A bit of an uninspired shot today. I started off intending to take a shot of a building with some Christmas wreaths outside, only to discover that they had mysteriously disappeared!
When that failed I tried to get a good shot of North Vancouver with the snow-covered mountains beyond, but I couldn't get anything I liked.
I ended up with another shot of the Convention Centre from Canada Place. This is very similar to a shot I took back in June. My fingers were, however, considerably colder!
Eagle-eyed viewers may spot the recently-featured Purple Elevator, disguised in blue. (Apologies, but I'm not going to maintain colour continuity between shoots ;) )
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Nice shot, continuing your "blue" mood from yesterday? The reflections have way more color than I see in the object, so was that something you worked again in post? I like the whole shot a lot.
@frankhymus Continuing the blue mood from almost every shot I take, it seems! Reflections were actually toned down in post-processing.
Reflections of point light sources will almost always have stronger colours than the light sources themselves -- to correctly expose the shot as a whole, you end up overexposing (clipping) the point light sources, pushing them towards white. Because reflections are less bright (and with water, typically spread over a larger area), they better retain the true colour of the light source.
You'll see the same effect in just about every still shot or film that contains traffic lights or car brake lights -- the centre of the light will appear white, with the colour information only present around the edges (where there's less light overall). It's also the same reason that overexposed blue skies appear white.
Other than a very underexposed photo, the only other options are a sensor with more dynamic range (this is the best Canon currently make) or HDR, which introduces its own problems with water reflections (and when done sufficiently strongly to maintain full colour detail in point light sources, typically looks very unrealistic).
Reflections of point light sources will almost always have stronger colours than the light sources themselves -- to correctly expose the shot as a whole, you end up overexposing (clipping) the point light sources, pushing them towards white. Because reflections are less bright (and with water, typically spread over a larger area), they better retain the true colour of the light source.
You'll see the same effect in just about every still shot or film that contains traffic lights or car brake lights -- the centre of the light will appear white, with the colour information only present around the edges (where there's less light overall). It's also the same reason that overexposed blue skies appear white.
Other than a very underexposed photo, the only other options are a sensor with more dynamic range (this is the best Canon currently make) or HDR, which introduces its own problems with water reflections (and when done sufficiently strongly to maintain full colour detail in point light sources, typically looks very unrealistic).