I went to the University of Nottingham's main campus tonight. I planned on going yesterday, but instead took a couple of night shots of a moving tram. Tonight I did a shoot of the Trent Building, a beautiful traditional structure that is lit at night.
I went for quality not quantity, only taking about ten photos of the building. I struggled choosing between them all, particularly between the one above and one from within the complex. I'd really like you to see a few of my others by visiting my Flickr page ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/vikdaddy/). In post-processing all I did was decreased the contrast significantly; it gave my photos a different quality I haven't achieved before. I know I've mentioned it so many times, but I absolutely love using my ultra-wide angle lens!
A special mention must go out to Suman's cousin. Tina and her husband Tony are celebrating the birth of their first born, a little baby boy. I'm not sure if they'll read this, but if they do I want to congratulate them, and Tina, I expect to do a shoot of the little tyke soon!
Semi-professional photographer based in Nottingham, England, I shoot mainly events and weddings. I'll be posting my work using my Fujis - X100S and X-Pro1.
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@jinximages No, it's the 10-22mm. It's amazing. Haven't graduated to 'L' lenses yet and probably won't unless I go full frame, The 17-55mm f/2.8 EF-S lens is next on the wish list, if it's as sharp as the 10-22 I'll be very happy!
@azza_l Hey Aaron, I use Lightroom to process all my pics, but I didn't concentrate on bringing out the grass. I decreased the contrast on the photo and I liked how it looked as it generally brought out the colours and gave it, in my opinion, a slight 'HDR-style' effect.
@vikdaddy you got any tip for really dark locations? i have to set my lense to MF mode, which is fine it just snaps away but you dont always get that crips effect. is there a way to focus in the dark...or is that just a dumb question? As I guess if there is no light it can't focus, correct? (you'd think Id know this doing an evening in photography at the moment) cheers
@azza_l Sharpness is irrespective of being in manual. I focus to infinity to keep everything focussed usually. But if you really need to focus in the dark, just shine a torch to where you want to and then use your autofocus I suppose. I always use a low aperture anyway, like f/9 onwards, to keep everything sharp.
Oh and Lightroom is the bomb for working in RAW.