And the Day Begins
by ace flyman

Comment by seancgn68:
Nice exposure. I tried something like this, and stuggled not to get my bright spots to bright while retaining some background detail. Good job.

And the Day Begins
by ace flyman

Comment by Art Roflmao:
I want to see the clock's EXIF data. ;-)

And the Day Begins
by ace flyman

Comment by sherpet:
Perfect timing, a the photo not bad as well......

Christmas with Disney
by ace flyman

Comment by talquingurl:
Great Micky and Minnie. Can anyone guess what year they quit pitting lashes on Minnie?

These City Walls
by ace flyman

Comment by ace flyman:
Thanks Doc.....used a polarizer, it was that week we had the air advisory smog alert. Couldn't find a higher spot to get around the trees. This is pretty much the same shot channel 8 uses sometimes for there backdrop on the news, not sure which time slot. We should go shot sometime. (when it gets much warmer). Thanks again.

out take;

Message edited by author 2005-12-09 01:51:10.

These City Walls
by ace flyman

Comment by DrAchoo:
Oh yeah, I remember this one since I live in Vancouver, WA. I gave it a 7, but you might have gotten a homer bonus. The biggest problem is actually the pine trees. Evergreens are impossible to photograph well (I find). They turn to black, muddled messes really fast, and here they take up a good 25% of the picture. I'm sure you were limited by your vantage points and the cost of renting a helicopter, but I think it's a detractor from the overall picture.

The colors are both nice, but also a bit drab. I like the blue (although I have seen better, deeper twilight blue) and the lights, but the rest of the picture would probably be better in B&W. I tried to covert to B&W and it didn't do it for me, but I also tried a selective desat of everything but yellow (with only a 50% desat on yellow). That was a bit more interesting, but I'm not sure it would have done much better. So I'm not quite sure which direction to go there. Did you use a polarizer? That can really make a nice color of the sky, even at twilight.

So overall a great idea limited by the trees.

Georgia Pacific
by ace flyman

Comment by graphicfunk:
Like an oasis in the night. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.

Georgia Pacific
by ace flyman

Comment by ohiochase:
Beautiful picture! I like the reflections, DOF and long exposure.

If I had to be critical, I'd cut down the lines but that's getting picky :-)

Very nice.

Georgia Pacific
by ace flyman

Comment by kard:
Just beautiful

These City Walls
by ace flyman

Comment by caba:
Looks like Mount Hood, from Portland, got to love that view.