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MC #123: Night Life - Downtown Pittsburgh by Andre Bakker

Mini-Challenge # 123
Theme: Night Life
Hosted by Duncan (danger) McDine
Dates: Sunday 22nd April GMT to GMT Wednesday 2nd May (9pm GMT)
Thread http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1024&message=22950753
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Konica Minolta Users24-Apr-2007 23:47
Hi Dunc, thanks for the nice words. This was end of January. As you can tell it was drizzly, kind of a mix of wet snow and some rain. I actually put the camera on the ground and used the flip out lcd for composition (not present on SLRs!). I took a few pictures. This one is my favorite because of the combination of spray from a car, headlights, steam out of the sewers, and reflections. I probably could have cloned out the two snowflake reflections without anyone noticing, but decided that they add to the image, and don't distract (hope I'm right). Anyhow, its one of my favorite night time pictures. Best, Andre
Guest 24-Apr-2007 09:28
Hi Andre, This is such a cool shot, the low viewpoint works an absolute treat & the mist/spray illuminated by the car lights is a masterstroke! I'd be tempted just to tweak the distortion so the big building on the left has perfect verticals, but that's about all I can moan about (and you know what I'm like!!!). I also love the cold, wet ground & the slight reflections. Technically very strong too - and they say we need a DSLR to shoot good low light shots. Well done, Dunc