City at night

[KRIS]

Shot this from my window, f 22.0, bulb mode Tv 90 secs or so, ISO 100, I reversed cokin and singh ray gnd filters to control light on the street stacked on Hoya ND4 to get the long exposure. The scene is crowded and I feel the balance is missing. Would love to have your crtiques and comments.

[flyfort]

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[KRIS]

Originally Posted by flyfort

KRIS cannot see any image attached....

sorry, but i can see it here, it was attached used manage attachments, i uploaded this pic from my pc. will try to upload on flickr and post. sorry again.

[windrider86]

do you have anything specific you want help with?

[SwissJon]

I can't see it either..

[KRIS]

thanks for your message windrider, i need to know if the colors are too saturated, will this image benefit from a longer focal length, showing just the three tall buildings and a part of the traffic, does this image look too busy?



@friends who could not see the image, please find a html attached.

Thanks in advance, and wishing you all a perfect weekend.

[SwissJon]

That's a nice capture of a city my friend.. I think you got the focal length about right, maybe a slight change in or out just to get the building on the left wholey in or out of the photo.

The "busy"ness is the essence of a city, You could just home in on the 3 buildings, but then it would be a photo of 3 buildings, not of the city as a whole.. I like the fact that you have all that extra.. The subject of the photo, the 3 buildings, is clear, and the rest of the scene puts context to your photo.

Well done.

[KRIS]

thanks swissjon. pretty insightful reply. yes you are right, city scape should show the spread..
about the buiding on the left, if i include more, i have the roof top of the building right in front of me creeping in to the image. if i cut it out i lose the street right at the bottom of the image, from where i was perched this is the best of both worlds i could get.
thanks again.

[SwissJon]

LoL.. I misread that as "From the streetlight I was sat on" and imagined you hanging upside down from a lamp to get this shot.

[KRIS]

hahaha, would love to do it sometime.