I will stay with the subject of night photography a little longer because it is an easy subject at this time of year. These photos are the Midland Hotel taken from the sea side. I think you get a better sense of the grandeur of the building at night. I also think you also get a better sense of the ship design.The camera is resting on a wall and from this angle you almost get the impression that the wall is a wonderfully smooth path leading to the Midland. This distortion may not be to everyone's taste. You can always crop it out but this is not the most efficient way to take your photos. You lose megapixels by cropping. A bean bag as per Woodsy's comment on Sunday would help, and so would a tripod. The former is definitely easier to carry around.
You may be interested to know that it was from this very wall that I took the left-sided photo for the blog on Friday 30th October. So it is possible to take a more common perspective without a tripod
Happy snapping
Lovely second shot, Michael. Great reflections on the path.
ReplyDeleteYou see my point about the Beanpod? While you were worrying about scratching the underside of your camera or lens you could have just slipped one underneath..(www.Beanpods.co.uk for the hard of remembering!)
Cheers, Mark.