Atlanta City skyline shot

[wxwax]

Really, it's only half the city. But it makes for a nice skyline shot of Atlanta.

The spot is on the North Avenue bridge over Interstate 75.

On the Georgia Tech side of the the bridge, on the south side, there's a small hole in the fence. Set up there with a tripod, and you can get something like this.



Patch29 showed me this, and told me how to shoot it.

I went back a couple of times before I got it right.

[wxwax]

This is right by The Varsity, by the way, if you have a hankering for an overrated hotdog and some tasty onion rings.

[Nikolai]

For the educational purposes: what's the EXIF on that?

And you are so going to enter Ch.68 with it, aren't ya?

[wxwax]

Originally Posted by Nikolai

For the educational purposes: what's the EXIF on that?

And you are so going to enter Ch.68 with it, aren't ya?

It's ollllld!

It's also a combination of at least two exposures, possibly more. Here's the smugmug exif.


Make: Canon
Model: Canon PowerShot G3
Size: 2272x1704
Bytes: 2651119
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 11.1875mm (guess: 38mm in 35mm)
Exposure Time: 15s (150/10)
JPEG Quality: 5
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Exposure Bias: 0
ExposureMode: 1
DigitalZoomRatio: 2272/2272
SensingMethod: One-chip color sensor
ColorSpace: sRGB

[Nikolai]

Originally Posted by wxwax

It's ollllld!
Model: Canon PowerShot G3

Ah, I see. I was wondering why you opted for a P&S crop..

[bham]

What time of day did you do this shot? Its obviously early evening but would you say how long before/after sunset?

[Angelo]

very pretty shot Sid.

That blue is so nice I almost imagined you used a Nikon

[photodoug]

spent many an evening in that revolving bar....

nice time exp

[Awais Yaqub]

Excellent shot i have one question i am in big problem as 14th August is coming city will be decorated with lights and i will be there my problem is

"when i am shooting a scene like this cars coming from front their head lights spoil whole image unlike your smooth river of white lights it is like full size sun in the picture is this problem with small cameras ? decreasing shutter speed wont help cars going away from lens are ok

[wxwax]

Originally Posted by Awais Yaqub

Excellent shot i have one question i am in big problem as 14th August is coming city will be decorated with lights and i will be there my problem is

"when i am shooting a scene like this cars coming from front their head lights spoil whole image unlike your smooth river of white lights it is like full size sun in the picture is this problem with small cameras ? decreasing shutter speed wont help cars going away from lens are ok

You're worried about the glare of the car headlights?

How close will you be? Will you be at ground level, or above? What time of day will you shoot?

I'm guessing I was about 60 meters or so from the nearest headlights, and as you can see, there wasn't a problem. It probably helped that I was also above them and shooting from the side. Also, I was not shooting in complete darkness.

So my guess would be that as long as the headlights are not coming directly at your lens, and you shoot while there's still a little bit of light in the sky (my favorite time of day to shoot) you should be OK.