At about 10pm last night, I went out to a part of Atlanta that may not be considered to be the best part of town to try and get some skyline shots of downtown. For the longest time, I have wanted to do this and a few weeks ago I found what I thought would be a perfect place to do it. The spot was a constriction site located across the street from a MARTA train station. To get into the site, I had to do some crawling around fences, up some hills and the like. I am sure that I wasn’t supposed to be there, but this looked just too perfect to pass up.
In looking at the shots afterwards, I am pleased with how they turned out, but I may go back. Really for two reasons: 1st, I would like to play with the duration a bit more of my shots and 2nd, I ended up only staying for about 20 minutes. It was very dark and as I said, not the best part of town. So the next time, I will bring someone along with me if I can. Any takers? :-)
Some technical info for those of you that are interested: The first shot is a glimpse of where I was situated. I set the camera to an ISO of 100, f8 aperture and kept the shutter open for 25 seconds. The bottom 2 shots are the same except the exposure was only for about 8 seconds.
great job on these shots. long exposures are difficult to master, i agree!
Excellent work, Chris. Definite worth the effort in getting to the spot to set up. Good idea to take company with you next time!
Nice shots. let me know when you are going next
Great nightscape shots! I’ve always loved Atlanta’s skyline-especially midtown. I used to have a spectacular view of it when I lived there years back!
Looks like a great spot you found, Nice night skyline!
if i could, i’d probably take you up on that offer.. but for now, i’d have to say.. great work finding that spot and capturing these..
Name the night…..we’ll bring my beefcake of a husband to keep us safe. : )