Early Morning, Registan Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Registan is one of those places that gets photographed so often it's hard to find a new angle on it. But I worked on it - I got up before sunrise (7:00 AM) to get this shot. (Late afternoon is also good, as I'll post another day.)

Technical: Raise Exposure in Camera RAW; in CS3, raise Brightness. (I keep forgetting that on TE, photos look darker than they do in Photoshop, at least on my monitor - even though I just recalibrated it.)

I debated brushing out the sun reflection on the dome, but decided to leave it; it is part of the real scene and almost impossible to avoid no matter what the time of day. I did shoot this scene several times, checking the histogram and highlights until I got an exposure that didn't create any blowout.

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silvia_zenova (1318) 2008-11-06 7:53

Hello Daniel,
Samarkand is one of the places I dream to visit. Beautiful place and good composed scene. For me is a bit underexposed, but I understand that the problem is the sun reflection.
Regards, Silvia

brandstaetter (13910) 2008-11-06 8:08

Hi Daniel,
a bit more contrast and it´s perfect..
in any case you show one of the most beautiful architectural jewels that our world has to offer. the perspective, the crop you show is very good. Good job !
Compliments, chris

gracious (20017) 2008-11-06 10:07

Hello Daniel,
Thank you for this wonderful morning shot over the Mosque which captured billiantly with the best exposure and focus!
so sharp with wonderful natural colour and very details on the craftmanship on the Mosque!
well done
take care and regards
Tony

ManuMay (10552) 2009-01-30 10:36

Hi Daniel!!

I like very much this capture showing best places in Registan, it is a little bit obscure, so I propose you a new workshop...Anyway your capture is beautiful and very well composed.

Have a nice week end.

Best Regards

Manuel

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