State-of-the-art. . .once upon a time.
by joanns

Comment by nards656:
The sky is a little too bright, or I would give this a 9. 8 nards656

State-of-the-art. . .once upon a time.
by joanns

Comment by HBunch:
This doesn't even look like it's on tracks anymore. Is it just sitting there? I think with it being beside the tracks, and not appearing to be ON any, this definately, although sadly, qualifies for garbage. The angle and cropping are great. The use of black and white is very nice here. Overall really nice shot! Good luck in the challenge. ~Hbunch7187~

State-of-the-art. . .once upon a time.
by joanns

Comment by Richi:
Meets the Challenge: Yes
Artistic Merit (Would I print/frame/hang it?): 8
Creativity (Did a lot of thought go into this photo?): 7
Technical (Focus/DOF/Lighting/Etc): 6
Composition (Subject well-positioned and framed): 8
WOW Factor (Is the photo interesting?): 9

State-of-the-art. . .once upon a time.
by joanns

Comment by mcrael:
Good perspective; works well in black and white.

State-of-the-art. . .once upon a time.
by joanns

Comment by johnny_justjohnny:
what did the color look like? i like the color of rusty, faded stuff. good job including a little track in the rectangle.

Seattle
by joanns

Comment by chrisab:
I SO know how you feel! Living in Seattle and seeing the mountain off in the distance on a clear day is just one of the most amazing sites. Communicating the mountain along with the city is sort of the holy grail of Seattle Photography, I guess. And it's a really tough shot to get. I tried many shots of this as well and decided in the end that I couldn't express the whole scene on 'film' as I saw it. That's a big part of photography, I think - editing reality. If we were meant to capture the entire scene as it really existed, photography would be mostly 360 degree 120mm film loops :) Anyway, 6.66 is a very respectable score.. good job!

Seattle
by joanns

Comment by paganini:
No, don't take away Rainier, Rainier is what makes this photo better than the #2 photo. Cityscapes in general aren't that interesting except for postcards, Rainier makes Seattle stands out far more than other cities.

Seattle
by joanns

Comment by joanns:
Thank you to all for the great comments about my photograph. Some of you appreciated the time and effort taken to get this shot. I froze at this spot for 5 hours and took dozens of photos in all sorts of light. I felt it was important to include Mount Ranier, in fact, I thought that it was, as one of you said, the icing on the cake. But it was a double edged sword. If I had cropped it, I might have taken 2nd place! LOL

Seattle
by joanns

Comment by KarenB:
Initial=nice! makes me miss Seattle! Love the image of Mt. Rainier.
Composition=great!
Clarity (focus, details)=nice job
Exposure=well done
Interesting or Emotive=yes.. both

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Seattle
by joanns

Comment by sohr:
Another outstanding shot of the Seattle skyline! I like this one a lot... just wish Mt. Rainier in the background were more discernable, but probably not much you could do about that :-) --9-- sohr