Night photography

I went to photograph edinburgh by night yesterday evening - as anyone who knows edinburgh will know, there is a fairground by princes street at christmas time - I came out with this
http://www.pbase.com/mr_ist/image/71966073/large
I quite like it - the rapid movement of the rides contrasting the motionless silhouettes - please give me any critiques - I can always go and try again - the wheels there for a while

tell me if you can't see the image - from past experience my links don't often work

A pic I would have been very plaesed with, if I had taken it.

Hi,

it's a great, well composed shot.. but as critique only, did you use a tripod? The Lady and Gent watching make the photo, but seem to be a bit hazy around the edges. If you could get a similar shot, but focus on the audience components as a crisp and clear aspect of the shot it would work really well. I especially like the woman's silhouette, as if she were watching her children on the ride. Her position in the image is A1. Get a nice static feature to the image, and then base the rest of the photo around it. The rides are allowed to spin and blur so that's no problem.

I'm usually proved wrong in my judgements, but I hope that helps.. again, a nice shot.

Cheers

Liam

Hi,

I agree with Liam and jonesy that this is a very nice shot. If it hadn't been for the two stationary folk, it would have been rather ordinary.

Do I read correctly that this was a 3 second exposure? If so, you MUST have used a tripod and congrats on the silhouettes!

Great stuff!

Thanks for all the comments - I definitely did use a tripod With such a long expsoure I probably should have thanked those people for staying as still as they did!