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Ed, I ran into the same issue when I contemplated a crop of your image. Either the lamposts had to remain intact or totally gone (but then bottom of bridge cut off as you describe). Guess in my mind, leaving only the tops fo the streetlamps looks kind of funny.Thanks Dave! Earlier in the evening, I had been down by the waterfront, which allows a better composition on the city and bridge, but also means you are totally exposed to the rain/wind, making it impossible to keep the front of the lens clear for the shot. These were taken from my flat's balcony, which at least offered some shelter (i.e. I only had to dry the lens front once every 5 shots instead of after every 1!).
As for the crop, I too had been pondering that. The problem with cropping just over the street light is it cuts off the bottom of the bridge - which felt unbalanced. Once you get the bridge wholly in, then you get the street light tops - then I felt I had to include the lamp posts too so they didn't hang there. Maybe the answer is to crop with the bridge just included them lose the part-lamps in post... Food for thought!
Stan, there is a lot of distortion from the looks of this image. Just look at all the curvature!Oooops - Relapse into the warm studio:
Moonset at sunrise.
Sounds like a wonderful plan to me! Thanks.Dave, I wasn't anywhere near the delightfully snowy east coast. Business trip to Nebraska - nothing to do with photography... And, no, the 645D didn't make the trip with me sadly.
However, if I am ever in your neck of the woods (or if you are ever in mine), we'll have to get together and compare notes. And Shashin of course should come along too ;-)