Shot from the West End Overlook in Pittsburgh, while some seedy characters lurked in the bushes...
I have been itching to do another night shot of the city with the new camera, so this challenge gave me a good excuse to do so. This was my first attempts at doing a night shot from this particular vantage point. I usually try 'em from overlooks on Mount Washington.
I'm sure I'll get plenty of comments saying it's not a "landscape" in the traditional sense... but what're ya gonna do.
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Oh here it is, I guess you weren't at the Monday night game, you must of heard John Madden talk about this !! Nice night shot !!! Im sorry I missed this, great exposure.
Wow what a beautiful night city shot. I've never been to Pittsburg but would love the see this in person sometime. I love the way the lines curve around in this angle.
wow - this is sooo stunning - I love the lights popping out and all the colors, and the reflections, clarity of the buildings, smoothness of the water - I'm on the fence with it being considered true "landscape" - seems more like "cityscape" to me - I love the image though. Voting it a 6, would have voted higher had this been a "cityscape" or "urban landscape" challenge :)
Mmm, I've stood at this very point many a time to take this picture. None were as nice as this one. 10 Don't you like the blue of the Highmark builidng? That wasn't there a year ago. This actually looks a little further down. I'd always be across from the Moterey Bay Fish Grotto. 10
This photo literally took my breath away. There are always lots of night scenes, but few of them are crystal clear sharp like this one. It is perfect. 10
Great shot. love the lights on the water with the river splitting. The only "con" is the building on the lower right. Crop that out and this would be a "9" for me.
That's too funny, this exact same picture and composition was taken for this challenge at day time. lol Well, whoever this other person was, you've got him (her) beat cause it looks better at night ;)
Deja vu all over again.... beautiful shot of one of my favorite cities
(I would love to see the GPS data on the cameras for the two shots in the challenge, got to be within feet.) 8
wow. This image is almost alive, with the colors and lights smeared/reflected in the water adn the vibrant colors of the building. I keep expecting to see the cars moving.
7 - Very nice shot. Criticism; depending what is there on the left middle/fore, I wonder how this shot would have looked with the right cropped (cutting out that road(?)/bank and incorporating more of the left side of the frame. The colors are very nice and the reflection brilliant on the fairly calm water.
Beautiful cityscape. I can't help but compare this to the almost identical day shot titled "An American City in November". Both have strong merits. This is a great location and capture.
good shot from the west end. i always love how the lights reflect on the river, plus it looks like the fountain is on at the point, which is always awesome!
Alan? Is that you? Night shots are always more dramatic than day shots. But then i only get to town every blue moon. I can try this on Nov 16 as i'll be here after dark. My luck there will be a power outage!
Anywho, very nice. The Gulf bulding top is a tad bright and the fountain could use more light. If only we could use advanced editing rules!
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