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by ButterflySis

Comment by BikeRacer:
i don't love the crop here - i'd hope to not have the angels wing cut off - makes me wonder what the primary subject is.

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by ButterflySis

Comment by BikeRacer:
nice postcard shot! my only complaint would be there seem to be odd greenish casts to 30 Rock and the inside of the horns on my monitor - takes away from the warmth of that location for me.

Cape Cod Light
by ButterflySis

Comment by a8j2:
oh man, it's damn impressive.
i really loved the shutter speed you've chosen.
the sky color, oh tell me about sky color, it's fantastic.
congrats.

My Favorite City (NYC)
by ButterflySis

Comment by dwterry:
Beautifully done. Obviously done with a very small aperture with a good quality lens. I love how the outlines of the buildings are still visible, as are the clouds in the sky. The reflections on the water add a lot too. And, perhaps I'm just a sucker for color, but the blue in the top right just adds a lot of intrigue for me. Love the image! Good luck in the challenge!

My Favorite City (NYC)
by ButterflySis

Comment by cghubbell:
Great night exposure! Not too hazy from the lights, yet just enough detail in the shadows. A slightly more dramatic sky woudl make this a powerful image.

My Favorite City (NYC)
by ButterflySis

Comment by LegatoMuzic:
New York is 2nd to Boston for my favorite. Great shot

My Favorite City (NYC)
by ButterflySis

Comment by e301:
High quality shot, but so very common it's difficult to see any great appeal or difference in this one. Sellable no doubt.

My Favorite City (NYC)
by ButterflySis

Comment by lcarterdavis:
I love this shot!
The city is sharp and sparkles, and there is motion in the river and the clouds.
Pure Gold!

My Favorite City (NYC)
by ButterflySis

Comment by whatdewuc:
Looks incredible at night. Love how the blue seems a to be a beacon. Great cityscape...

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by ButterflySis

Comment by zeuszen:
It's dark, and it's beautiful. The road is there, fore to back. The lower window in the tower is easy to make out. The highlight exposure is gorgeous. And we've been spared undue saturation. (Smiling)

The horizon appears to tilt, just a teeny-weeny bit, to the left. The border is, well, ominous, overpowering and, to my senses, painfully ostentatious.

The centred horizon, although against the blanket rules of composition, works well enough. The resulting two 'halves' of the image are balanced: the dark reflecting the light, more or less symmetrically. Road and lighthouse enjoy an equal correspondence of 'relative weight', assymmetrically.

The rule for those who know the rule: do it the way the image dictates.