Under the Manchester Bridge

Under the Manchester Bridge, originally uploaded by Ty Johnson Photography.

This is one of the shots from when I was trying to find places to do night shots of the skyline from. At first I didn't even look through these because I thought they would have too much contrast between the shaded and non-shaded areas. I was able to rescue the shadows with the RAW file and some of the shots turned out decent.

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Richmond Night Shots

Richmond Skyline, originally uploaded by Ty Johnson Photography.

Here are some Richmond night shots.

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Richmond Skyline

Richmond Skyline, originally uploaded by Ty Johnson Photography.

This is another one of those Richmond night shots I've been after. I've always been nervous to do it. You are out on the middle of the Manchester bridge at night with nowhere to run should someone decide to mug you. I wish I could have gotten more light trails from the cars on the right side. Maybe next time :)

Main Street Station

Main Street Station, originally uploaded by Ty Johnson Photography.

I've been wanting this shot for a long time now. I got the idea from someone on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skynoir/4678543856/in/faves-tyronejohnson/). On the first attempt the I made it to the spot (top of the James Monroe building parking deck) around 6:15am -- too late. The next day I came back at about 5:30. I wasn't able to get a long enough exposure to get all of the light trails that I wanted so I had to merge two images in Photoshop to get this one.

I shot this with a Nikon D3000 with the kit lens (18-55mm f/3.5-5.6).