yes, that's a daytime shot. The sun is relatively high in the sky. The sunset behind the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben can be very spectacular.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 August 2005 18:55 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: PESO - Big Ben > > Hmm... Maybe they just forgot to turn off the lights? :) It > still looks > like a daytime shot to me. I would overall like to see more > detail in the > clock tower and buildings. My brain knows it's there and my > eyes start to > 'hurt' trying to percieve it. Still love the composition though. > > Tom C. > > > > > >From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: RE: PESO - Big Ben > >Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:44:16 -0700 > > > >Bear in mind that this pic seems to have been taken in the evening - > >note the lighted lamp post. I like the idea that the clock > tower is in > >deep shadow, although, on my monitor, it and the surrounding > buildings > >look a little dark. If there were any adjustment to the shadows it > >would be very minimal. Pretty nice, Boris - a nice travel pic. > > > >Shel > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Tom C > > > > > I love the composition, the tilted tower, the sun hidden > behind the > >cloud, > > > but Big Ben itself looks very under exposed. Doubtless because of > >metering > > > trying to compensate for the sun. > > > > > > Did you take this with an *ist D (x)? Hopefully RAW? > You may be able > >to > > > just the exposure setting or adjust curves later. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > > >To: [email protected] > > > >Subject: PESO - Big Ben > > > >Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:14:23 +0200 > > > > > > > >Hi! > > > > > > > >Yet another of my London sketches... Extra effort I've put into > > > >this > >was > >to > > > >sit on the pavement and wait until people and cars made > an opening > > > >for > >a > > > >clear shot... > > > > > > > >Please click on the picture so that it would open on > black. If you > > > >can, please set your browser to full-page mode. > > > > > > > >Thanks. > > > > > > > >Oh yes, here is the link: > > > > > > > >http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo_only.php?photo_id=211178 > > > > > > > > >
