Chester Ferris Wheel

Thoughts anyone? I was a little disappointed at the 1:1 quality of the images
especially on the wheel itself, but they're pretty much the first dark shots I've taken with the camera (KX, standard 18-55 kit lens)
since I bought it. And by this time I'd lost the bit that sits between the camera
and tripod, so I had to hold it in place. I don't know whether I'm expecting too much.

[IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/hpfirenza/wheel03.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/hpfirenza/wheel02.jpg[/IMG]

Sorry, somehow I've managed to mess up the forum width, though I don't know how.

Second image is fine, in context. Probably worth a crop.

Best regards

Second image .. clone out the yellow lights, straighten the horizon and crop a bit tighter.

I would be well happy with that.

I shouldn't be too disappointed. The first one's something and nothing, really, but the second one's a nice shot. As suggested, crop it a little to focus attention.

The 2nd one is a decent shot, worth keeping for sure. I went on the wheel during the Christmas break (nice view of the river area)and took the camera along hoping to get a decent shot but it's in a difficult spot to get anything outstanding, shame they didn't put it in the town centre

Simon

If you have the chance to go back, I'd try and find a higher viewpoint so you can avoid cropping the bottom of the wheel.

And perhaps experiment with much longer shutter times too - some movement might have been quite interesting although I think there'd be a lot of trial and error before getting it right.

Finally, I reckon if you'd been there about 20 minutes earlier, the light may have been kinder to you - night shots seem to work best before it gets properly dark - when you can have a really nice deep dark blue sky.

All that said, I think with Mike's minor adjustments, the second one makes a pretty decent image.

Cheers,

Jon

Thanks for that. The second one is cropped, but I avoided doing much more to it. These were taken a couple of days before the wheel was to be dismantled, so a bit of a rush-job.

It wasn't until I was driving away that I noticed a much better viewpoint from around the roundabout in front of the wheel, but I didn't fancy turning around at that point. Funnily enough, I was actually waiting for the sky to go darker to get a nicer contrast - the ones I took from the car park roof are against a lighter sky but I didn't really want much in the picture other than the wheel itself.

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.