Greetings from Pittsburgh
by alanfreed

Comment by Willa:
Beautiful!

Greetings from Pittsburgh
by alanfreed

Comment by Kaz:
Beautiful work. 10 Kaz

Greetings from Pittsburgh
by alanfreed

Comment by CLarson557:
Are you sure that this isn't a scanned picture from a postcard? It could be, you know. Very impressive! I like the reflections in the water.

The Smithfield Street Bridge
by alanfreed

Comment by Antithesis:
Negative space or not, this is a very good photo. And it brings back memories for me. I used to live there. I worked in a parking garage at Blvd of the Allies and Wood Street. Pittsburgh has a great skyline, especially from the south side. Keep up the good work.

The Smithfield Street Bridge
by alanfreed

Comment by alanfreed:
Just thought I'd add a couple "where my mind was" comments to this one. To me the challenge was to make use of negative space ("space which isn't the subject") to create a "wow" effect. My thought here was that the water/sky would be the negative space surrounding the bridge.

I came upon this scene where a large neon sign illuminates the train tracks, and I thought that would be an interesting use of the "negative space." The problem with this is that, in reality, what happened was that the tracks became a distraction, and kind of became a secondary subject or co-subject of the shot... and they didn't really relate to the bridge in a way that enhanced the subject.

So the end result was a lot of "what the heck is with the red tracks" comments, which in retrospect is a very good question! Thanks for the comments -- while hardly my best placing during the challenges, this has probably been the week I have learned the most about an aspect of photography, which is what I'm here for!

The Smithfield Street Bridge
by alanfreed

Comment by GeneralE:
Great color effects. I'm not sure if I'd like it better with still water/clearer reflections or this way, but if it were convenient I'd reshoot it myself if possible. I really like everything else about it.

The Smithfield Street Bridge
by alanfreed

Comment by xertion:
The bright red is extremely distracting for this photo mostly filled with yellow hues.

The Smithfield Street Bridge
by alanfreed

Comment by Maverick:
How did you get the railroad bed to be so red? was it just the lighting? It adds an interesting contrast, but I think it detracts from the lights on the bridge. Very nice night exposure

The Smithfield Street Bridge
by alanfreed

Comment by jerry:
Nice, I like your colors.

The Smithfield Street Bridge
by alanfreed

Comment by csb:
I love it... I'd love to know how you accomplished the red in the foreground. Really nice shot, but not much negative space. 7 for the current challenge, 10 otherwise