philadelphia cityscape

sean7488 · Jan 23, 2011

Decided to go out last night (one of the coldest nights this year, go figure) and try getting some cityscapes. Here's what I came up with. C&C welcome.

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DSC_0037 by sean7488, on Flickr
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DSC_0067 by sean7488, on Flickr
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DSC_0059 by sean7488, on Flickr
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DSC_0064 by sean7488, on Flickr
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DSC_0069 by sean7488, on Flickr
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DSC_0061 (2) by sean7488, on Flickr

Frequency · Jan 24, 2011

I liked them in horizontal; good shots

Regards

Greg Panas · Jan 26, 2011

2 i really like! Especially being from philly! I just think you need to take more and make sure you get them sharp. I love evening cityscape shots and try to take them myself. 2 looks sharp and definitely draws my eye in more

For9Studios · Jan 26, 2011

I would lower the skyline so it falls on the bottom 3rd. Especially for #2. Otherwise these are nice.

D-B-J · Jan 26, 2011

Not bad, but i feel like there is alot of empty sky in each photo.

Regards,
Jake

For9Studios · Jan 26, 2011

Sean7488 - On D-B-J's point the sky does look empty so what you can do is raise the skyline to the top 3rd and emphasize the water reflections.

photorookie12 · Jan 26, 2011

Agree with the others here, a bit too much sky and the sharpness seems to be off on many of them. The road is an interesting addition, but doesn't quite do the job. The job being to lead the eye into the city, I feel it gets the closest in nr 3, but not quite.

JAFO28 · Jan 26, 2011

Nice shots! Any chance you could let us know your location for the shoot, can you park there, and such. The only shots of Philly I have are from Camden NJ and would love to get some from the Philly side, was thinking of going to the art museum,but not sure.

allysontan · Jan 26, 2011

I really like the tone in the first picture..
In my humble opinion, I would have either emphasized on orange-blue complements between the sky and the buildings or the reflection on the water. If both are to be emphasized, dividing the photo into 2 by positioning the horizon in the middle might have helped...

sean7488 · Jan 27, 2011

JAFO28 said:
Nice shots! Any chance you could let us know your location for the shoot, can you park there, and such. The only shots of Philly I have are from Camden NJ and would love to get some from the Philly side, was thinking of going to the art museum,but not sure.

It's on the south street bridge, it's open now after being closed for some time. I actually did have some photos with there being more water than sky but they were out of focus due to the vibration of the bridge so I trashed them. I'm definitely going to be trying more seeing as how I just moved to the city but these were my first tries so thanks all for the suggestions and will implement them into my next try.

PopCulture · Jan 28, 2011

I really like the second one. It looks like it could be an ad.

Flower Child · Jan 30, 2011

I really think you have picked an amazing spot for your photo, with the skyline on one side and the traffic on the other. Excellent job on that because I think thats the most important part. Colors are stunning. I agree with whats been said about the empty sky and you'll have to show us what you come up with when you go back for more shots.