The Steel City
by stantheman1313

Comment by blindjustice:
Pittsburgh? up the incline? super shot. great pinks and blues- color perfection- the movement of traffic could be a bit more blurry and pronounced for the challenge- but thats just being picky- nice work.

Absolut City
by stantheman1313

Comment by aj1621:
The bottle looks really cool, great color, but the background takes away.

The Steel City
by stantheman1313

Comment by LMGU83:
Beautiful image. What city is this?

CIty Lights
by stantheman1313

Comment by FrankRobinson:
Hi Stanley, welcome to the Critique Zone!

It's a great shot, no doubt about it. Really nice structural framing from the bridge silhouette and a well posed relaxed model (it matters!).

Technically: Nothing to say - 30 seconds seems like a slightly unnecessarily long expsoure (and would have hit the noise levels hard), but the final result really works.

PP: There are a couple of comments on noise (including yours) but it's not really a problem for me. If it really bothers you then as I said, a shorter exposure at maybe f8 would maybe help.

Artistically: I really can't add anything about the shot - I would not have done this so well, it's a great vision. THe border bothers me though. The big letterbox is ok, but the bright white strips on the dark picture really grab the eye away from what I want to be looking at - your photo.

Overall, great take and congrats on the top ten finish.

Happy hunting,

Frank.

Absolut City
by stantheman1313

Comment by ndistress:
I love the blues here. The water/ could pass as fire? Or visa verse? This image is filled with lots of tiny details; lights from the building, flag pole, all seen again in the reflection of the surface giving me a lot to digest. It all seems to compete with the bottle itself.

Absolut City
by stantheman1313

Comment by KarenNfld:
Nice!

Old School - John Conlee
by stantheman1313

Comment by PenelopeK:
Lovely capture of the light and great tones. The symmetry seems appropriate to the title too

The Steel City
by stantheman1313

Comment by giantmike:
Gorgeous tones in this image. I especially like how the bursts of red really stick out and how the bridge leads us into the view.

Obvious tripod use: High. I wonder if you will get any comments from people thinking a tripod isn't needed, if if they say that, then they likely didn't see the light streaks from cars.

The Steel City
by stantheman1313

Comment by ti_evom:
Obvious use of a tripod, or any other long-term stabilization tool (1-10 *is not the score of the shot though*): 10
I had to look closely, but I can see the light trails from cars driving by on the bridge and elsewhere.

The Steel City
by stantheman1313

Comment by Tiny:
Lovely colours here,great exposure.