Vancouver Moonrise by Lloyd Barnes

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Olympus Pen E-PL1 camera, Olympus 50-200 mm zoom lens, tripod

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
For the city scene: focal length 50 mm, 8 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100. I used the self timer to take the photo without touching the camera during the exposure to avoid motion blur.

For the moon: focal length 200 mm, 1/125 sec at f/16, ISO 100

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Lightroom 3.3 and Photoshop CS4

Q4. What is the location?
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I wanted to combine the beautiful cityscape with the fresh snow on the background mountains and the full moon. The settings for the moon exposure were very different than the settings for the cityscape, so I took the photos separately and combined them in Photoshop. I thought it would look more interesting if the moon was rising over the mountains. Later, I converted the photo to black and white in Lightroom and loved the results!

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
This is the first shoot that I did with my new Olympus Pen E-PL1 camera and I was very happy with the results!

Radiant London by Constantinos Hinis

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Nikon D300, 12-24mm, cable release, Manfrotto 190CXPro4 tripod, ball head.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
12mm, f/11, ISO 200, various shutter speeds, vertical orientation, multiple shots blended for exposure correction and stitched to form a panorama.

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Photoshop CS5, Photomatic Pro.

Q4. What is the location?
Thames river, opposite Westminster Palace, London, UK

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
There really is no particular reason... It's just that I am in London, and Big Ben is perhaps the most iconic place in London, and I wanted to take a different shot of this over-photographed place.

Singapore National Day by Souvik Bhattacharya

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Nikon D90 with Sigma 10-20mm lens

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
F/11; Shutter: Bulb; ISO: 100; Focus: Manual

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Abobe Photoshop Lightroom

Q4. What is the location?
Singapore

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I wanted to capture fireworks in Singapore from some new location. So while exploring the surrounding I thought to try this angle.

Paris Cityscape by Barry O Carroll

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Canon 40D, Sigma EX 24-70 lens, a tripod

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
This is an HDR from 3 images taken at 3 different exposures:
-2 ISO 100 F22 1/100 sec
0 ISO 100 F22 1/25 sec
+2 ISO 100 F22 1/6 sec

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
I used Photomatix to blend the 3 images with the strenght set to 70%. I then used a combination of Lightroom and Photoshop to finish the processing.

I darkened the photo in Photoshop using curves and then painted back in using masks the areas of light for a more dramatic and cinematic effect. This is definitely one of those photos where I've pushed the meaning of "what is photography" a little.

Q4. What is the location?
The photo was taken in Paris along Quai de la Tournerlle looking towards the Île de la Cité. Notre Dame de Paris is to the left and the Tour Saint Jaques is just visible to the right of the photo.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
The shot and the the style of processing is inspired by 2 French photographers: Stephane Rey Gorrez and Jean Michel Berts.

I love taking photographs in Paris in general. It is a stunningly beautiful city that contains some of the most magnificent architecture and monuments in the world. I love trying to capture the beauty but also mood of the city in my shots. Paris is by far my favourite photography location.

The processing in this photo is meant to portray the dark moodyness that hung over the city that day. There was heavy grey cloud through wich occasional rays of light burst through illumination buildings or sometimes parts of buildings.

Opening Up Skies by John de Guzmán

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Canon 40D with 10-22mm lens, no tripod

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
The clouds split so quickly, there wasn't time to manually set camera settings... it was on my default "Program" setting on the mode wheel. Exposure 0.5, ISO 800

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Lightroom 3

Q4. What is the location?
New York, 9/11 Tribute lights, 2010

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I capture NYC daily, and the 9/11 tribute lights are a special night for me, every year