August 12, 2004 by brother_mark

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12-AUG-2004

Union Station.
I blew the highlights too much here to catch the torrential downpour, but when I didn't the interior was too dark.

Nikon D70 ,Tokina 17mm f/3.5 AT-X AF Pro
1/8s f/5.6 at 17.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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virginiacoastline		17-Aug-2004 03:23
did you shoot twice? maybe you could blend two exposures of the same thing to get the downpour outside?? But I agree with jypsee (as if I know what I'm talking about!) this is wysiwyg

jypsee		13-Aug-2004 17:11
I'm going to say again: your photo is what the eye sees. In a photo like this (reportage) the "look" is perfect....

brother_mark		13-Aug-2004 15:57
A flash would have had a few drawbacks, here. It would have stopped the motion, and it would either have exposed the foreground well and left the background dark and the daylight okay, or it would have blown the foreground and kept the middle and "windows" okay. Underexposing to get the "windows" right and correcting the shadows in PS created too much noise. So this was about the best I could do.

Robin Reid		13-Aug-2004 07:54
Rain you say. I gather you spend a lot of time in Union Station. You must commute? Oh, for some rain here.

Lou Giroud		13-Aug-2004 07:15
The caption is ok, Mark, but it is quite hard, even impossible, to get a correct exposure on both subjects. The difference in light between outside and inside is that big. So, if inside you have a correct exposure, the highlights from the arcades and all what is outside are burned anyway. This will probabely never change. The better way to do it is to shoot a flash on the inside scene, this will give a better chance to the outside scenes to stay within good limits, but then, the 1/8 of a second will not be possible.

Guest		13-Aug-2004 05:18
This is an interesting capture of motion. Nice job catching the people nearest the camera in movement while keeping most of the remainder still.

Dennis Steinauer		13-Aug-2004 05:02
I think this is a great shot! The motion is perfect for this shot. Thi reminds me of a classic photo of Grand Central Station, with commuters flowing in from one gate and several others also in motion. Really nice. (What's a peep?)

jypsee		13-Aug-2004 03:37
I don't see any blownout highlights...it looks like what we see with our eyes. Looks natural. The movement in this photo is very well expressed. And the composition is great, especially the sort of "panel" effect.

Guest		13-Aug-2004 03:30
Big Ups from the District, yo! Did you hand hold this at 1/8? Impressive if you did. I was on a tripod this afternoon.

Guest		13-Aug-2004 03:03
Nothing like an east coast humid day with a downpour... LMAO! I'lll take the 60 degree and FOG anyday over this! Nice indoor lighting anyway! And I like the action of the peeps!

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