Ghosts of the city
by marvin

Comment by levyj413:
This is a gorgeous night shot, but the ghosts are barely visible. I know, I know - that's your point. But they're so invisble they don't connect the photo to mystery or magic for me. In a free study, without the ghosts, I'd rate this highly. But here, it's a 4.

Ghosts of the city
by marvin

Comment by CNovack:
I can see what you tried to accomplish in this photo. There are 'numerous' mysterious ghostly figures milling about. The problem is the composition and angle. None of the figures are terribly prominent in the photo. The figures in the distance maybe make-up 4 % of the photo. While those in the foreground are almost not visible because they blend into the dark background and the busy lights of the city. Making those ghostly figures in the foreground more prominent would be the key to moving this out of the average range and into the 7 and up range. Perhaps shooting the photo at a lower angle would have helped. Placing the camera low to the ground and shooting angled up so that the figures appear more on the backdrop of the blue sky would have made them as visible as those ghostly figures you see in the background faintly silhouetted on the ocean. Also too much of the bright lights would only serve to distract attention away from one of the key elements that being the ghostly figures. Just keeping a narrow slice of the city lights and city line would help keep the atttention tihtly focused on the main elements and make a stronger connection to the title of the piece.

Tie
by marvin

Comment by junior_z:
shining rope :)

Ghosts of the city
by marvin

Comment by DrAchoo:
Heh, I thought the "ghosts" were the clouds which looked to mimic the buildings. I didn't notice the other ghosts. I'm less impressed with them. 5

Tie
by marvin

Comment by inutza:
Nice color, nice composition, but I can't understand why you let it overexposed.

Now which direction did he go?
by marvin

Comment by ShaneBlake:
typically, i'm one who likes a tilted perspective, but i just don't think it works as intended in this shot...

Now which direction did he go?
by marvin

Comment by cutlassdude70:
Beautiful black & white shot. :) I like the tilt to the frame and like the contrast. I might have framed it a bit higher though to avoid cutting off the top of that street light.

Ghosts of the city
by marvin

Comment by Chiaroscuro:
I love long exposures.

Tie
by marvin

Comment by ho0joker:
it could use a little less contrast.. the highlights are very bright.. but overall a very nice photo..

Tie
by marvin

Comment by hotpasta:
love the high contrast...makes a great abstract 7