I’d love to what point you used for your exposure point on this shot(I assume it was not evaluative)? I love the the bit of light on the castle balanced with the highlight of the river. Another great shot!
Hi Matt and Hi Craig, I hope that you don’t mind my answering both your questions together…
I arrived at the location just as the sun was setting and then hung around until the castle lights came on. I always use spot metering, so I took a reading of a part of the castle that was lit reasonably brightly from the floodlights; at an ISO of 100 it was f6.3 for 2 seconds. Unfortunately the sky was still too bright at that time so it was a matter of twiddling my thumbs until the two readings matched. I then bracketed in half stops – 2 over and 2 under.
To be honest Craig I ignored the river, but during my post processing I used burning and dodging to apply some subtle enhancements. Incidentally if anyone doesn’t know this technique, email me and I’ll send you a Word file with the details.
9 comments in “castle in the air…”
February 28th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Very beautiful photograph, a beautiful atmosphere, splendid!
March 1st, 2010 at 3:15 am
la rivière au pied et le ciel aux créneaux, un château qui s’ouvre vers le ciel. Belle maitrise de la lumière
March 1st, 2010 at 3:18 am
Oh yeah! Love this. Has an eery feel to it. Any chance you could a bit of technical info? Settings, metering mode?
March 1st, 2010 at 5:39 am
Gorgeous light shining on the castle!
March 1st, 2010 at 8:04 am
This reminds me of why Astrid and I want to take a European river cruise sometime, George. I would be in heaven.
March 1st, 2010 at 5:38 pm
George,
I’d love to what point you used for your exposure point on this shot(I assume it was not evaluative)? I love the the bit of light on the castle balanced with the highlight of the river. Another great shot!
March 1st, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Hi Matt and Hi Craig, I hope that you don’t mind my answering both your questions together…
I arrived at the location just as the sun was setting and then hung around until the castle lights came on. I always use spot metering, so I took a reading of a part of the castle that was lit reasonably brightly from the floodlights; at an ISO of 100 it was f6.3 for 2 seconds. Unfortunately the sky was still too bright at that time so it was a matter of twiddling my thumbs until the two readings matched. I then bracketed in half stops – 2 over and 2 under.
To be honest Craig I ignored the river, but during my post processing I used burning and dodging to apply some subtle enhancements. Incidentally if anyone doesn’t know this technique, email me and I’ll send you a Word file with the details.
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:35 am
One word: Great!
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Love it !
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