Burgtor Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Burgtor - northern city gate of Lubeck, built in 1444.
Taken at 20:01.
Camera was hand-held, I didn't have a tripod with me that evening. Camera settings - 17 mm zoom, ISO-1600, P mode, -0.7 Ev exposure compensation (to reduce exposure time), mirror lockup and 2 sec. self timer.

Converted from Raw with color temperature set to 2600K. Applied noise reduction for the sky, corrected vertical perspective.

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parbo (10966) 2008-12-07 4:49

Hello Linas,

Dark of night helped a lot for splendid contrasts for terracotta brick/roof tile colors and white facade. Probably you can not get this amazing effect under day lights. Great addition of blurry car while passing illuminated tunnel also shows your good timing for capture. Congratulations.

Best Regards,

Ertugrul

s_lush (2040) 2008-12-08 10:14

Hi Linas,
Despite night conditions the picture looks very colorful and light. I wonder how so high quality can be if there was no tripod and IS0=1600. The noise is minimal. Well done!
Best regards,
Sergiy