PN 3816 A Waterfront

Comments/suggestions are always greatly appreciated. I shot this from the

bow of our sailboat as we transited the East River in NYC.

This is a beautifully composed shot, but on my monitor the colors don't seem very natural. Look like the whites are blown-out and the rest did not fall into place  ? 

Harry - Thanks for your comments. Try dimming your monitor a bit. I don't know how you set yours, but most people (myself included except when I'm processing or looking at photos)  tend to adjust their monitor at or very near the highest brightness setting (or leave it on auto adjust). I processed this photo in CS5 and LR. There is no clipping whatsoever. This was shot with a 200mm lens, so the sailboat was a fair distance away; a lot of white on white detail is not visible at the distance I was shooting from. The colors= palette is neural dominant, and they are there, rich and subdued  as the sun ducked behind a cloud. I will take another look at enriching the colors a bit based on your comments. Thank you for commenting!

I'll take a look thanks !

A very nicely composed beautiful result, Sandra!

Hi Sandra,  At first, this image looked like New York; but I have second thoughts.  Where is this interesting city and river scape?  There's nothing blown out about the image to me.  I like the reds in the boat and two of the buildings; the red adds some interesting contrast and balance. This is also true of the yellow on the builing in the left of the image.  A question though, is about the white balance.  Is there a blue cast here (looks good as is) that if removed would create a whole different look?  Excellent image as is.  Thanks for your comment on my Puno, Peru image.  Larry

Hi Larry-

Thank you for your comments.   This photo is in fact the East River in NYC.  Depending on your monitor balance there may or may not be a blue cast. Many of the buildings have blue or aqua tinted glass. The sky was blue, but the white boat has no blue cast, which to me indicates there is not an overall blue cast to the photo. This was pretty much a grab shot as I was shooting from the bow of our sailboat as  we transited the city on the fair tide, which added a few knots to our speed.