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I don't think I posted this before. It was taken a couple of weeks ago.

I'm looking forward to doing some night photography on Saturday night, I hope the weather is kind. I've heard a forecast of rain in Sydney.

Nice composition Dough. A Classic shot, bridge and the Opera house and great reflections.

Thanks Craigh! The reflections are my favourite part of this photo.

Nice capture, but personally I'd like to see a bit more of the left side of the bridge.

Also did you do any PP to the image? I noticed a bit of banding but might be due to jpeg conversion.

Thanks PiroStitch, I intend to do a panoramic shot now that Craig has put me on to some software. At the time I wanted this "zoom" to get me past the fence. Of course I did PP! If only I could get these colours straight out of the camera. My photos are dull looking. I can see the banding you are talking about, especially when I turn the brightness of my monitor up. I don't know what the banding is? It's in my RAW too, not from my PP.

Usually banding is caused by underexposure, but in this case no idea as the exposure seems fine. Also I just noticed a big of fall off on the top RHS.

Mind you I'm on an LCD and only noticed it when looking at the banding.

I may have a solution? I went to my raw and overexposed it to bring out the banding more. This photo has not been sharpened or PPed in any other way other than the change of exposure and resize down.

See the vignetting? I get that with my polarising filter. It must have been on, stupid mistake. Could this have created the banding?

[Edit: no I'm looking, I don't think it is the PL, it was most likely too underexposed to begin with as you first suggested]

Doug, try again on Sat night with and w/out the cpl. What you're doing with a cpl on at night, I'm not sure I think you should consult a psych

PiroStitch wrote:Doug, try again on Sat night with and w/out the cpl. What you're doing with a cpl on at night, I'm not sure I think you should consult a psych

Hahaha! Well, I know why it was on. I'd only just bought the filter that day, and was not used to removing it. I totally forgot I had it. I'll take note of my settings, and try for a slower shutter speed to get a better exposure. The RAW file looks a bit underexposed. I'll try to get it a bit more spot on. If the banding is still persists, I might have to consult a camera doctor.