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08-JAN-2011 Jim Stiles

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Seattle, Washington

A brief break from my Washington winter scenes to celebrate an amazing victory today in Seattle for the National Football Conference wildcard game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New Orleans Saints. The Seahawks won 41 - 36!

I anticipated this possibility so I went down to Pike Place Market and setup in the little park just beyond the market and just kept hoping they'd pull it out, but not until after the sun had been down enough to allow this scene to be lit with that wonderful twilight glow effect and so the fireworks would show up nicely.


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Cindi Smith19-Jan-2011 03:06
Love the lights of the cars as they move. The starbursts in the lights in the city. This is really a great nightshot. PErfectly exposed!
Pete Hemington10-Jan-2011 21:04
Thats an excellent piccy and quite a story about the planning stage.
Terry_O09-Jan-2011 17:04
Bravo, Jim! You are the master of these night scenes! You
picked a perfect vantage point. It was an exciting win - Seattle
needed it! Thanks for your effort, your result was worth it!
Steve Mockford09-Jan-2011 16:51
Wow. The use of a longer focal length to compress the busy city activity in the foreground really adds power to all of the leading lines taking us to the stadium. Well planned and masterfully executed!
Frank Kavanagh Photography09-Jan-2011 13:46
This is fantastic Jim, so many lines, curves and colours. It has it all.
Congrats on the hawks win also. I don't see scenes like this in Grey's Anatomy on tv.
A great shot for your efforts, well done.
Lennart Waara09-Jan-2011 09:51
Great work with lights and long shutter speed! Classical image!
hal 09-Jan-2011 09:06
A really superb dusk photograph Jim.
Outstanding, and l'm pleased that you were celebrating a a surprise win for your team
Guest 09-Jan-2011 07:08
An amazing game and a sign of remarkable faith on your
part to anticipate the victory and make the trip to
Seattle to get this fabulous shot.
Cindy Flood09-Jan-2011 06:57
Congrats to the Seahawks and congrats to you on a fantastic photo. Your planning and patience were rewarded with a phenomenal work here!
Guest 09-Jan-2011 03:23
this is fun.... and a real pleasure for me to view your work... thanks for being here