I have been trying to make a picture of these lamps for a long time. They are from the top floor of a building near Waterloo Station. The problem I had was dynamic range: if I metered the lamps correctly, then then building would not be visible. Exposing for the building would result in washed-out lamps. Metering for the lamps and overexposing did not yield satisfactory results. Neither did active D-lighting, In the end, I decided to put the lamps in the middle of the frame and stop worrying about the context, which I think has worked OK.
About Me
- jfsouto
- I have been doing photography as a hobby since 2005, primarily using digital cameras. Since I am colour blind, I ended up converting many of my early pictures into black and white whenever I could not be sure about the colour of things. What primarily grew out of necessity quickly became a pleasure and now I mainly shoot for the purpose of converting into black and white, regardless of colour accuracy or whether or not I have my wife at hand to bother her with silly questions like “Is the sky blue or magenta?”. In addition to black and white, I am also a fan of infrared. These days, I am trying to do a bit more of colour, if possible, but bear with me if the colours are a bit off...