Mystery at Midnight
by hihosilver

Comment by vikas:
great composition, i really like the way the main spot-light is reflecting in the water! 7

Mystery at Midnight
by hihosilver

Comment by Person:
nice shot
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hope there was a great object like a boat : }

Mystery at Midnight
by hihosilver

Comment by NikolajThaningRentzmann:
Cool picture!

Mystery at Midnight
by hihosilver

Comment by Artifacts:
Positives:
Composition strong with this image. Great star patterns around the lights. Interesting and brave choice to use BW over color for a night shot. Works well.

Technicals:
Star patterns excellent, general overall image quality good. Sharpness fine. Whether true or not, looks like noise reduction might have been slightly overdone. Good overall tonality, exposure and lighting. Might be slightly oversharpened on some monitors.

The Challenge:
Meets the challenge well and brave choice for a night shot.

Suggestions:
Unsure how do do this, but suggest you do something to bring out a little more detail in some of the smoothed areas in the water reflections to reduce 'neatimage' effect.

Mystery at Midnight
by hihosilver

Comment by cutlassdude70:
Love the bursts of light! :) I wonder what this shot would look like in color...

Mystery at Midnight
by hihosilver

Comment by fotofan:
Nice pic!

Mystery at Midnight
by hihosilver

Comment by surfdabbler:
What's the mystery. You can't just leave us hanging! Who dun it?

S H Y
by hihosilver

Comment by Art Roflmao:
What a beautiful portrait! You have captured her eyes amazingly well. She looks very much like my oldest stepdaughter did at that age - full of exuberance!

S H Y
by hihosilver

Comment by BeckyT:
Great portrait. Love the crisp focus of the blue eyes.

Into the West
by hihosilver

Comment by SandyP:
I'm happy this one finished with a good strong score --- but I really thought this one would be on the front page. It is so beautiful! I feel certain that if it had been a framing challenge or anything but a free study -- it would be one of the ribbon contenders!