The impressive central hall of the Natural History Museum in London. I had to wait a fair bit for the stairs to clear, but I just couldn't fit the tripod on that tight spot. So pushed the ISO up to 1000 and took 3 exposures handheld. I then manually blended them together to avoid the noise of an HDR.
The second shutter release on the new battery pack for my D300 came in handy for this portrait shot.
P.S. For those commenting this as a fisheye shot, that's actually the natural shape of the arches in the hall, no fisheye used!
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14 Декабрь 2009, 09:22 Graeme Webb Worth the wait and your efforts paid off with this superb image. Nice blending work too.
15 Декабрь 2009, 03:06 flickrzak
What magnificent composition Sergio. I love
the portrait view the symmetry is so very
special. I don't think you cropped it so good
on you for getting it so perfect.
The exposure is fantastic and shows the
interior of the museum off at it's very best.
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15 Декабрь 2009, 11:00 Greg Lilly Photos WOW! Very impressive hall and photo!!!!! Top Notch photography!
15 Декабрь 2009, 16:37 Tap0 Excellent shot. The composition is very good. Adding the human element would have enhanced this shot.
16 Декабрь 2009, 01:36 odoiporos Impressive!
16 Декабрь 2009, 16:15 Capronero
wooow -----wonderful shot indeed , amazing
symmetrical view ~!
Have a wonderful weekend an happy new year
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17 Декабрь 2009, 07:23 Kels Viewfinder Great looking composition. The perspective of the shot compliment the all the lines of the architecture, I also like how you've captured the staircases in the foreground and background.
17 Декабрь 2009, 11:36 Jabba1966 Super shot, a classic ;-)
18 Декабрь 2009, 05:12 Fr
Perfect shot my dear friend!!
I must learn from your shots with fisheye....
:)))
CIAO
18 Декабрь 2009, 13:10 ~AntZ~ Wonderful image. Fantastic colour and perspective.Seen on Fluidr
19 Декабрь 2009, 02:06 stevoarnold nice use of HDR - great image
19 Декабрь 2009, 09:55 © Yannick Lefevre || Photography
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group!all is so perfect for this scene, symmetry,
perspective, details ....
i said all is so perfect !!!!
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20 Декабрь 2009, 06:51 toomanytribbles
this is fabulous -- great work blending.
1000 would've been awful on an HDR.
21 Декабрь 2009, 06:45 Digit@l Exposure II Straight away I was asking myself how you managed to capture the stairs without any people on them ;-)I would try the HDR nonetheless, you might be surprised! at the noise handling of the D300 and you could always use noise removal software. Blending manually doesn't give you the same 'oomph' as using HDR software that looks at every single pixel, which is what I am missing here, although the image in itself is of course really nice!
21 Декабрь 2009, 13:20 High Dynamic Ranger it's good
22 Декабрь 2009, 02:00 Evert Lancel <working my way back> Fantastic shot my friend!
22 Декабрь 2009, 20:13 DanielKHC Great perspective and symmetry Sergio! Great job with the blending of handheld, always better then tone-mapping IMHO.
23 Декабрь 2009, 00:57 Lil Snoop Great composition!
23 Декабрь 2009, 14:16 bratan
happyy new year my friend!
best wishes for a wonderful 2010 ;-)
23 Декабрь 2009, 17:18 °° Dario °°
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24 Декабрь 2009, 14:00 HFWH wow, beautiful shot. happy 2010
24 Декабрь 2009, 14:43 Rakel Reds che prospettiva fantastica e pi
25 Декабрь 2009, 05:05 J.^2 Nice work, very impressive place!
26 Декабрь 2009, 04:16 Valpopando interpretazione impeccabile , di una strafotografata location !
26 Декабрь 2009, 07:54 Erwan bazin photography (F2.8) en vac's ;) excellente perspective et traitement camarade!
26 Декабрь 2009, 09:59 yyelsel_ann you have an eye for getting the right angle shot!
26 Декабрь 2009, 12:59 lorytravelforever
bellissima prospettiva da doppio wow...
Buon Anno Sergio!
26 Декабрь 2009, 22:19 miuenski Hi, I'm an admin for a group called urban visions, and we'd love to have this added to the group!10Q!
27 Декабрь 2009, 00:35 Artie | Photography :: Busy | No need 2 comment :) very nice details.. in fact stunning
27 Декабрь 2009, 11:40 o palsson Delightful light and perspective.
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