<< Previous Next >>

Gene Leahy at Christmas


Gene Leahy at Christmas
Photo Information
Copyright: Derrick Derrick (afderrick) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 103 W: 0 N: 24] (305)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-12-28
Categories: Festivals
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Exposure: f/8, 4 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): My Favorites [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-01-01 7:20
Viewed: 587
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A shot from Gene Leahy Mall in downtown Omaha looking back towards the downtown skyline. Every year they line this area with all sorts of Christmas lights that stay on from Thanksgiving until about the first weekend in January.

I hope your holidays were great and your new year has lots to look forward to!
scobert has marked this note useful
Only registered TrekEarth members may rate photo notes.
Add Critique [Critiquing Guidelines] 
Only registered TrekEarth members may write critiques.
Discussions
None
You must be logged in to start a discussion.

Critiques [Translate]

Hello Derrick,
Good work on getting the right exposure with this nighttime photo. It is always a challenge taking night images. I feel that your photo would have been stronger by cropping some of the black space in the foreground and making it more of a panoramic format, in my opinion. I especially like the way that the floodlights shine on the two adjacent buildings at different angles. Nice work and keep on experimenting with this skyline.
Stan

  • Great 
  • PTAH Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 48 W: 12 N: 23] (281)
  • [2008-04-07 9:49]

Great view of those symmetric buildings beautifully lit and the trees, as if covered with shiny cobwebs!

Though it could have been shot vertically, that way there would be more of that building in the background going up and less of distractions on the sides and bottom. It's of course hard to decide upon perspective, crop all correctly during shooting, should take several of them whenever possible!

And thanks for the comment on that church picture, by the way, I've made a horizontal shot of it as well ;), didn't work that well. And the colour was improved using several tools combined: levels, curves, saturation..

Calibration Check
















0123456789ABCDEF