Sci-fi Night Shots

[dooda]

Last week I found a nifty little spot by the shipyard. I'm starting to go for more surreal effects, giving the tints a noticeable purple push, and exposing a little longer for a surreal sci-fi effect. The sky sucked, so I'm thinking of heading back.








I'd love to hear your thoughts. The second one I hate the building on the right, the first one I don't know about the horizontal log, and the last one, I don't know what to think about that one, other than I love the cool purple sky.

[MHD]

Last one is awesome... Looks like a space ship!

[wendellt]

I would call it hyper-real, instead of sci fi
they are all very beautiful and composed thoughtfully.

[KerryPierce]

I think the 1st and 3rd are very cool shots, Dave, just the way they are. Quite surreal.

[stubbsy]

Dave

Great find & well executed. #2 is the weakest. Is the purple hue part of the PP, or is this how it came out of the camera?

[krpolak]

#3 - This is a great shot. Just a shame that you didnt correct perspective. Look at crane chains, they deny physics

#2 - This one doesnt work for me

#1 - That one is interesting. Contrast between silky water and rought rocks. You could cut of sky since it disctract atention from subject. Dont ask viewer to search a focus. Drop it right into his/her face.

Regards,

K.Polak

[cc@t]

Mate I reckon all three are great - no. 3 looks like "Revenge of the Cranes" !!!!

[Wocka]

No# 1 is definatly my favorite.
I agree no# 2 the building draws your attention away.

Cheers

[Geoff]

Wow...great work! Seeing images like this makes me want to tell everyone to go and get the Epson R1800.

I've done a few prints this morning...ooooooooh yah!! It's nice

By the way, what was the time exposure for the first image? It's a ripper!

[shinwood]

Great Stuff Dave, I love them all but the 3rd is a killer.

What sort of exposure did you have?

Thanks,
Sonny

[Big V]

Love the colours and composition in the 3rd shot

[elffinarts]

that 3rd shot is my fave! Great hues and the ship just looks amazing like that. Very sci fi.

[bloop]

I like the first one, nice eerie feeling to it. Like the detail in the foreground, too, great atmosphere, could imagine being there... oooh spooky!

[Dougie]

Dooda
Reallly love the first and third shot. Just not quite sure about the second. But I do realy love the first one, could almost see it as a back drop to a horror movie , spookie.
Doug

[mic]

Just brilliant Doodles,

Yes, what exposures / Lens etc please.

Mic.

[sirhc55]

#2 is just superb - why? Because it is the only one IMO that fits the title - well done Dave

[Digidegs]

Great stuff!!
Love #1
Maybe #3 ccould be great with some clever cropping to get rid of the crane?
Also what are the specs for the shots ie lens, exposure etc.

[dooda]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

#1 is 258 secs at f11 (I keep most of my stuff between f8-f13) with kit lens.

#2 is 333 secs at F8.

#3 is 98 secs at F8

I'm having a bit of fun with the tint slider in the Raw Plugin lately, adding a little purple, and I move the wb towards the cold side, to get the surreal bluish color.

I find I'll start the evening by shooting at f13, and by the end I want to go home and everything is F 8. #3 came out underexposed, I pushed it a little in Raw. There's no way I would ever shoot anything like this in jpeg. It must be Raw all the way.
All my shots are taken with the kit lens.

The Crane is a part of the picture so I don't want to crop it out, and I don't know how to do perspective correction in PS. I decided to keep it like this as the ship boat thing is the primary subject, so I made it look the most normal, while sacrificing the proper angle of the crane.

I also tend to leave a little sky at the top incase I want to print an 8x10, but yes, there is a tad too much sky there. I really appreciate the comments.

There are a couple more on my flickrpage, all of them are on the front page so have a peek if you like. You can also access the exif data on the properties link beside the photo (after you click on it).

[krpolak]

Dooda,

About shot #3 and crane. Actually you could leave it as it this without ony perspective correction. It gives this extra punch of surrealism.

Also I wold not crop anything here. Sky gives space to both of those element.

It is just perfect shot.

Regards,

K.Pola