Took a similar shot weeks earlier, and this was the only idea I could come up with for this challenge. Only thing different was that some of the office lights were on, which made this shot more interesting in my opinion.
I just hope that this isn't too much of a cliche' for motion shots.
Edited for contrast and brightness.
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Thanks everyone for their comments. I do appreciate them all. I am very pleased with this result. I think it did quite well considering it was my second entry (my first one bombed), and all the confusion about what abstract is. Some people think it is abstract while others do not.
Here is how I came of this photo. I was actually on the top level of a parking garage shooting some cranes adjacent (I really like cranes for some reason right now). I then noticed this building across the street and how with my angle the reflection led to the street below. Thought the warping windows and a long exposure would produce some neat results, and sure enough it did. All the windows with a mirror like reflection had their office lights turned off. The office in the image didn't, so I chose to focus mainly on that as I knew it would show in the exposure.
This is one of the images I was torn over - it's extremely clever, an excellant use of color, shutter speeds and the use of the window for different effects. On the other hand, I just don't like it for reasons I can't effectively articulate. So I rated it an 8 - I suspect others would probably rate it a 10 and it is certainly worthy of that - just not to me.
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