Millennium Bridge

[Anne]

[Anne]

Re: Millennium Bridge

I should add, my exposures varied but were around the 2 1/2 minutes and I used a big stopper plus a hard .6 ND grad. ISO at 200, f8 and I swapped from daylight to auto WB at some point because of the blue colour cast (although it didn't help that much so I removed it in L4).

[OM USer]

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Good picture Anne. Well done.

[StephenL]

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That's come out really well, Anne. I don't think I'd have the guts to stick a tripod in the middle of the crowd of tourists you get round that area!

[Chevvyf1]

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Quite beautiful Fab reflection and so very well worth your time and efforts ! GREAT Thanks for Sharing

[StephenL]

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Quite beautiful Fab reflection and so very well worth your time and efforts ! GREAT Thanks for Sharing

Probably me being stupid, but I can't see any reflection?

[alfbranch]

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I think thats a good example IMO the ghosting you have is almost impossible to get rid of IMO.

The Piccadilly shot would be a matter of blending a series of shots with people showing in different areas.

[alfbranch]

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Probably me being stupid, but I can't see any reflection?

Not really much in the way of reflections IMO

[Ann1e]

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An interesting concept, Anne - I think you have done really well with this. The Millennium Bridge is one of my favourite places for photographing in London - in fact the whole of the South Bank is a photographer's dream area!

Regards,
Ann1e

[birdboy]

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This is a really imaginative piece of photography that I think will be copied. Really well done Anne I really like the icy feel about the bridge.

When I first saw the picture without reading how you had done it, I though was the bridge closed. Now I looked at the exif 15:35 on Thursday that must have been busy then.

I notice you used f22 which I presume was to increase the exposure time rather than depth of field considerations?

I would think that the only way to get rid of the ghosting would be to change the perspective of the shot by taking it from higher up, how you would do that I do not know and it might change the whole illusion you have created.

But really love it an inspirational use of the EM5.
John

[Anne]

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Quite beautiful Fab reflection and so very well worth your time and efforts ! GREAT Thanks for Sharing

Hi Chevvy, it is deceptive but it is actually a stone support that you can see although it does look a bit like a reflection.

[Anne]

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This is a really imaginative piece of photography that I think will be copied. Really well done Anne I really like the icy feel about the bridge.

When I first saw the picture without reading how you had done it, I though was the bridge closed. Now I looked at the exif 15:35 on Thursday that must have been busy then.

I notice you used f22 which I presume was to increase the exposure time rather than depth of field considerations?

I would think that the only way to get rid of the ghosting would be to change the perspective of the shot by taking it from higher up, how you would do that I do not know and it might change the whole illusion you have created.

But really love it an inspirational use of the EM5.
John

Thanks John, I don't know why I said f8 earlier, probably because I tend to use that aperture on this lens a lot of the time. But yes, I used f22 thinking I would need that to slow the exposure and get rid of the people. The first photo I took was under exposed at 1 min 40 seconds but the shadows of people were more visible. It was trial and error as I haven't tried this effect before.
Ian said that there was a facility in Photoshop (photo merge?) to remove the ghosting but the bridge was too busy to get a normal but clear shot to work with.

[Anne]

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That's come out really well, Anne. I don't think I'd have the guts to stick a tripod in the middle of the crowd of tourists you get round that area!

Hi Stephen, Ian was far more sensible than me and put his tripod to one side But actually no one walked into it! We were limited to where we could stand because this was the only 'solid' bit of the bridge. Everywhere else you could feel it moving from the pedestrian traffic.
It was more fun sticking my tripod in the middle of the crowd at Piccadilly Circus

[Chevvyf1]

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Hi Chevvy, it is deceptive but it is actually a stone support that you can see although it does look a bit like a reflection.

ahhh ! Lovely capture of what appeared to me, to be a reflection, anyway its a great image

[StephenL]

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Ah, I can now see what you're getting at, Chevvy. My eye didn't see it as a reflection probably because I'm familiar with the scene!