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cincyimages
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« on: October 02, 2007, 11:43:47 PM » |
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With some of you emailing me, wanting to know when I was going to publish these photos from last night, I knew I couldn’t procrastinate much longer especially with a contest at stake. I took about 150 photos last evening and had the special privilege to meet up with an acquaintance of mine that was able to get us special access to a certain rooftop for some amazing views that I will never forget. Aaron, thanks again! I also want to thank the security guard that escorted us, he went above and beyond. What can I say, I love this city! After photographing hundreds of cities around the world, very few cities give me as much pleasure and gratification as Cincinnati. There are so many options and when an event like this happens, it becomes a strategy on which ones we are going to tackle during the evening. Some are a little risky and include trespassing but luckily if any of that happened last night (pleading the 5th), we didn’t encounter any problems. It is a yearly event that gets very little coverage in the media and it is always a last minute announcement that you have to adjust your personal schedule for, unfortunately last year I was out of town for it. Luckily for me, it happened right in between two of my business trips this year. Since I can submit four photos, please tell me your four favorites. I numbered them to make it easier to reply. Alas, here are the photos: 1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17.  18.  19.  20.  21.  22.  23.  24.  25.  26.  27.  28.  29.  30.  31.  32. 
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David
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« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2007, 11:51:46 PM » |
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I think 22 is my favorite but it's really hard to say. The ones of Paul Brown are incredible.
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BallHatGuy
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« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2007, 11:57:17 PM » |
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I'm going with 1, 5, 9, 10
Awesome . . . All around really!
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J.Remy
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« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2007, 12:28:32 AM » |
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16, 21, 23, and 29. These are all great!
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edale
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« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2007, 12:51:54 AM » |
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5 and 29 really stood out to me. Great photos
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UncleRando
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« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2007, 01:13:16 AM » |
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Amazing...I like the ones of PBS as well as the last one of the Ascent. Great (original) views!
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ink
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« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2007, 01:15:09 AM » |
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Just spectacular!!
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ColDayMan
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« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2007, 01:24:29 AM » |
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2's my favorite. Bellevue shots were kinda crooked (Corky  ) but RiverCenter shots were the best.
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Florida Guy
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« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2007, 08:08:11 AM » |
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They're all great! Couple post cards in there as well.
*EDIT*
1, 2, 6 is a fantastic shot of PBS.
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acetone
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« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2007, 08:22:06 AM » |
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Those are really amazing. It is difficult to pick, but I guess 2, 18, 23, and 27 are my favorites.
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MyTwoSense
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« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2007, 11:32:48 AM » |
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Those stadium shots were simply magnifique!
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cincyimages
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« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2007, 08:27:59 PM » |
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Thanks for the kind words. Keep the replies coming with your favorite four.
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MyTwoSense
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« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2007, 08:45:49 PM » |
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you should have made this a poll. (hint..hint) lol 4, 6, 8, 11, 16, 18, 26, 29, 32 are great fave four: in order 4, 29, 32 & 8 If you could have gotte 8/18 from above the parking lots - that would have been amazing.
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atlas
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« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2007, 08:57:48 PM » |
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i really like 25 with the church in the background 
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ForeverGlow
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« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2007, 09:53:51 PM » |
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Rockin'! I like 16, 23, 27 and 29 the most.
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Flying Dutchman
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« Reply #20 on: October 03, 2007, 10:32:44 PM » |
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If only the team that calls that stadium home looked half of good as your pics! Absolutely beautiful, if I had to only choose four I'd go with 9, 16, 23, 29..
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jmecklenborg
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« Reply #21 on: October 03, 2007, 10:43:47 PM » |
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Do you have a wide-angle vertical from this spot? Also, these photos with the stadium lights are great illustrations of a situation which exceeds the roughly 7 EV exposure range of digital cameras...this situation looks like either 9 or 10 EV's. This situation requires a tripod, two exposures roughly 3-4 EV's apart, and a minute or two on photoshop. And I'd guess that the new stadiums have lights that are a big brighter than Riverfront's were. The black & white zone system can overcome this exposure range but it's really tricky and requires a hand-mixed developer that prevents highlights from blowing out.
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cincyimages
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« Reply #22 on: October 03, 2007, 11:29:52 PM » |
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Jake I did have a hard time trying not to overexpose the stadiums while still properly exposing the city. I am willing to hear suggestions for shooting stadiums with bright lights coupled with skyscrapers with moderate lighting.
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Robert Pence
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« Reply #23 on: October 04, 2007, 12:11:17 AM » |
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18 is my favorite. Exposures are all in a manageable range, and color and sharpness are good. I like 2 and 8 too (just about the same scene) but 18 has a definite edge.
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Cincinnatus
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« Reply #24 on: October 04, 2007, 12:11:42 AM » |
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This one of PBS is just sick ... it reminds me of a modern-day Roman coliseum where you go to watch 2 people fight until one ends up killed ... just awesome.
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buildingcincinnati
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« Reply #25 on: October 04, 2007, 01:41:45 AM » |
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2, 6, 8, 16 and 18. But they're all very nice.
Sorry...I couldn't narrow it down to four!
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Johio
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« Reply #26 on: October 04, 2007, 10:59:42 AM » |
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They really ought to do something with that blank area between the two stadiums on the riverfront. It's an eye-sore.
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David
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« Reply #28 on: October 04, 2007, 12:20:21 PM » |
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They really ought to do something with that blank area between the two stadiums on the riverfront. It's an eye-sore.
I think the general public is caring too much about how fast it's developed. The best thing we can do promote positive thoughts and ideas about downtown and spend our money there. Expecting it to get done asap is only going to set people up for disappointment and breed more negativity, imo.
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jmecklenborg
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« Reply #29 on: October 04, 2007, 06:24:18 PM » |
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>I am willing to hear suggestions for shooting stadiums with bright lights coupled with skyscrapers with moderate lighting.
Use the spot or center-weighted metering mode on the camera, not matrix metering. It will overexpose in situations like this. Or you can just shoot on manual and keep taking shots at various settings until the levels on the histogram start hitting the right side of the graph, at which point the highlights start blowing out. You can probably blow them out by about a half stop and it'll look okay but if you're shooting with RAW files you can just take one shot and then mess with the exposure slider and combine two different versions with layers on photoshop. You can even mess with color temp when you're blending the two layers if you want. The shots where the suspension bridge is in front make it virtually impossible to do what I just described...you'd be fiddling for hours on photoshop. But on straight-ahead shots, it's doable.
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