This is a fantastic photo!!! The clouds are amazing....and they almost look as if they are reaching down to touch the building. The sun's reflection on the water is great too, it balances the glow of the sun from behind the clouds at the top of the photo. I would say don't try to lighten the buildings any more, they are perfect silhouetted like that.

I agree with slickwilly....larger would have been great, but this is still fabulous!

AWESOME PHOTO!!!



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absolutely awesome photo. the colors are brilliant and the overall composure is breath-taking. +fav

i can understand what you mean. excellent photo... i don't think it'd be possible to achieve more balance.

the blue tones are a bit too strong for me...

the clouds in the sky are amazing.

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I think it's beautiful, that light/aqua blue color is great, and I like the dark buildings myself. It's just an overall very pretty scene!

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This is a gorgeous pic! I love the blue hue!

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I forgot to say, I'm putting it into my favs!

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This is a stunning piece of photography, the blues add heaps to an already good work. I like the way the architecture is to one side in this. The sky is just so outrageous. I love it.



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Superb!!!

Calvinization, the very fact that the architecture is darkened is what makes this piece so strong. Apart from being a pretty pretty display of clouds and sky, it strikes me as extremely emotive.

Your intent to contrast man and nature is quite apparent, as the whole scene exudes a sort of science fiction, 'Brave New World' sort of theme. The lone, piercing tower, so prevalent in such portrayals of the metropolis, is a perfect touch. This cityscape looks almost like a prison island.

The sky above, while faint and softly colored, still has a thrillingly chaotic feel about it - the clouds move in all directions, and dark patches threaten the shafts of light. It looks very stylized, almost as if a painting. It's as if there is this intense struggle above, between the smog of the tower, the permeation of chemicals, and the light "from the heavens," as it were.

I feel like there is an entire story to be told in the sky alone, here; it feels like it's pulsating with life and emotion.

My suggestion, in fact, other than gracing us with a higher-res image, is to go a step further and make the building *darker*, make the silhouette stronger. As it stands now, the cityscape still has some faint touches of reality, of normalcy, and this detracts from the 'foreboding' imagery I'm getting. Of course, I may be interpreting this entirely differently than how you wanted to - but that's my suggestion, in the context of how I see it.

I'm sure the scene was a lot less spooky when you were there.

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Damn, yam took the words right out of my mouth.

I was going to say that I actually think the buildings should be darker, since it would contrast better with the light of the sky. It would also make the piece more emotional, like yam said.

It would sort of look like a dark and human structure trying to reach the lighted heavens. Or something equally cheesy. But you get the idea.

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