Had to shoot at ISO 2500 handheld as I didn't take a tripod with me!! St Pauls and the Gerkin, shot from Waterloo Bridge. Cloned a couple of cranes out, a little dodge and burn, resize, noise ninja, border and save.
Don't expect this to do well, if it gets over 5 I'll be surprised but as I made the effort to take some moon shots over london you can make the effort to rate it low ;) I really like it, I have another shot of Big Ben with the moon which I expect would do better but there isn't the same mood to the shot.
Post Well I'm surprised and pleased this made it to the top 10, thanks for the comments and votes :)
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Place: 7 out of 72 Avg (all users): 6.3333 Avg (commenters): 7.4000 Avg (participants): 5.9512 Avg (non-participants): 6.3975 Views since voting: 2420 Views during voting: 521 Votes: 285 Comments: 12 Favorites: 3 (view)
Congratulations on the 7th place finish, it was a really good place.
Regarding your photo:
Composition
As I've said in an earlier comment :) I like very much where everything is placed. The bottom half should be cropped, and then you would have only the buildings and the sky and moon. This would make a much more powerful composition.
The lighting is fantastic, and although the moon is blown out, it doesn't impact negatively the photo.
Processing
Despite the Noiseninja still some grain can be visible, but heck, it's just nitpicking. Probably if you used NN before the resizing the result would improve. The details are superb, and the balance between sky and buildings is very well done.
Overall
A very good score (6.33) and a top 10 finish, and a very moody photo, that just needed to bring the moon more into front subject.
PS - I really, really liked your London Eye shot!
If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Joao
Great London shot, the nocturnal city adds so much more to the photo. I would crop the lower half, as it detaches your attention from the buildings and moon.
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