Sydney Harbour Bridge

I generally find that by adding some tonal contrast to your images they will gain some additional impact for your images to stand out.

The image above was captured with a Nikon D700 camera and 24-120mm lens at 28mm. The image has been captured on the south side of the Sydney Harbour bridge. The Sydney Harbour bridge is a much photographed subject and I wanted to do something a little different with it.

I find that a couple of small adjustments to an image can effectively give the image some more impact.

•  The above image was processed in Nikon Capture NX2, which I find very good to get the best out of your Nikon NEF image files.
• I really like the effect of NIK software and the various options it offers. In this above image I used NIK Tonal Contrast, to increase the contrast between the tones in the image. I am very happy with the effect of the tonal contrast adjustments, particularly where there is any brick work, rock formations or water ripples, it makes the variations in tones more prominent.
• The image was then given a slight increase in saturation.
• The final stage of processing was to resize the image and a final sharpen.

Pier 1, Sydney Harbour

This image at Sydney Harbour has been captured with a Nikon D700 camera and 24-120mm zoom lens at 35mm.

I liked the way this image turned out with the overcast sky in the darkness. It almost looks like a monochrome conversion. All I did in the post processing was resizing, applying some tonal contrast and some slight sharpening of the image.

Sydney is a great city for photographic opportunities.

Walking the streets will present many opportunities for photography. In general a 35mm size camera is ideal for street photography and a zoom lens of around 17-70mm will prove to be of great value.

Look for simple uncluttered object to photograph with a clear background to make the main subject stand out, like the following image.

Brisbane River

A street scene near Brisbane river

Look for subjects where you can get the viewers eye to lead into the image, but try not to get recognisable people in the image.

The Strand, Sydney

Street scenes at night can prove to be very attractive, look for contrasting colors and objects that stand out, try to get highly saturated colors.

Shibuya, Tokyo

A street scene at night in Shibuya, Tokyo