Michigan State Capitol Building

    View from across Walnut Street looking at the back side of the building.

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    1. Forchilli (65 months ago | reply)

      looks awesome with the 1.6 exposure

    2. Mario.Q (65 months ago | reply)

      Thanks! 1.6s did the trick. I tried not to blow out the details on the dome.

    3. paulhitz (65 months ago | reply)

      another nice night time shot, good work!

    4. mattkaz (aka McPhloyd) (65 months ago | reply)

      nice shot! I like the blowing U.S. flag... and good job on getting the dome details (like you said).

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      mattkaz (aka McPhloyd) added this photo to his favorites. (65 months ago)

    6. Mario.Q (65 months ago | reply)

      Thanks guys!

    7. Apocaplops (65 months ago | reply)

      it's too bad the dome is so brightly lit compared to the rest of the capitol. I'm tempted to use a graduated ND filter, or perhaps just do two different exposures, one for the dome, and one for the rest.

    8. Mario.Q (65 months ago | reply)

      Apoc – graduated ND filter…you lost me there. I’ll have to google that one. I assume it must help dim down brightly lit areas?

      I was thinking about blending exposures, but thought the flags would come out looking a little wild (although some may like that effect).

      Thanks for the suggestions!

    9. Aubrey Stoll (65 months ago | reply)

      Nice shot and the dome is well exposed despite the dark sky. Better to get the exposure right than blending exposures in my opinion. For optimum exposure take the shot during the blue hour. Nice work and nice sharpness too.

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      Kelly Marie Ekeroth added this photo to her favorites. (65 months ago)

    11. Apocaplops (65 months ago | reply)

      look for "nd grad."

      I guess this being flickr, a picture says a thousand words, right?

    12. Mario.Q (65 months ago | reply)

      Awesome link! So, do you just hold that filter over your lens by hand or is there a way to attach it to your camera?!? I see there are screw on types, but the info I found on the internet didn’t recommend them.

    13. Apocaplops (65 months ago | reply)

      There's a filter system that uses those big square ones, and you basically have an attachment that covers th front of the lens to hold it in place. Or you could hold it there yourself I suppose. I believe Castle photo had an old stock system in their bargain bin last time I checked. I think it's made by Hoya?

      As far as the shot is concerned, I think you're right about the flags. This exposure here is probably the best possible for the situation, so right on!

    14. farlane (65 months ago | reply)

      Hello. We blogged this to The 2007 State of the State: Michigan Responds on Absolute Michigan. Thanks for adding to the Absolute Michigan pool!

    15. Light Play (64 months ago | reply)

      beautiful shot!! even in this night shot, one can feel the breeze on the flags..!! nice!

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      Through Joanne's eye added this photo to her favorites. (64 months ago)

    17. pelle82 (63 months ago | reply)

      Wonderful!!

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    19. farlane (41 months ago | reply)

      Double blog! It's on 2009 Michigan Anniversaries. As I'm sure you're well aware, 2009 is Lansing's 150th birthday!

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      kristine_cute1432007 added this photo to their favorites. (39 months ago)

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