searching for a cover photo for an album.
found a great vantage point above LA.
took 40 shots of the setting sun behind
the downtown skyline.
crop, levels, spot editing to remove dust &
errant houses, clone 1 twinkly light,
sat. boost for jpg conversion, save for web.
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This is lovely...good composition overall, good color. The trail of lights leading the eye up into the frame and into the tall buildings is nice. Your long exposure with a small aperture has given you great points of light. Overall, I get the impression that the image could use some contrast and saturation in the center part...perhaps selecting the sky and then inverting the selection to everything else in the image, then boosting the contrast and saturation a bit might give it more "oomph." I hope that makes sense. :)
Challenge-wise, I think voters were looking for more specific details in architecture rather than in a general form, such as with a whole skyline instead of just part of a building. That's neither here nor there, because voters are always unpredictible. ;)
You've scouted a great location for skyline shots...I'd go a bit wider and really play on the color and contrast for the most drama possible.
Wow! This is MY kind of architectural photo! I love how each little sparkly star is so crisp and clean. . .not blurred together and misty! This is a BEAUTIFUL photo!
Really nice, but too much black in the foreground, i'd have positioned the skyline a little lower in this shot, especially with the sky giving off such wonderful colours.
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