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Light Up My Life.

2009.10.10
Nikon D70s | f/1.8 | 1/800" | ISO 1600 | 50mm

Toby Keith - I Love This Bar

Yeah, this is really, really dark. I was using my 50mm 1.8 that night and really was just experimenting with multiple shots of an exact scene and then merging them into PS to reduce noise [it's a really, really cool trick - check it out here] So then while waiting for my most favorite chicken wings in the world [they are amazing], I snapped this off.

By the way, this shot is particularly interesting to any of you who might have looked on the real google earth to see where about I live. Of course I never actually put the pin right on my house, but what I did do was put the pin right on this very spot. Again - it is my most favorite hang out, bar, restaurant, whatever. Cheers.

P.S. Try the 'Special Grilled' wings; they are the cats pajamas!

25°42'5.93"N, 80°21'23.24"W
44 Comments
Amethystia Beautifully abstract!! I'd love to learn that multiple exposure noise-reduction trick. Will you teach me / link me to a tutorial?
Amethystia · 2009-10-09: 22:51
sandyk I agree it is a great abstract photo... and I like the colors!
sandyk · 2009-10-09: 22:56
soubhagya It is great.. so u took d pics in Raw or Jpeg?
soubhagya · 2009-10-09: 23:11
Crustopher Cool perspective and nice job merging the photos!
Crustopher · 2009-10-10: 01:19
monkey great. when I grow up I will also go in bars :-)
monkey · 2009-10-10: 01:35
revenant That's great. I love the image and thanks for the link to the very useful tip. My 5D mk II is very good at noise even in high ISO, but I've often sworn at the crappy lighting in museums.

And the special grilled could also be the bee's knees or even (in some restaurants perhaps worth avoiding) the dog's bollocks...
revenant · 2009-10-10: 01:46
chrisbuchan zany but cool pic
chrisbuchan · 2009-10-10: 02:27
amagala Love the colours!
Thanks for the tip on how to reduce noise on high ISO shots: very useful!
Thanks a lot for your visits and comments on blog although i don't come up much...
amagala · 2009-10-10: 03:22
lucygriffith Great shot, and great tip! Thanks.
lucygriffith · 2009-10-10: 03:35
strangestagain great colours! :--D
strangestagain · 2009-10-10: 05:08
onlyricky OMG Mike, I love the lights from this picture!
Again this is a super nice Picture from you!
I really liked it!
onlyricky · 2009-10-10: 05:34
lynnsgallery2 LOVE this shot from the back of the sign...nicely composed!!! Great info...I find it difficult to achieve great night shots. I can almost taste the wings...hehe :))
lynnsgallery2 · 2009-10-10: 06:34
GKorts Great composition and colors Mike and this noise reduction seems to work very well. Thanks for the link
GKorts · 2009-10-10: 07:11
GKorts And I forgot one day I want to visit such a bar as it was in the video
GKorts · 2009-10-10: 07:30
Ryana Great shot, i find the light just perfect!!
Ryana · 2009-10-10: 09:52
Kamibizr wonderful capture and amazing light
Kamibizr · 2009-10-10: 10:02
jennye Excellent shot and title Mike!....great song choice too, it goes well with this post.
......I'll definitely try those grilled wings if I go to Miami.
Thanks for the link as well, I really need to start learning how to use PS!
btw - what does the sign say?
jennye · 2009-10-10: 12:27
Unchained This is really a good shot because I imagine that it is not easy to do it so well. Great colours and perfect light.
Unchained · 2009-10-10: 19:12
thebronzebow Love this pic, - - something about the color shapes and reflections.
thebronzebow · 2009-10-10: 19:33
tcalbaz very kewl!!
tcalbaz · 2009-10-10: 19:55
joycephotography Awesome...........
joycephotography · 2009-10-10: 21:01
eternity65 Great shot Mike! light and colour just perfect!
Love the song and the video, great fun, i love that bar too :-))
Thanks for the interesting link.
eternity65 · 2009-10-11: 02:25
idorudoll interesting .. :)
idorudoll · 2009-10-11: 06:17
nunuinpictures This is very cool, Mike!
nunuinpictures · 2009-10-11: 13:21
tedbarlow Really good to think of going behind the lights :-)
tedbarlow · 2009-10-11: 13:41
Wasichseh Wonderful colours! Thank you for the link! It`s very helful, I will try it next week!
Wasichseh · 2009-10-11: 14:21
Tats25 Very nice and interesting shot !
Tats25 · 2009-10-11: 15:29
somogyvari Fantastic shot!!
somogyvari · 2009-10-12: 03:07
Iringo Your new themes are very abstract. It is interesting.
Iringo · 2009-10-12: 06:14
dream1554 A very creative work,good use of lighting and interesting details!
Thank you for sharing :)
dream1554 · 2009-10-12: 07:35
lifeinmono the way you elaborate about the restaurant
and looking at the lighting makes me hungry
lifeinmono · 2009-10-12: 07:51
sakaras really nice compositions..very vivid colors...well done Mike
sakaras · 2009-10-12: 10:46
dontblink I really like this picture Mike. Great idea.
dontblink · 2009-10-12: 11:39
flamee Wow - fantastic, deep colours.
flamee · 2009-10-12: 12:35
smudgedlens Awesome shot! I love the perspective. Very creative.
smudgedlens · 2009-10-12: 21:27
Shaparak Amazing light in this shot !
Shaparak · 2009-10-12: 21:38
azuul great, colours are amazing :D
azuul · 2009-10-13: 00:23
2colors NEON LIGHT
let's get disco!!!
2colors · 2009-10-13: 08:38
jchantra wow dude! this is an amazing shot...i'm impressed with the lack or absense of noise here...imma try to incorporate your trick in my night shots!
jchantra · 2009-10-13: 17:57
Jarvo Great shot Mike, I saved it in my favourites. Really unusual. I think I'm going to have to find a bar to get some good shots like you did ;¬)
Jarvo · 2009-10-13: 19:15
Jarvo Just read the tip. Looks very useful :-)
Jarvo · 2009-10-13: 19:19
firehorsecri Very cool neon pic and composition. "Cats pijamas"? again I've big problem in English understanding...
firehorsecri · 2009-10-17: 09:09
sarahnadesarah I love the composition as well. And grilled wings? Dude, we all know they're better fried with a shit ton of hot sauce... let's be real now.
sarahnadesarah · 2009-10-17: 13:06
jlmphotos Love this.
jlmphotos · 2009-10-22: 19:17
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