Out of the blue into the black, a photo from Kujawsko-Pomorskie, West

Photographer's Note

Toruń Out of the blue, into the black

My second picture taken (last summer) on the Old Town Market Square (Rynek Staromiejski) in Toruń.
While the crowds of tourists were somewhere in a restaurant or in a bar, I was enjoying the last minutes of the blue hour on that beautiful square with its historical buildings.
Shortly after taking this picture the last blue in the sky turned black.

As usual I had forgotten my tripod. So I took several shots of which Ive choosen this one to post here.

isabela_sor, ilDottore, UlfE, scroller, paololg, phwall, jhm, Charo, Cretense, riclopes, jaywalker, stego, lc4giala, hispic, alexisborel, asajernigan, ikeharel oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

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isabela_sor (47748) 2008-10-18 13:09 [Comment]

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Beasolea (1712) 2008-10-18 18:46

Hello Paul
Good POV and good night colours.
TFS your lovely picture from Poland.
Best regards
Bea

rodgerg (55767) 2008-10-19 1:13

Dag Paul,

Een prachtige "blue hour" with a mooie licht goudgeel, een POV vooruitzicht geeft en een hemel volle van geheimen. Een goed werk.
Goed zondage voor U.
Roger

Jeppo (17645) 2008-10-19 2:23

Ciao Paul,

it is not so nice to forget tripod...but you did a nice job indeed.
I like the golden tones contrasting with the electric blue sky

well done
Silvio

JanD (0) 2008-10-19 4:19

Howdy Paul!
Wonderful composition. Nice light and bright, very nice colors. Original work.
Regards!

BeBeHooker (0) 2008-10-19 7:24

Hi Paul!
Amazing picture. Wonderful night lights. Good capture. Very good sharp.
Cheers!

testmaniac (13508) 2008-10-19 21:37

Hi Paul, nice street night shot! Good composition. Only the photo quality can be better.

TFS

Phil

toto (0) 2008-10-20 1:24

Bonjours,
belle photo de cette place de nuit juste a la fin de l' heure bleue.belle place et trčs bel éclairage, jolies couleurs et bon POV.

Amitiés Thomas

ilDottore (5252) 2008-10-20 1:31

Hi Paul,
Very good night shot, indeed.
Fascinating lights, interesting, strong colours.
And - last but not least - photo is from Poland! :)
Best Regards
Chris

Tobias__Ortmann (2638) 2008-10-20 9:20

Hello paul,
I really like your exposure time but it´s a bit too noisy your picture to much sharpened after processing?
anyway the picture would be very nice but so...
sorry
Toba

UlfE (14641) 2008-10-20 11:56

Hi Paul,
Excellent blue hour shot. Very good light mangement and well-composed. Beautiful colours. TFS and have a nice evening!

Cheers,

Ulf

scroller (3451) 2008-10-20 23:42

Hej Paul,
It seems to me that you succeded very well. I might guess that the "noise" is du to a high iso? I like the feeleing thats created, It doesnt always have to so polished and pure. I little roughness is just fine here and makes the photo yours.
Hälsningar
/stefan

COSTANTINO (117792) 2008-10-21 12:45

Hello friend,
there are too many colours around,
these colours are breathtaking..
Lighting is really nice..
Wonderful capture..
all the best
Costantino

paololg (31448) 2008-10-21 13:42

Ciao Paul,
I have to make you the most sincere compliments because to capture a sky, as this, under these conditions of light, it's really difficult. You have managed the light and the colors in marvelous way, showing all of your cleverness. Very beautiful.
Ciao
Paolo

phwall (6787) 2008-10-21 14:40

Hello Paul,
No tripod, handheld, great result. Yes the image has some noise, but sometimes it doesn't matter and for me with this shot there are so many interesting elements a bit of noise is of no consequence. I like your composition, you show the right amount of everything.
The practical lights give the image a warm cosy look, and the reflection across the cobblestones is wonderful.
Really good shot, compliments.
Cheers
Peter

trekks (14348) 2008-10-22 8:06

hello Paul

Great view of night at the square and having a good view of the hotel and tower under blue hour sky.

Not sure about the shutter since no photo info is given but f/2.8 has allowed good stable hand for this sharp focus. It is much better than my 500mm lens of 1.8kg

tfs, bill

claudeD (47754) 2008-10-22 9:23

Hello Paul,

excellent night shot with a perfect light managment and very good sharpness.Excellent fotojob.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

Waylim (25436) 2008-10-22 11:12

Paul,
Very nice night shot, beautiful color and good composition. the emty street give a kind lonely feel and very moody. The noise level is bit high but good enough to enjoy. Yes a tripod with have help greatly. Sometimes it's hard to carry around a tripod in the city. Thanks
Way

emka (158826) 2008-10-22 13:24

Hi Paul,

You visited Poland in summer! have you met someone from the polish TE-friends? And what about Warsaw? Have you also visited my city? Splendid night view of Torun, even without the trip[od you succeeded. I like the composition and the colours are superb.

Regards

Malgorzata

jhm (211738) 2008-10-23 0:46

Hallo Paul,

Ik zie hier een zeer snelle sluitertijd en toch krijgen we een zeer mooie foto, echt een foto tijdens het blauw uur.
Licht en kleuren mogen absoluut gezien worden, ook de scherpte is very goed. Mooi foto werk, bedankt.

Groeten,
John.

Charo (51290) 2008-10-23 2:11

Hello Paul,
A nice time to take a picture and you have achieved a great capture with great light and contrasts. Magnificent square if somewhat lonely and very good detail.
Best regards,
Charo

Cretense (68709) 2008-10-23 4:35

Hi Paul!

Fantastic "blue" hour photo, excellent timing and great light managment, this combination of blue and orange-gold is my favourite! Excellent composition, framing and perspective! Congratulations!

Hercules

mauro61 (53429) 2008-10-23 9:10

ciao Paul,
un ottimo notturno dai colori caldi e un ottima gestione della luce, come della inquadratura.
buona serata
maurizio

Dyerco (10185) 2008-10-23 19:12

Hi Paul
Well done. These shots have more impact at the blue hour than later in the night.I think it is because blue and yellow/orange are opposites on the colour wheel.
Phil

Graal (103040) 2008-10-23 23:06

Bonjour Paul,
good night shot, an interesting view from Torun. Nice lights and reflections. Fine presentation. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

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riclopes (35577) 2008-10-24 23:25

Olá Paul, wonderful blue tones turning to black and marvellous lighting. You did an impressive capture considering you didn't had a tripod. There's a bit of noise but it doesn't bother me at all. Good balance bettween the lamppost at left with the tower at right while the bright hotel sign keeps the center shinning ;-)
regards,
ric

jaywalker (16105) 2008-10-27 4:14

Hi Paul, Captured in the blue hour you have created a very beautiful photo, the light are nicely positioned & well reflected on the floor, great sharp focus, good POV, overall a super shot, kind regards Wilson.

dumbo (4541) 2008-10-28 5:18

Great night shot Paul!
That dark blue/black sky is really mysterious and fabulous. I also like the architecture of those city buildings.
Well done!

Regards,
Eino

stego (24132) 2008-10-28 12:24

Hi Paul,
It's a wonderful late blue hour, about becoming "black hour". I like the light and colour management. Sometimes the artificial lights produce a yellow/greenish cast that is hard to overcome, but here those oranges are beautiful.
The only thing that is pity is the noise, but it doesn't look like an easy thing to correct effectively.
Regards, José.

tpstrek (2168) 2008-10-29 13:30

Hallo Paul,
Mooie scherpe avondopname met geweldige kleurencombinatie van 'goud' en blauw.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Henri

lc4giala (2190) 2008-11-01 11:38

Hello Paul
great shot,excellent warm colours,very good attribution in the romantic night
congratulations!
regards
George

hispic (9658) 2008-11-03 1:06

Hello Paul,
Very nice cityscape at the blue hour, powerful color is really impressive. the white fringe on the roofs and grain on the sky make interesting effect.
Have a nice day, Hisashi

ifanik (21679) 2008-11-05 15:56

Hi Paul
Very beautiful photo at the blue hour
Nice colors and POV
Best regards
Nick

alexisborel (755) 2008-11-06 5:30

Hi Paul
thanks for your critic.
Pictures taken at blue hour are always better than those in dark night and your one got spectaculars clouds.
Pov give a large scale of this place and take a picture without tripod is hard on night. My only critic is about noise clearly visible on dark parts but i saw on exif you got a compact camera who are more subject to this than dslr. and if you shot without tripod, i think camera got high iso to make fast shot at night. So problem here isn't photographer part but material part.
Have a good day

Alexis

anesugur (18789) 2008-11-09 12:39

Hi Paul,
I like night pictures.
And this one is very beautiful.
Good work.
Best regards. Uğur

ahmetgedikli (25609) 2008-11-22 13:25

Hi Paul,
Superb night composotion... Very good POV, colors and light. Well done.
Have a nice weekend.
Ahmet

asajernigan (21427) 2008-11-23 5:12

Paul,
This is a fine blue hour shot! The reflected light on the square leads the eye into the shot nicely. There is a bit of noise in the sky but it does not hurt the effect of the shot.
TFS,
Asa

rmcfa63 (358) 2008-12-17 14:34

Good capture by night, I like specially the dark blue of sky. Thanks for your visit.

darek1978 (13361) 2009-02-14 16:04

Hello Paul,
Wow! This photo is from my country;) The brown and orange tones are perfect. Altogether you have captured a great mood. Great colours and wonderful clarity. Nice work!
Cheers,
Darek

ikeharel (114605) 2019-03-23 3:05

Hello Paul,
Good result without a tripod, night shot with enough light on the sky to keep the "blue-hour" term intact, and given a strong contrast.
The golden light shining on the paved street wonderfully added to the depth of the scene.
My best regards,
Ike

mkamionka (75137) 2019-11-06 1:34

Hi Paul,
this is certainly one of the most beautiful towns in Poland, and because it is off the beaten track -not many people even heard about it.
I had the pleasure to visit it but very long time ago without a camera.
I was very impressed.
I see you mentioned the lack of tripod, it is noticeable here. You are always presenting perfect quality blue hour photos so I was a bit surprised to see some noise.
I thing noise filtering software wold turn it into a perfect shot again.
Lovely market scene. It encourages me to visit this town someday again,
Enjoy your trip to Nepal!
M