Down here in Melbourne, Australia the temperature reached 39C (>100F) so I immediately knew where I had to go. This water feature on Southbank is always popular - children during the day, adults at night.
Photographically, I liked the symmetry of the water spurts and the tall buildings in the background.
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Great! At last an image in the challenge that has some "life" in it with a big powerful cityscape as well. Why'd you spoil it by not rotating and getting your vertical vertical? I just had to knock a point off for that :(
When I was in Melbourne I got some great shoots at this exact fountain... If I could have take this shoot I would have chosen one of the kids to get closer to and by using the Infantine focus of your lens keep all the back ground in focus. its a great shoot but its just missing some excitement in my opinion... But your
Nice shot of the city, meets the challenge very well. I wonder if a slower shutter would have created enough blur to make the streams of water look a little more fluid.
It's 30's and 40's degrees F where I am......just want to jump in there with them...............good pic. Nice combo of candid and city...focus is good, contrast is good, nice!
We have something just like this in the heart of Toronto. I enjoyed watching kids and adults enjoy the water on a hot summer day in 2005 - as these are also doing.
a small santuary with the city in the bg - I really like the compositon and it's a great display of city life, a little hot on the white t-shirt but still a good shot
Great saturation of color. Liked the capture of the sprays of water, too. The only thing is it seemed a bit to digitized, especially noticable in the tree leaves. I find that sometimes taking at a lower iso and smaller file, (maybe even 1 VGA) might clear up some of the digitization that occurs during compression.
Good depiction of city life on a warm (hot) day. A part of me wonders what you would have taken if zoomed in a bit or caught one of the children's happy expressions.
This is amazing. I was about to submit my photo, of the same place, for this challenge too. If you took this on Monday the 2nd, at Southbank around lunchtime, then I was there too, shooting away. In the end, I didnt submit my photo, but yours is a great shot of city life.
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