I am on day 2 of my night photography theme and I thought I was going to miss my chance to go out tonight all together because we had one serious storm.
I had planned to go to the bridge and take some long exposures of the cars going by but that will have to wait until later this week because the walking path was closed. Instead we drove around downtown Louisville looking for something interesting to shoot. I love taking photographs right after it rains because everything looks so beautiful. The lights reflect off of every surface and it seems like everywhere you turn there is a photograph waiting to happen.
We drove past this beautiful building and I yelled “ACK, I want to shoot that!” After we got out of the car I noticed a fountain across the street from the building and I thought that would be an interesting forefront to add to the shot. I set up my tripod, put the camera on manual and started with the ISO set at 400. I kept the aperture at F8 and then adjusted the shutter speed until I got the lighting that I wanted. I believe I have said before that downtown Louisville looks like it is bathed in yellow at nighttime and this is no exception but I think it turned out quite lovely.
After The Storm
Outstanding!
Thank you
Oh Mindy! That is gorgeous!!!
Thank you Jackie sweetie, you are too kind.
That is a lovely shot! I think post-rain storms are a wonderful time to take pics as well. Yes, the lighting is beautiful no matter where you look.
Really beautiful
Thank you!!
That’s quite the interesting building! Perfect shot!
I still have no idea what building it is but it was really beautiful. Louisville has some stunning old buildings and the lighting on this one was gorgeous. So really all I had to do was point and shoot. What is really funny is how small the fountain looks, it was actually taller than Christopher but it looks so dwarfed by the building.
Are you scanning postcards again???
Seriously… what an AWESOME picture.
(I’m loving the time exposures)
You are too cute, thank you Bill!
very nice
Thank you!
This is simply stunning!!
And you are simply too sweet!
Shooting after rain gives you those great reflections off surfaces that normally don’t reflect much. Adds depth. Reminds me of when they use hoses to wet down streets on a movie set / commercial shoot to get the look they want.
Pretty!
That is what it reminded me of too
Thank you
Wow! It looks like a postcard!
Aw, thank you!