Autumnal Hues
by geewhy

Comment by Judith Polakoff:
Gorgeous colors and textures

Autumnal Hues
by geewhy

Comment by skylen:
Gorgeous! Fabulous colors! I love the 'glow' feeling of the image. The best so far.

Autumnal Hues
by geewhy

Comment by Bud:
The contrasting colors are excellent. The light just seems a little to bright at the top of the photo.

Woodland walk
by geewhy

Comment by jrgthatsme:
one of your best in my opinion.
love to see it in your prints.

In the heat of the night
by geewhy

Comment by geewhy:
Thanks for all the comments folks.
I totally understand why the composition doesn`t suit all...it wasn`t my first choice either..however, it is extremely difficult to get shots of the refinery now without being subjected to police involvement.so this was taken about a mile away in a very muddy, dark,farmers field.
I got there took two or three shots and got out again before anyone could pass by. The picture you see has had a little cropped off the bottom to centre the refinery. I tried all types of crop and to get the crop most people suggest meant zooming in on the refinery and I didn`t feel the image was sharp enough for that..so decided on the central composition as the lesser of all evils.
If I hadn`t been so panicky about getting caught taking the picture, I would have had taken more time to think about my composition and not relied on trying to sort it out afterwards.

In the heat of the night
by geewhy

Comment by peecee:
Gordon, I tend to agree with the comments on the foreground space and marked it down slightly for it.
I bet the larger image is pin sharp, it looks that way.
Overall quite an interesting, well taken shot and a very respectable place for yor first 20D nightshot.

In the heat of the night
by geewhy

Comment by tyt2000:
I wonder why you had the refinery centered like that? Do you think the negative space in the bottom helps? Because the eye is lead up the frame following the steam. Just wondering :) The exposure is excellent though...

Message edited by author 2004-10-25 01:05:20.

In the heat of the night
by geewhy

Comment by adine:
Fabulous motion and color. The subtle shapes and gradients in the drakness detract from the bursts above I'd crop from the bottom and just the leaves a lin black line at the btoom withe the silhouettes on the trees.

In the heat of the night
by geewhy

Comment by tyt2000:
The negative space in the bottom does nothing to the composition, I think it would have looked better if the subjects were lower in the frame, with more negative space at the top.

In the heat of the night
by geewhy

Comment by Jelloeye:
I'm typically not a big fan of wide cityscape shots but this one has a gorgeous magical touch to it...the long shuttered smoke captures are simply lovely...I think the other streetlights are a bit too hot and overexposed but it doesn't really detract at all from the serene beauty of the shot by much...great job!