Cityscape Ottawa Downtown at Night

Ottawa Downtown at Night · 08:17 AM

I was in Ottawa and walking around in the evening (ps - its cold - at least for me). This was downtown, Parliament, the Locks, etc. I will say that when reviewing on a large monitor, I find shots that I should have taken but did not. Of late, most of my shots have a lot of city lights, that just flare. I guess I should use a hood, but a lot of these lights are just there and you live with them.

Bracketed @ 5 frames. I guess I really should try something else since they are around 10 to 30 seconds each, and that tend to pull and smear the clouds in the sky quite a bit.

GeoJerry · 10-17-2012, 10:24 PM

interested_observer,

I tried to download photoengine but the download failed, not sure why but will try again later when I get home. Did you try both photoengine and hdrengine, and why did you choose photoengine? I'm not sure this is right for me as I'm on Mac OS and I'd have to go in and out of Windows, but if it's good enough I can do that.

**interested_observer** · 10-18-2012, 01:58 AM

Morning Jerry,

I used (and bought) the PhotoEngine product. It has a couple of additional capabilities that I wanted to try (the multiple lighting capabilities), while (as I understand it), the HDREngie product is primary the HDR (tone mapping) capabilities. There are a couple of videos, that show how you can apply the capabilities of the products. I just tried the PhotoEngine. As I indicated previously, the workflow and the instant feedback in terms of the changes were very effective to me, and appealed to the way I wanted to work in post processing.

Na Horuk · 10-18-2012, 03:34 AM

I didn't know Ottawa had arctic lights!

I'm joking, I know its only clouds.
The style of photos is actually pretty nice, in a kind of sugary, surreal sort of way. The only thing that bothers me a little is that most of the photos seem to be tilted. The horizon isn't horizontal.
But visually, in terms of colors and light conditions, its an interesting style

**wtlwdwgn** · 10-18-2012, 09:47 AM

Very nice shooting. I like the effect of the long exposure on the clouds. I'll have to try that. I like #1 the best but I wouldn't have minded a bit more image to the right. As for those images you might have missed or shot differently, you'll just have to go back and reshoot!

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10-17-2012, 10:24 PM	#16
GeoJerry Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,158	interested_observer, I tried to download photoengine but the download failed, not sure why but will try again later when I get home. Did you try both photoengine and hdrengine, and why did you choose photoengine? I'm not sure this is right for me as I'm on Mac OS and I'd have to go in and out of Windows, but if it's good enough I can do that.

10-18-2012, 01:58 AM	#17
interested_observer Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tumbleweed, Arizona Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,707 Original Poster	Morning Jerry, I used (and bought) the PhotoEngine product. It has a couple of additional capabilities that I wanted to try (the multiple lighting capabilities), while (as I understand it), the HDREngie product is primary the HDR (tone mapping) capabilities. There are a couple of videos, that show how you can apply the capabilities of the products. I just tried the PhotoEngine. As I indicated previously, the workflow and the instant feedback in terms of the changes were very effective to me, and appealed to the way I wanted to work in post processing.

10-18-2012, 03:34 AM	#18
Na Horuk Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Slovenia, probably Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,186	I didn't know Ottawa had arctic lights! I'm joking, I know its only clouds. The style of photos is actually pretty nice, in a kind of sugary, surreal sort of way. The only thing that bothers me a little is that most of the photos seem to be tilted. The horizon isn't horizontal. But visually, in terms of colors and light conditions, its an interesting style

10-18-2012, 09:47 AM	#19
wtlwdwgn Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Billings, MT Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,845	Very nice shooting. I like the effect of the long exposure on the clouds. I'll have to try that. I like #1 the best but I wouldn't have minded a bit more image to the right. As for those images you might have missed or shot differently, you'll just have to go back and reshoot!