Split Avenues Photo

Photographer’s Note

Every city has their cliche' photo. The spot where all the tourists go to get a photo of their city. Well this is ours, taken from a lookout at Kings Park which coincidently is the largest inner city park in the world.

I decided to play around with the image in an attempt to keep away from the typical tourist shot, and have come up with this. Altered with the levels in PS, and converted to black and white, except the freeway.

zeca, Paolo, tjanze, PeterC, ajcsousa, fabio_ts, lucbus, jhm, brasiu, aznegrao, lappino has marked this note useful

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tjanze (5674) 2005-09-29 11:10

This is really good idea.Very nice red lines on B&W photo.Good lightning and POV.

serdarhepgul (1712) 2005-09-29 11:35

magnificentttttt....Very impresive.
Serdar

PeterC (2242) 2005-09-29 11:46

Brendan
Wow very cool and very original not touristy at all. Great composition and very professionally finished.I Was wondering what do you achieve this in PS. Im just getting to grips with it and would like to try this on a photo i have.
Cheers
Peter

donluicu (23927) 2005-09-29 11:49

Brendan
this is a very good view, and the game you played with the colors is very good.
i like this image

bye
loic

sam224 (5851) 2005-09-29 12:01

Good composition here. I like the way the two red tongues are crossing the image with the skyline in the background creating a mix of light. Good perspective and defintion.
Well done!

recepyuksel (17786) 2005-09-29 12:31

perfect composition
perfect technique
bravo

Lithium (596) 2005-09-29 13:30

Very cool looking 'almost' black&white photo. Nice composition, interesting play of these colours. Well done in any case.
regards,
Linas

ajcsousa (1804) 2005-09-29 20:37

Hi Brendan,
Great PP work. In fact the contrast of the orange freeways against the B&W city gives an amazing effect. Well done
Regards, António

dsidwell (9745) 2005-09-29 21:48

The lights are a bit overexposed in this image--and I think it's a great choice! It turns a decidely obligatory photo into something unique. I love the glow the effect creates. The red pulse at bottom is especially welcome. This city looks like a living entity.

Paolo (40703) 2005-09-30 4:20

Hi Brendan, amazing image!
the orange lines on the streets have a fantastic contrast with the skyline!
excellent POV, great focus for a night view and a great work and composition.
thanks, ciao

fabio_ts (13674) 2005-09-30 6:22

WOOOW!!
what a wonderful skyline Brendan.. beautiful PP work from you to exalt an already beautiful composition, compliments!!
have a nice week end, Fabio.

rbcy1974 (20742) 2005-09-30 8:41

Hi Brendan
Great skyline, the black and white give it a very special view, and the colour lights are brilliant,
great sharpness.
Well seen
Regards
Daniel

starbug (6924) 2005-09-30 14:24

i think even without the changes it would be a very nice photo- even if it's a cliche view-but the effect of your play with PP is fantastic!A great idea to leave the freeway unchanged, the co0lour contrast that has been created thanks to that is really attractive. The general effect is original- i'd definitely like to have a poster like that:-)
best regards!

dolin (15647) 2005-09-30 15:33

Hi Brendan.
A very good night shot with a excellent idea of b/w with these oranges mouvments.
Good exposure and superb pov.
Original and nice managed
fred

jinju (14265) 2005-10-03 8:35

Cliches are good. Ive taken quite a few. This is cliche with an artistic flair. The color within b/w works here, because its subtle enough that it doesnt infringe on the rest of the shot.

MKING (3050) 2005-10-03 17:02

Cliche or not it's well done. Normally I vehemently detest split colour/BW imagery as being contrived but, admittedly, this one works. You've found a balance between the calendar-quality Steve Parish stuff and all the other B/W cityscape stuff. Whether it's original or not is irrelevant, we all have our own spin no matter how subtle.

I like Perth but I've never been there and images like this have romanticised 'The West' for me anyhow. It's nice that Perth has a neat vantage point from which you can see the whole skyline, Melbourne doesn't quite have one where you can get all the buildings together like this-- not unless you travel down to Albert Park. The newest skyscrapers seem to block out the existing ones rather than compliment them.

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toni_al (15430) 2005-10-03 18:10

Hi Brendan
Superbe photo de cette superbe ville que j'ai pu visiter en 95.
Très joli PP et bon cadrage.
Very nice shot
Toni

rabdelnoor (2973) 2005-10-03 21:00

Hi Brendan,
Beautiful skyline shot. Very nice idea to keep the car lights on colours. It added a real dinamism to the picture. Nicely done.
Regards, Ricardo

barrufeto_77 (25809) 2005-10-04 4:49

Hi Brendan.

This skyline is impresive. Furthermore, the contrast between the lights & dark & the orange is lovely.

Regards, Oscar.

Zepi (22848) 2005-10-05 11:30

Hello Brendan,
Superbe prise de vue nocturne !
J’adore ce genre de vue !
Belle exposition, j’aime bien aussi ces lumières en couleurs !
Beau travail
J’aime beaucoup
Merci pour le partage
Amicalement
Sébastien

lucbus (11) 2005-10-05 20:52

Brendan,

I like the contrast of the black and withe with the coloured freeway. The composition is excellent and the clarity also. TFS
Luc

t0mmm1 (5434) 2005-10-06 4:55

Hi Brendan, great idea and great shot. I think that this will become a new cliche for other fotographers ;) TFS

eco (84) 2005-10-06 6:27

Hi Brendan

I like this night shot
topping idea and connection bw and color. Very good light and prospect plane too good work, best regards, rafal

cobraphil8 (11652) 2005-10-12 2:59

Very nice shot of this city, I like your style black and white with the rays of color.

mjdundee (3516) 2005-10-12 8:11

Hello Brandon,
Spectacular work. I have posted a similar but TOTAL cliche one from the same POV.
Yours is looking colder but has a stronger message. Great job. Thomas

jhm (82545) 2005-10-12 12:03

Hello Brendan,
I like this experiment with only the highway in colour, give to very nice view about the city with all skyscrapers.
Thanks a lot for visit.
John.

nbournas (3223) 2005-10-12 12:10

I love the selective conversion to B&W. It definitelly makes your shot unique. TFS.

poulinp (4464) 2005-10-13 22:23

Original way to take your city from your spot, I mean good post-processing. You did a great job and make it single.

sergecross (3438) 2005-10-15 7:51

Brendan, that's a photograph!!!!!!
Excellent point of view and the contrast looks very natural. I like the color tones of the sky in black and the beautiful scene taken. Congratulations!
Sergio

jbweasle (9294) 2005-11-02 14:10

Brendan, this is an excellent night shot. Very sharp and well exposed. B&W on it's own would have been a bit plain so I'm glad you left in the streak of colour across the frame.

rajhema (1865) 2005-11-03 13:27

Fantastic picture Brendan. your idea brings a unique picture here. Good one.

Wolski (61) 2005-11-11 22:41

amazing, magnificent

andante (7092) 2005-12-22 9:13

Brendan, this is great!! great concept, integrating BW with the single line of the motion trail. Excellent capture and realisation!

brasiu (65) 2006-01-09 18:14

Really a masterpiece. Superb subject, nice exposition and good mix of B\W with a creative colour.I'd like a big size format to make a poster to put on my wall's house.Congrats

DLM (6447) 2006-01-27 17:08

Hi Brendan,
Amazing cityscape,Well done.
TFS
Dave.

buzelman (306) 2006-02-01 8:06

Hi Brendan! Normally I don't like cities! But I have to admit that you skyline pic of perth is amazing! Especially the fact that you made it with a long shutter speed makes it fascinating! And it's great that only the car lines are coloued! Nice effect!:-)

Regards Oli

Mistral (13694) 2006-02-13 13:40

Hi Brendan,
nice simple game you did very well.
Love also framing.
I think it's a great city surrounded by wonderful nature.
A smile
Luca

Sina (1118) 2006-02-19 9:12

Its originality and Ps process is wonderful. Bravo

aznegrao (10230) 2006-03-13 20:11

Gosto desse enquadramewnto, o ponto de vista otimiza a cena. As cores, contrastes e texturas são bem naturais transmitindo uma otima sensação realista.
Um grande abraço.
Friend.
aznegrao.

david (3972) 2006-03-26 21:49

hey brendan ... this is a good shot of the perth cityscape. just a 5 second exposure? wow! good result considering your settings.

the b&w is good with just that touch of colour from car brake lights streaming down the freeways.

nice work! you should include in your note where you got this shot from.

zeca (20026) 2006-05-05 0:47

Wonderful skyline, Brendan! The creative manage of the colours worked very well, creating an interesting image! Nice work!
Cheers!
Zeca

garbus (204) 2006-06-03 21:09

WOW! In first time only that word is coming to my head. Realy ideal record of Australian city. Great idea with doing a orange shadow of cars' lights on b&w background of nite. I very very very like it. Regards, Michael.