Empire State Light
by suecunning

Comment by suecunning:
Thanks to everyone for their comments. Just got this camera and have never entered anything before so I suppose this was a way to get the feet wet. Doesn't help that I don't have access to Photoshop yet which is why I had trouble with sizing. Anyway, hopefully I can tweak the rudimentary stuff and submit more meaningful shots in the future.

Originally posted by Britannica: The points that I am sure you have heard already in the comments; image size is not using the allowed size of 640 pixels on a side and has a bit of a clockwise tilt. The motion blur is so obvious I will assume it was intentional, and it certainly brings the focus of the image away from the building (as a building) and places it squarely on the lights. A great way to meet the challenge topic head on. However, abstracting the building in this way leaves you with composition only to produce an effect -- and it is a bit heavy on the right hand side. The large bright area in the lower right out weights the rest of the image -- I believe placing more negative space on the right and less on the left would have produced a better composed image.

Empire State Light
by suecunning

Comment by David.C:
The points that I am sure you have heard already in the comments; image size is not using the allowed size of 640 pixels on a side and has a bit of a clockwise tilt. The motion blur is so obvious I will assume it was intentional, and it certainly brings the focus of the image away from the building (as a building) and places it squarely on the lights. A great way to meet the challenge topic head on. However, abstracting the building in this way leaves you with composition only to produce an effect -- and it is a bit heavy on the right hand side. The large bright area in the lower right out weights the rest of the image -- I believe placing more negative space on the right and less on the left would have produced a better composed image.

Empire State Light
by suecunning

Comment by arpita:
It's too small, also no part is clearly in focus.

Empire State Light
by suecunning

Comment by seanernet:
Seems too blurry, the crop isn't straight, would like to see more of the building.

Empire State Light
by suecunning

Comment by Node:
Sorry the photo is very small and blured with funny squiggly things. I would suggest you look in the tutorial section for re sizing photos for a challenge.

Empire State Light
by suecunning

Comment by Pixelstate:
Sorry, this does not work for me. Too small and the motion during exposure is more distracting than interesting.

Empire State Light
by suecunning

Comment by shavenwalrus:
Oh dear, this is WAY too small and will get marked down severely for that reason.

The photo itself is puzzling. What is it? It just looks like a blur.