Griffith Observatory at night

[StefaninLA]

Feel free to critique...

 

[Didereaux]

That's nicely done.

 

[StefaninLA]

Thank you Didereaux

 

[Gary A.]

Nicely done, I like that you climbed a bit to get the entire structure in the shot. Here's my lazy man's approach:

http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Griffith-Observatory/i-mNWkNbb/0/XL/IMG_2824a-XL.jpg

http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Griffith-Observatory/i-DdbKLVW/1/XL/IMG_2868a-XL.jpg

 

[StefaninLA]

Thanks Gary...There is an area where you get this particular perspective. Here is a not so interesting daytime GREY version

 

[KmH]

From a technical perspective it's a nicely done photo.
From an art and composition perspective Griffith Observatory is kind of lost in the crowd with the buildings in the mid-ground being the first thing a viewers eye is drawn too.

A basic tenant of visual art proven effective over and over again over the last couple thousand years is "Light Advances, dark recedes."
In other words - separate your primary subject from the rest of a scene by making it brighter than the rest of the scene.

Had I not been primed by the title of your thread it's likely it would have taken some time to discover Griffith Observatory in the image frame of your photo.

 

[StefaninLA]

I totally get what you are saying KmH...Thanks for that advice

 

[LarryLomona]

Beautiful shot. I would be happy with it.

 

[StefaninLA]

thank you Larry