Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. I looked but I did not see a soul in the park except for some birds. I waited for them to fly off before I took the shot. 640 does not do this image justice.
Shot from the restaurant Fridays Front Row which is open 365 days a year. I did not crop this image. I wanted to get as much of the ball park in the frame as I could.
Opened in NX set color point on the sky and adjusted curves. Opened in photoshop brightness and contrast, USM, re-size and save for the web.
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Bitchin' way cool shot with a lousy average score, although score is irrelevant if you like the picture. I can indeed see that 640 can't do this justice.
Sorry I never did get around to the comment, but I had rated this much higher than it placed, believe me!
It's weird.... I can't put my finger on just why I like it... I just know I do :D
Just my observations - take what you need and bin the rest... Bit of a literal interpretation, in the sense I don't feel any emotion here... maybe that was your point, end of the game and all the emotion has drained out.
The composition widthwise feels good - the structure is nicely balanced and the eye flows around the stadium - I'd consider cropping up from the bottom about 50% of the shadow area though - it's kinda dead space and it's draining the impact of the structure for me.
Good meeting of the challenge, especially given the lighting conditions. I think that a tighter crop to show less of the park in shadow would help, as the brighter section clearly dominates over the shadowed section. Lovely colors.
Well shot picture. I have no idea what connections you'd need to get access to a major stadium when no one's around :-) Lighting-wise, I find the shadow across the field distracting, although I understand that was probably not in your control.
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