Colours Downtown Photo

Photographer’s Note

7.44p.m. - Still on the Sultan’s birthday celebration and after showing the decorations close to the Palace I thought that I should also show what was happening downtown. Arches were erected at important sections of the roads with well wishes written across them and they too were fully lit. In fact there was a competition for the most beautiful arch built.
In this shot I tried to optimize on the colours of the lights, trying to record as it should look in real situation. I find it hard to avoid some of the strong glares from spotlights. I also tried to avoid the crowd by choosing the lull between important activities. I thought they would distract us from enjoying the colours.

PP – Cropped to select the best format and decided to go for the square. Slight sharpening and used the super smooth filter to remove some noise in the lower section.

Wirraway, Galmeida, ChrisJ, john_c, weswang, jjbach, singuanti, Tue has marked this note useful

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bantonbuju (48796) 2005-08-22 3:48

hi aloysius, this is a funny picture - it looks to be a festive time but the streets looks pretty empty; i like those vibrant colours, nice exposure handling;
have a nice week, jerzy

Wirraway (1985) 2005-08-22 4:28

Great night shot Aloysius, it has everything,composition,colour and good exposure, nice note, excellent work.

Regards Ian
Townsville

Galmeida (12559) 2005-08-22 5:33

Hi Aloysius,
A difficult night shot very well handled. Fine exposure and a good capture. Fine guidelines and a resulting composition. Good colors, light management and sharpness also well.

Very well seen, captured and composed.
Congratulations.
Fernando

jhm (83328) 2005-08-22 7:03

Hi Aloysius,
Very well capture, with this difficult photography near night, but splendid done the lighting perfectly. Absolutely colourful!
Best regards,
John.

Graal (58720) 2005-08-22 9:50

Hi Aloysius,
next nice ilumination. Very rich palette of colours. Good reportage. I like it. Well done.
Rgs, Aleksander

john_c (24635) 2005-08-22 10:37

Hi Aloysius,
Another fabulous scene of this birthday celebration. Your large format here allows the eye to wander all over the frame and appreciate the electric and sizzling details. The exposure was very appropriate here and your cropping and framing are superb.
John

joaoferreira (0) 2005-08-22 15:58

Beutiful colors of the lights. Good job!

jjbach (9111) 2005-08-22 16:56

Hi Aloysius,
Another beautiful night shot full of vivid colours. Excellent light management. It's nice you managed to avoid the crowed. Very well done!

Regrads John

leonorkuhn (13999) 2005-08-22 19:47

Hi Aloysius,
Nice shot. Very interesting decoration lights. Good sharp and colours. I think like John, excellent light management. Good job.
Best Regards,
Leonor

poulinp (4464) 2005-08-22 21:03

A very colorful shot, beautiful. The lights are superb. A pity for the car...anyway, I really like it.

singuanti (15240) 2005-08-22 22:59

Hi Aloysius. Another great shot from the Sultan's birthday. Personally I like the star burst pattern coming from the lights. It was a very, very good idea to use a tri-pod otherwise this shot would have been a mess with movement in the lights. Nice work Aloysius.

weswang (18223) 2005-08-23 10:54

Hi Aloysius, I enjoy the colorful celebration mood picture. You have done a good job managing to capture the lights and the streets clearly in this picture. Well done.

DLM (6447) 2005-08-23 15:09

Hi Aloysius,Another great shot,looks like a fun place colours are amazing.
Well done,
Dave.

ChrisJ (70443) 2005-08-24 3:34

Hi Aloysius

Superbly saturated colors, with an excellent time exposure, that provided good contrast & lighting. Bagus sekali!

Tue (25608) 2005-08-29 17:48

Hej Aloysius,
You got very nice series of this happy-looking event. This picture has also great light and wonderful colours. Very well done, thanx for sharing!
Hilsner,
Lars

Stepan (27175) 2005-09-09 14:02

Brunei seems to be a colorful lighty place !
It creates a cheerful and funny atmosphere.
The clock's amazing !
Stéphane