But since it's winter, the furnaces in the back are working... Unfortunately I had to crop quite a bit as the kit lens can only get you so close.
This is facing almost due east fairly early in the morning, but I thought the harsh lighting and contrast would help the theme. The "old" look was a bonus, tried to bring it up a bit with the toning.
Thanks to all who commented. I actually wanted the buildings to be dark to bring out the road. However, when you get into that range of tones, you are at the mercy of monitor calibrations - on mine the buildings still have enough detail so as not to be boring. On my work monitor though they are completely dark.
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Good comp. The street leads my eye right up to those smoking factories. Perhaps framing the factories just a touch higher in the frame might help it a little. Nice use of strong contrast as well.
I like the effect. It almost looks like something taken during the industrial revolution (although then I think we would have actually seen a lot more pollution rather than steam).
The way you darkened the buildings, even though a lot of detail is lost, is very effective in portraying a dingy, dirty feel. Also the slightly warmish tone was a good choice as brown-ish has a dirtier feel than neutral or bluey-grey.
Looks like a good place for a split neutral density filter . No detail in the city and yet the sky is still a bit burned out. Exposure did catch the polluted smoke .
This is an interesting use of the road and works well with the industrial feel.. but I do think you've wasted potential use of details in the buildings and they almost seem like negative spaces which I don't like..
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