OK, so here are two examples of the group shots from last Wed. The first is what you get when I did my best to equalize the background and foreground lighting. Though Thomas in the back left is a bit soft. The other is a composite of a separate background exposure I did before everyone got there while there was still light. It's fine to me, thought in comparison to the first I think it looks less organic and a little too pasted in.
I like the first one better. I think the natural backlighting holds the shot together. In the composited version, you loose the backlight and it looks like it's layered together in photoshop.
I agree, that's what you get when you have to shoot two different things in different light. That said, the second is much sharper and less grainy than the first, so it's a toss-up for their purposes.
Ditto that, Mike. The street lights add a nice backlight on the 1st one for separation.
(wrapping up some holiday weekend blog reading catching up)
What is the use of the photo? If the customer wants something to show them "on wall street", I think the second photo says that a lot more than the first. The close up image of stock exchange pillars is more widely known than the wider image of wall street. At first, I thought the first image was just a NYC street. It wasn't till after looking at the second image that I realized the first was on on wall street (and that's coming from a west coaster).
The only detriment to the second image is the gentlemen on the right has his cuff messed up, which my eye is drawn to...