new night shot

[bilko]

Told you all youd be bombarded

Right, just been up the road to the japanese resteraunt and taken this:
www.pbase.com/bilko1971/image/37253466
I achieved what i set out to do in so far as i wanted the end lantern in focus with shallow DOF and the other lanterns blurred.
Lessons learned: Remember to set ISO. In my paniked state of thinking i might be mugged of my preciouse i totally forgot and left it on 1600 from last night.
More light needed on background wall, Only slightly though.
Picture is skewif in so far as i wanted leading lantern at the bottomish left going up to topish right.
remember rule of thirds.
I bracketed exposure and WB as i wanted to get things nearly right at least and as a result took 83 pics of this subject
So scared of not taking a decent picture lately that i almost didn't go out!! stupid really, anyone get that?
Anyway, i did and even though it's not great i am happy that i achieved (sort of) what i wanted to do.
As usual, critique is welcome.
ian
Just had a thought!
Maybe i could fix the composition in PS with one of those skewif crops?. Anyone who fancies a play is welcome......erm

[dcw@pr]

Very different to what I expected when I clicked on the photo, and very good too. I would say it is only a couple of degrees of what I would consider the optimum angle, really not a lot to worry about. Also, I think the high ISO adds rather than detracts. All in all a very good photo, I'm impressed

[V6GTO]

I think that shot is superb.

Martin.

[bilko]

Thanks guys, You are doing wonders for my morale.
You lot are the masters
And it is through looking at images and the sharing of the wealth of knowledge on these very pages that got me started and it is your fantastic talent that drives me on.

[kojak]

Try pointing the camera to the north star. All the other stars will revolve around that one.

[ehasler]

Nice shot! Interesting subject, and nice warm colours too.

Did you try focussing on different points? I'd be interested to see what it would look like with the 2nd lantern in from the left being in focus.