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<blockquote data-quote="SteveH" data-source="post: 375909" data-attributes="member: 9252">Welcome, Moose!I know the Humber bridge well - I live 30 miles up the road in York, (Also forum member [USER=14174]@mikew[/USER] live just the other side of the bridge) so I have a few shots of the bridge myself (Have a look at my gallery). As others have said, the main thing to get these types of shots better is a tripod... This would have let you use a narrower aperture to keep all the bridge in sharp focus, and also reduce the ISO as you could have used a much slower shutter speed. The 18-55mm kit lens is OK for this type of shot, sure there are sharper, wider &amp; more expensive lenses available, but while you are starting out there is no rush. The colours which are different in real life will be due to the colour balance settings of your shot - If you took the shot in RAW format then you can change the colour balance to reflect what you actually saw, or if you shoot in JPEG, then make ure the setting matches the conditions (Sunny, cloudy, tungsten lights, etc)But all in all, for a first shot at what is a fairly difficult subject in the dark without a tripod - That is a great shot you have!Keep trying and keep posting, we're all learning here!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteveH, post: 375909, member: 9252"] Welcome, Moose! I know the Humber bridge well - I live 30 miles up the road in York, (Also forum member [USER=14174]@mikew[/USER] live just the other side of the bridge) so I have a few shots of the bridge myself (Have a look at my gallery). As others have said, the main thing to get these types of shots better is a tripod... This would have let you use a narrower aperture to keep all the bridge in sharp focus, and also reduce the ISO as you could have used a much slower shutter speed. The 18-55mm kit lens is OK for this type of shot, sure there are sharper, wider & more expensive lenses available, but while you are starting out there is no rush. The colours which are different in real life will be due to the colour balance settings of your shot - If you took the shot in RAW format then you can change the colour balance to reflect what you actually saw, or if you shoot in JPEG, then make ure the setting matches the conditions (Sunny, cloudy, tungsten lights, etc) But all in all, for a first shot at what is a fairly difficult subject in the dark without a tripod - That is a great shot you have! Keep trying and keep posting, we're all learning here! [/QUOTE]

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