In the still on the night
by Brookied

Comment by goldstardeputy:
Love the old feel of this

In the still on the night
by Brookied

Comment by JLC:
Neat night shot!

In the still on the night
by Brookied

Comment by SandyP:
Urban stillness! Awesome! This kind of reminds me of a Deb photo (That's a compliment) :)

hapenny2_med_8441.jpg
by Brookied

Comment by Marc923:
I like the mood of it. The two people have that surreal look. The only thing I'd do, is take out the trash in the middle of the bridge.

Grattan_Bridge_V2_8375.jpg
by Brookied

Comment by Brookied:
Thanks guys, I have not tried HDR yet, i have not got the software for it. and do not know how to get it in elements 4 or Aperture. something for me to learn i think.

thanks again

Grattan_Bridge_V2_8375.jpg
by Brookied

Comment by skylen:
Gorgeous! The image is very detailed and has good contrast. The bright lights add variety to the scene and create a visually interesting lighting situation. The lights and the surrounding areas are overexposed, but I don't think it's necessarily too bad.

Skip gives good advice though: this image might be even better if both the highlights and shadows could retain detail. I would love to see this image in an HDR version (from perhaps 5 frames in 2-stop increments? I haven't done enough HDR yet it know what would work best).

hapenny2_med_8441.jpg
by Brookied

Comment by noraneko:
This one made me say "wow" when I opened it - always a good sign :-) In fact, this is an incredible shot. I'd give it a 9 or 10 here, should sell well in the 'real world.'

hapenny2_med_8441.jpg
by Brookied

Comment by NikonJeb:
WOW!!!! Darren, this is awesome! Griity and mysterious. A lot of depth. I really like it!

christchurch_med_8421.jpg
by Brookied

Comment by Skip:
i think you need to decide what you're photographing here: the traffic, or the structure. the traffic lights are so blown out that they take away from the image. the ghosting leaves the lighting on the structure extremely uneven.

Grattan_Bridge_V2_8375.jpg
by Brookied

Comment by Skip:
this one works as a bw, but i think you need to work on either your exposure, or your post-production. this is a situation where you can't get everything in one frame, unless you really work on it. you need the detail in the shadows, but the lights are way over-exposed. if you stop it down a bit, and can't find enough detail in the shadows, you will probably need to merge to frames to get the final image you're looking for.