Night Shot: Help me improve!

[uspandey]

Please help me improve my nightshots!
A Nightshot

[boko]

You should wait til they go out the frame :-? thought.

[Geoff F]

And, of course, the central copyright needs removing.

Otherwise, I think the angle is good and you have achieved excellent exposure for a difficult subject.

[arith]

I'm not an expert, would it be nicer if it wasn't so bright, it is night and supposed to be dark. Just an idea and it is hard to take a clean image at night so well done.

[Stinky]

Looks great. Good exposure

[boko]

I think I would take a HDR in this case

[uspandey]

Thanks, Folks, for the encouragement.

@Arith: Making it less bright gets a black sky alright but also reduces the foreground to darkness. Yet, it should probably be less bright. I have a RAW version and I'll check whether I can achieve it there or I need to revisit the spot. Thanks for the suggestion.

[timo2]

And, of course, the central copyright needs removing.

Otherwise, I think the angle is good and you have achieved excellent exposure for a difficult subject.

I disagree. There is no reason why the OP should not attempt to protect his images if he so wishes; at least it stops idiots stealing them and adding them to Flicker and claiming them as their own!

Anyway, good exposure on the photo, I don’t think it needs to be darker.

[arith]

I do not mean all of it and not by a lot, if the white interior around the statue is reduced by a very small amount it may have more dramatic effect, but I don't know, it is nice as it is.

[CNelson]

I see a dynamic range from nearly blown out in the bright area to black. The exposure is probably close to as good as you can get for a one shot gets all image. In order to increase the detail, especially in the dark areas you might want to consider HDR or masking.

Chuck

[uspandey]

Yeah, thanks, Chuck. The dynamic range can be better managed.