Used telephoto compression to squeeze all the elements together. ; The extra Christmas decorations added a few more stars to the composition. For technical info, click on photo for its flickr page.
Nice rich colors work well here - that's actually a neat detail type photo - I don't think I've ever really taken notice of that type of distant closeup shot, and the extra Christmas stars add nice color and interest to the right side.
Here's a couple more this time using the Tokina 11-16. [expando]http://www.sthomasphotos.com/photos/795809635_jDEC2-XL.jpg[/expando] [expando]http://www.sthomasphotos.com/photos/795833142_G6o8i-XL.jpg[/expando] 8s, f/16, ISO 200, EV +1.0, 11mm focal length, tripod I liked how the clouds lit up with the long exposure. [expando]http://www.sthomasphotos.com/photos/795810032_qoAbb-XL.jpg[/expando] 25s, f/11, ISO 200, EV +1.0, 16mm focal length, tripod
I love the second one--seriously awesome. ; The first looks underexposed and the blacks/contrast look flat.
