adam_preble

Lovely detail! However, the plane does feel rather boxed in. It looks like it's going/looking somewhere - show it to us! (more of the view to the left, please?)

Interesting... I wish there were just a little light to her face, rather than the silhouette. Alternatively (and I realize this isn't what you're going for), the composition holds potential, and so having her profile and bangs sharp and in focus might make an intruiging portrait. (without the face lit)

All that said, the warm light on her fingers is wonderful.

Marvelous... I think the tilted horizon is perfect. Not too subtle to be pegged as a mistake, and not overdone. Try as I might, I really can't think of one thing I'd like to change about it. Sorry.

 

If you really want a criticism, I would change the title - "Lady" is just kindof... raw. Substitute "Bamboo", perhaps?

Wow! I have an interest night photography and this one is very impressive. Not being an expert, but judging from what I've read and the little I've experienced, you are correct. A tighter aperature would reduce the halos somewhat, but probably affect the foreground and sky to a greater extent (making them darker). You'd probably have to stop it down significantly to reduce the "blur", which would necessitate a much longer exposure time, etc. etc.

 

I'm not troubled by the lights, though I wish the foreground grass/shore were much darker. Also, a nice side effect of the normally troublesome overcast sky is that you can see the power lines. Finally, great detail on the underside of the Pierre-Laporte.

 

I wasn't aware that digital cameras could do extended exposures this well. Cool!

Agreed - the balance is pleasing and the color (the red on either half of the image in particular) works for the photo.

 

I'm troubled by one thing, though... perhaps it's just faulty human perception, but the scene doesn't look to be quite level. I feel like the camera is slightly lower on the left than it is on the right. Or perhaps the camera wasn't pointing exactly perpendicularly to the wall. (?)

They're mufflers. :) This might have some potential as an interesting image, but I'm distracted by what looks like fogging on the film in the upper center. It may just be the unfortunate combination of muffler colors in that area, or maybe their last coughs of exhaust, but it looks like a bad print, which is hard for me to get around.

I agree with Tom, especially on the sky. The backlighting serves this photo well.

 

However, I don't happen to like the lighting of the front center portion. It does provide for some depth, bringing the center out from the sides, but to me it looks too... staged. Perhaps a less conventional placing of the flash (if it was a flash) would be better - in the doorway arch, for example. Or move the flash back a lot further so that it casts more evenly. Better yet, try both. :)

 

The distortion is fine with me.

I agree with Stephen - some heavy blues could go a long way in this photograph. I've taken a number of evening shots with this same amber/reddish look which I find pretty undesirable. I have zero experience with filters, though, so I can't provide any guidance there.

 

More on the composition/subject side... I find it helpful to get a perspective on the subject that maybe other people haven't thought of, or they wouldn't normally see. Of course, you probably can't row up alongside the Providence and have a few shots up close or from low in the water, but... do what you can.