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The Smithfield Street Bridge
alanfreed


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Challenge: Negative Space (Classic Editing)
Collection: Pittsburgh
Camera: Canon PowerShot S30
Location: Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA
Date: Sep 12, 2002
Aperture: 8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 10 seconds
Galleries: Cityscape
Date Uploaded: Sep 13, 2002

The tracks are illuminated by a long, red, neon sign for "Station Square" in Pittsburgh. Other than a little tweaking of the contrast and some cropping, there's no other color adjustment on this one.

Statistics
Place: 103 out of 218
Avg (all users): 5.3829
Avg (commenters): 6.2581
Avg (participants): 5.2621
Avg (non-participants): 5.4854
Views since voting: 1315
Votes: 316
Comments: 36
Favorites: 2 (view)


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09/26/2002 04:01:00 AM
Negative space or not, this is a very good photo. And it brings back memories for me. I used to live there. I worked in a parking garage at Blvd of the Allies and Wood Street. Pittsburgh has a great skyline, especially from the south side. Keep up the good work.
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09/23/2002 08:07:00 PM
Just thought I'd add a couple "where my mind was" comments to this one. To me the challenge was to make use of negative space ("space which isn't the subject") to create a "wow" effect. My thought here was that the water/sky would be the negative space surrounding the bridge.

I came upon this scene where a large neon sign illuminates the train tracks, and I thought that would be an interesting use of the "negative space." The problem with this is that, in reality, what happened was that the tracks became a distraction, and kind of became a secondary subject or co-subject of the shot... and they didn't really relate to the bridge in a way that enhanced the subject.

So the end result was a lot of "what the heck is with the red tracks" comments, which in retrospect is a very good question! Thanks for the comments -- while hardly my best placing during the challenges, this has probably been the week I have learned the most about an aspect of photography, which is what I'm here for!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/22/2002 09:44:00 PM
Great color effects. I'm not sure if I'd like it better with still water/clearer reflections or this way, but if it were convenient I'd reshoot it myself if possible. I really like everything else about it.
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09/22/2002 09:04:00 PM
The bright red is extremely distracting for this photo mostly filled with yellow hues.
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09/22/2002 04:03:00 PM
How did you get the railroad bed to be so red? was it just the lighting? It adds an interesting contrast, but I think it detracts from the lights on the bridge. Very nice night exposure
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09/21/2002 11:27:00 PM
Nice, I like your colors.
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09/21/2002 04:56:00 PM
I love it... I'd love to know how you accomplished the red in the foreground. Really nice shot, but not much negative space. 7 for the current challenge, 10 otherwise
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09/20/2002 02:41:00 PM
neat photo, it is not very well puncuated with the theme
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09/20/2002 02:30:00 PM
Funk-ola. I have taken MANY like this one, and I'm curious about the red foreground. Is it due to a train signal? This has to be 4 or maybe 8 seconds, yes? Honestly, I like the photo, though I don't think it truly embodies the idea of neg space. 7
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09/20/2002 12:16:00 AM
The lights in the city look great, the red foreground is kinda distracting.
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09/19/2002 02:17:00 PM
What's matter with the red colour?
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09/19/2002 11:17:00 AM
Negative Space?...I think not, but great photo...
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09/19/2002 08:19:00 AM
nope, I can't even identify the subject of your photo...1
09/18/2002 03:06:00 PM
I like this city scape and teh warmth it seems to have. The red foreground is interesting. Did you mean to do that? If so how, and why? I don't think it is necessarily bad, just interesting. karmat
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09/18/2002 03:08:00 AM
That is a really red traintrack. I like all the lights and stuff in the background, but that traintrack is red. The bridge is beautiful, the ground is red. That's a little too distracting to me. :) I would have liked it more cropped right above that red post. 5
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09/17/2002 02:41:00 PM
aWESOME pIC, how did you get the tracks red?
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09/17/2002 02:01:00 PM
The red train tracks, kinda ruin this very good Photo. Good job though.
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09/17/2002 08:56:00 AM
Would be a great shot for this weeks challenge!
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09/17/2002 08:56:00 AM
cool red foreground.
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09/17/2002 08:28:00 AM
The red is to much. It would have been better to crop the picture more and just show a little bit of the red part.
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09/17/2002 04:54:00 AM
I canĀ“t find the negativ space in this pic. I think it have to crop it from the sea and up to the sky to make it for me:
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09/16/2002 11:46:00 PM
very pleasing shot...colors, lighting, reflection....yesyesyes! One of my top 5 for the week...
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09/16/2002 09:04:00 PM
I love this photo. I think the red foreground of the tracks is more interesting than the bridge. If I had to determine the negative space in this photo it would be everything but the tracks.
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09/16/2002 08:21:00 PM
Love this! excellent use of negative space... dark sky, reflections in the water, red RR tracks (how did you get that color? local lighting?) Looks like you "get" negative space... and with a lot of elements to boot. well done. (10) ~mcmurma
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09/16/2002 06:55:00 PM
It's a very nice shot, somewhat oversaturated. I'm not sure I see how it fits the challenge though?
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09/16/2002 06:36:00 PM
this is very nice. beautiful. but not quiet right 4 the challenge. there's too much to clearly identify the + and - spaces.
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09/16/2002 05:03:00 PM
The push on the red channel is too much for me. 5 Jak
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09/16/2002 04:38:00 PM
Where is the negative space meant to be? The sky? There's too much going on and it's competing with the emptiness that I'm assuming you meant to be the sky.
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09/16/2002 03:13:00 PM
I think this is a excellent photo. The colours are bright, it's sharp, the composition is spot on, I don't consider it to show negative space though. Great pic all the same. 8-Martin
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09/16/2002 02:59:00 PM
Impressive shot. Very nice work. Pretty city. ?? Where is this.
Score 7 Justine
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09/16/2002 02:20:00 PM
Oh Darn!! I don't like the red at the bottom of the shot. When I scroll up far enough to hide the red, it looks much better.
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09/16/2002 02:01:00 PM
mustve been quite a show or color on your side! sgtpepper6344
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09/16/2002 12:03:00 PM
Very beautiful shot. But not enought negative space in my opinion.
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09/16/2002 10:40:00 AM
damn good night shot--10 any other time--help on negative space and the red tracks--9bobgaither
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09/16/2002 02:44:00 AM
Composition: very nice but very busy I dont think this represents negative space 4
Lighting: good 5,
Appeal: 5, Total Rating 5 Sulamk
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