Platten and Desnoyers, Dog's Corner of the World
by mnast

Comment:
the color is off, it seems to be too blue.

It's Always Hot in New Orleans
by mjcecil

Comment:
one of the best pet shots ever taken on this site.

Bridge View - 25 cents
by BeeGee

Comment:
i really like the uniquness of this photo, without the viewer it would be like most other photos this week.

A View Of "La Huasteca" Mountains From School
by amonteforte

Comment:
only ten i have given

Sun Diego
by Ronin

Comment:
awsome

Seattle
by joanns

Comment:
i like how you have taken a "light" night picture.

Arc de Triomphe
by greenem2

Comment:
you probably couldn't do much about this, but if the picture was centered with the street line it would be much stronger overall.

Gateway
by buktotruth

Comment:
very nice angle, it makes the photo.

My city of lights
by nborton

Comment:
This may be a little late and no one will ever see it but me. However, this is mainly for IGJOE since he asked how it was done.

Its fairly simple really. First, I set the shutter speed on my camera for 8 sec. That fact is not really that important, the important part is that you want a shutter speed that is around that slow or slower depending on what you are going for. Second, and most importantly (I feel anyway) is that you make sure that the camera is completely still for the entire process. The best way is to have a tripod (its not esentialI I didn't use one for this) or something to set the camera on. Finally I have found that the easiest way of keeping the camera still is to use the timer on the camera so that you never even have your hands on the camera at any point in the picture taking process.

If you do all that you should have a decent looking long exposure. The only thing that may hold people back is the camera, since not all cameras support longer exposure times needed to perform such shots. Other than that it should work.

Hopefully this helps someone, thanks for the comments.

Sunset in the corner of my world
by wolfjack

Comment:
if the picture quality were higher, this would probably contend for a top 3 finish.