On one of the coldest days so far this winter, I was on the roof of a 33 story building in Harlem trying to get a good shot of the city. Fifteen below with the wind chill factored in, 30 shots later, I was finally resolved to the fact that I had the shot somewhere in the bunch & it was time to save my hands from frostbite & pack it in.
Unfortunately with a long shutter speed and the wind, not even the tripod could give me the shot I really wanted. This one is pretty close.
Anyway, quick check of the auto levels, a crop, & then a simple border & voila, DPC ready.
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The message This is a nice view of a large city after dark. The shapes of the buildings show well here, and the thousands of lights create interesting textures throughout the image.
Creative choices The panaroma format is a good choice for photos of this genre, and mostly works well here. The wide angle is perhaps too extreme for the small pixel dimensions allowed for DPChallenge entries (and especially the even smaller ones used here); it makes the image a bit muddy. The composition is a bit unbalanced, a lot brighter on the left, which makes the perfectly straight photo seem to slant slightly. The blacks are probably recorded accurately, but they aren't very black. Using levels to make them a bit darker would improve the image.
Technical aspects The major technical problem is that a high jpeg compression created lots of artifacts that reduce the detail. The wind didn't help the sharpness either, although there wasn't much you could do about that.
This is a bit small. I would have like to seen this take full advantage of the 640px limit. Also, the blacks seem washed out and grey. Try adjusting the brightness/contrast.
Wish this were a bit bigger. The colors and texture capture the feel of the city at night nicely. The resolution isn;t so great, is this a crop out of a larger picture?
It looks a bit like its running downhill from R to L. Its busy, which does convey something about the photo, but leaves me looking for some focal point. The size of the image is definitely not helping things. This has a lot of potential, but as is, its not terribly strong
I'm sorry but this is just way too small. I would much rather see a small portion of this view where I can appreciate the detail. I'm sure that this would be the bomb as a poster size print but...
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It's hard to get away with a panorama shot when you are limited to 640 pixels. You almost make it, but the shot is a bit overexposed. It also looks (may not really be) tilted a bit.
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