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<blockquote data-quote="Jtedlin" data-source="post: 140597" data-attributes="member: 13435">This is why I joined this forum, for tips and help like this! I appreciate the response, and have just a few questions <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. Firstly I would like to ask if you feel a 55-200mm would of been the better of my two lenses for the skyline of the city. I do plan on trying again when work allows me some more free time. Also, on the stream, I used a ND400 9 stop Neutral Density filter, and the lowest the calculator suggested was 16 -20 seconds (I use the NDcalc on my iphone) So would that make a large difference on the coloring the of the photo? Out of an entire day spent taking photos of just random things, these were the only ones I felt that turned out, And I am extremely glad I got the responses I did. I need to start working on telling the scenes story like you said instead of having the mindset, oh I like this, let me snag a photo of it. I love the black and white edit you made of the stream, and with the skyline I can see how it looks a lot better if the actual skyline was a bit more of the focus. Thank you for the help and I will try to post some photos that I feel tell a story once I can! Josh</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jtedlin, post: 140597, member: 13435"] This is why I joined this forum, for tips and help like this! I appreciate the response, and have just a few questions :). Firstly I would like to ask if you feel a 55-200mm would of been the better of my two lenses for the skyline of the city. I do plan on trying again when work allows me some more free time. Also, on the stream, I used a ND400 9 stop Neutral Density filter, and the lowest the calculator suggested was 16 -20 seconds (I use the NDcalc on my iphone) So would that make a large difference on the coloring the of the photo? Out of an entire day spent taking photos of just random things, these were the only ones I felt that turned out, And I am extremely glad I got the responses I did. I need to start working on telling the scenes story like you said instead of having the mindset, oh I like this, let me snag a photo of it. I love the black and white edit you made of the stream, and with the skyline I can see how it looks a lot better if the actual skyline was a bit more of the focus. Thank you for the help and I will try to post some photos that I feel tell a story once I can! Josh [/QUOTE]

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