Seattle Space Needle

[opus]

I really need your thoughts on this one. How strong is it?


~Kelly

And is this perspective overdone for this particular landmark?

[schrackman]

I like the perspective on this photo, kellybean. What it's missing, however, is Seattle's seemingly persistent cloud layer. But I seriously doubt the residents there were missing the clouds any on such a clear and beaufiful day. I was up there a couple of years ago in December...talk about coooooold. This native couldn't wait to get in the plane and get back to sunny, warm CALIFORNIA!

Ray

[opus]

Ray, this was taken this past May. I took this before we went up. Once up there, we ate, and then at sunset I took the other shot I posted in the other thread ("when haze was my friend"). I would have liked to have stayed up there another half hour to get a shot of the skyline against a darker sky, but when your companion looks bored out of his skull, you give some things up. Once we got down, I snapped a shot out of the monorail window. The shot is worse than crap, but the color of the twilight sky is just amazing. After seeing it I kicked myself for not staying up there.

This one I shot from my seat in the restaurant, looking out at the other patrons. I like the composition of this shot. I like how I caught everyone pretty much at a moment of "rest". It's peaceful to me, with the angle of the sun and the mostly blue sky outside.

~Kelly

[gahspidy]

Kelly,
The perspective of the first shot is ok, but it does not give me any feel of how tall this structure is. I might like to see a shot from standing further bach or a wider angle.
I really like the second shot, the people dining. It has a nice mood , lighting very nice as it looks like warm late afternoon sun highlighting some areas in the scene. I think it could use some adjustment of levels maybe in ps. Good framing also, I feel

[Chunk]

I really need your thoughts on this one. How strong is it?


~Kelly

And is this perspective overdone for this particular landmark?

Very nice shot with strong color in the sky.

I think it's a good thing to shoot those 'standard' shots even though you might think they are overdone. Shooting them gets them out of your way and you can go beyond them and get really creative. An article I read years ago recommended taking them or at least framing and evaluating them in camera. At the very least you end up with many very strong shots like you have here.
You should also turn around from where you take that standard shot and look at what everyone else ignores because they are looking at the old standard - there's always something there.