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Lomantik from Sydney, Australia

nice shot of a rainy night...

28 Jan 2009 7:57am

Laura from Birmingham, United Kingdom

wonderfully lit shot - perfectly exposed. well done

28 Jan 2009 12:58pm

Claus Petersen from herfølge, Denmark

I just love the atmosphere, the wet streets and the single light makes it look like a place you don't want to be for too long :-)

28 Jan 2009 1:47pm

Marie LC from Voiron, France

Great ! I love atmosphere and light. A beautiful b & w

28 Jan 2009 5:19pm

Gonzata from Santiago, Chile

Great shot !!!!!!!!

28 Jan 2009 6:01pm

JWS from Flensburg, Germany

I like that night shot a lot! Awesome atmosphere and great lights and shadows. Great BW!

28 Jan 2009 6:58pm

Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom

Tom - I've just been looking through the rest of your photos....great work!

You should seriously consider getting yourself a DSLR (it doesn't have to be an expensive one). It looks to me from your photos that you are more thanready to step it up a notch. It made a massive difference to my own photography when I switched a year ago from a Fuji F31 to a Nikon DSLR. The fuji S5Pro DSLR would be a great choice if you want to stick with Fuji.

Just a quick word on sharpening - this photo looks just a touch oversharpened if you don't mind me saying. Instead of using USM at a radius of 1.0 or less as it looks like you are doing at the moment, instead try a radius of 50 which adds contrast (a substitute to sharpness which I really like).

The other thing that's worth thinking about is applying contrast selectively to mainly foreground parts of the image. If you think about it, scenes like this often naturally lose contrast with increasing distance and using this technique of applying contrast mainly to foreground elements can help give a perception of depth to photos.

2 Feb 2009 9:02am