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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: shadowblade on March 19, 2018, 02:24:35 pm

Title: Twilight at Ginzan Onsen, Japan
Post by: shadowblade on March 19, 2018, 02:24:35 pm: Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

Intermittent snow flurries during evening twilight on a winter's day.
Title: Re: Twilight at Ginzan Onsen, Japan
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 19, 2018, 02:49:33 pm: They are, of course, well done, but I can't help thinking that starting shooting 15-20 minutes earlier would have produced a more balanced (daylight/street/building lights) and pleasing result.
Title: Re: Twilight at Ginzan Onsen, Japan
Post by: shadowblade on March 19, 2018, 02:51:49 pm: 15-20 minutes earlier the lights weren't even on.
Title: Re: Twilight at Ginzan Onsen, Japan
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on March 20, 2018, 04:11:54 am: Nice.
Title: Re: Twilight at Ginzan Onsen, Japan
Post by: thierrylegros396 on March 20, 2018, 11:41:32 am: Quote from: Paulo Bizarro on March 20, 2018, 04:11:54 am
Nice.

+1

Thierry
Title: Re: Twilight at Ginzan Onsen, Japan
Post by: Dave (Isle of Skye) on March 20, 2018, 05:55:34 pm: Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 19, 2018, 02:49:33 pm
They are, of course, well done, but I can't help thinking that starting shooting 15-20 minutes earlier would have produced a more balanced (daylight/street/building lights) and pleasing result.

Quote from: shadowblade on March 19, 2018, 02:51:49 pm
15-20 minutes earlier the lights weren't even on.

I think the answer that both of you seek, is that in shots of this type with a mix of 'Blue Hour' daylight and man made night time illumination, is to find your best composition well before the light has started to fade, then without changing that composition or your settings (other than exposure time, which of course you could use Aperture Priority so the camera does this for you), is to then shoot through from daylight through to darkness. Then back at your computer select the shot that appears to have the best balance of light throughout the scene.

Only drawback to the above suggestion is that you are only going to get one correctly balanced composition, but if it is by far the best composition that you could have chosen, which of course it should be, then why not give it a go ;)

Dave