lit by artificial lights. Great night scene.
Conropl "Marquette Harbor Lighthouse"
Motivation: Honestly, I had Pat in mind when I chose this topic and he didn't disappoint. This is exactly the type of shot I had in mind. Long enough exposure that the scene is as bright as day but with soft uniform light, artificial lights, and a starscape that could only be taken at night. For this particular shot, I also enjoy the details from documenting this brutal winter, the light house and then city lights in the distance.
NFLD Stephen: "Maui-197"
Motivation: A beautiful scene that was very well captured. A starscape, a hint of twilight on the horizon, then the uniform in color artificial light creating great shadows in the sand and a blurred ocean. Similar to above, great division into sections, each with their own detail.
Good luck to all the finalists....
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