Pier 40, San Francisco

Nicely done!

Jim Diaz

Wonderful photograph. Your vision has captured the scene beautifully.

 

BRAVO

Creates a mood and feeling of mystery - very etherial and very beautiful. Thanks

Takes you back to the old sailing ship days. The lights could be lanterns shining through a late evening fog. Good Job.

reminds me of Turners paintings

Sensational photo. It has plenty of mood. I also really like the form.

Looks like you probably did a lot of moving around, trying to get those lights just in-between the masts. The parallel lines are wonderful. Reminds me of a Van Gogh!

Dang!...thats good stuff

Nice photograph. Good idea, well executed.

good job. nice picture. i like it a lot. if it was up to me, i'd crop out the far 1/12th right of the picture. it looks like vignetting (i know it's not, but it just LOOKS like it).

Van Gogh, Michael?

But, nice mood you caught here. Did you accomplish this without filters?

Very poetic this picture and actually not "typical US". The Turner-painting-reminder comes from lighting, I think. Combining lights can lead to very watercolourlike effects.

I was expecting to see guys lurking in the shadows dressed like Indians, ready to unload some tea off of this biyotch!

 

Where are the Indians? I was promised Indians!

A winner! Absolutely beautiful. I'm jealous. Well done!

Bill your other stuff is excellent too. A pleasure to browse through. You certainly have an eye for composition.

 

Why didn't you crop a small amount off the right hand edge?

 

Still its a pleasant picture. I'm not particularly a boat type of person. I wonder what emotions this creates for people into all things nautical?

 

Congratulations on POW

Very mystique, well done on a great picture. I like the mist and the lighting along the pier, without it, the picture would have been boring. Good work, cheers !

After viewing the past few weeks of Photograph of the Week and looking at other's wonderful photos. I think that the most important factor in taking a great photo is the "Photo Opportunity". Just like the photo this week, if there are 10 photographers at the scene, there will be 10 "Photo of the Week". I am not saying this photos is not a good one. I like this photo too indeed. But this just make me wonder why ppl are spending soooo much money and time just talking and buying camera hardwares. I think that "GO OUT and SHOOT" is the most important thing in photography. How do you think about it?

I too was of your thoughts earlier. Not any more.

I think Photography needs study and knowledge of what hardware you should need for a specifica situation and what is expected there.

 

However I agree totally that good photographic opportunities are unexpected. my five cents (with inflation :)

Crop that thang, it may seem like the eastern portion of the frame adds to it, but it doesn't. (However, how much to crop, is another question. Too much and it just becomes a pic of a boat.) Did the TS-E lens help out in any way on this shot (did you tilt or shift any?) or was it just the on hand lens of the moment? (curious) I enjoy all low light photog. and this is a good one, does seem like there must've been some way to make it moodier though. Good work~

A well deserved congrats. I rated this image already and so I'll only add another comment to my first comment (before POW)... I count this image among one of my favorite images on photo net. If you were to crop the image at the end of the light reflections in the water (logically that would be, I think, where the crop would be) - you then would have a square format image. This is 35mm. If you look hard at any wonderful image you can always find "something" that isn't "perfect". Honestly, I never noticed...but you can always count on someone to point out an improvement.. sometimes that is good and sometimes I think it is not necessary. I just know that this image struck me when I first saw it and I've returned to look at it quite a few times. Congratulations again... I love your work.

What more can I say - this one jumped out the page at me.

 

Well done, full of atmosphere, love it.

try doing this over a period time- perhaps the boat should be brighter

Great composure. You really captured a lot of detail without blowing out the lit area. Great job, I would consider buying such a piece.

 

-Kevin

The blueish cast addes to the atmosphere of this picture.

Well done.

Some say that the photo has to be cropt on the east/right. I dont think so. This part just ads to the mistical of the picture, it fades to gray/blue and makes you wonder what's behind.....

 

At first i thought what a pitty those lights, it gives it an "industrial look". But later I realise it just ads to the mistical look, and gives contrast to the blueish feel....

 

Great shot. I like boats, especialy old boats.

I put it on my desktop if you don't mind.