City on Fire
by javakills

Comment by darnok:
Much too bright, maybe a use a smaller aperture or some ND filters. Photo is also pretty soft.

City on Fire
by javakills

Comment by vien:
did you purposely leave the towers out of focus? I'm not sure I understand the reason and the point of this photo.

City on Fire
by javakills

Comment by paddles:
This is way too overexposed; the light flareouts are painful rather than pleasing, and the light grey featureless sky does nothing. A long exposure could work here, but you need a much smaller aperture to ensure less light gets in - try underexposing by half a stop or so. Also, cropt out a lot of the sky because it adds nothing (unless you get some features in it).

City on Fire
by javakills

Comment by LN13:
Good title based on the shot you got. Shame it's so over exposed. Did you take some others with shorted exposure time? They probably look nice.

City on Fire
by javakills

Comment by MayaM:
Well, where do I start. Looks like this really had the potential be be a nice shot. You chose a beautiful skyline to work with. But...it is overexposed, and blurry. Not knowing what your camera settings were other than a 30" shutter I cannot say what you should do to fix the exposure. But, if you were not using the largest aperature setting, i.e. ~29, that would be a start. As for the focus, if you were not using a tripod or another stable surface, try that next time. Correcting those two things would improve this pic 100 fold.

City on Fire
by javakills

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
I think you have the makings of a fine photo here. The main problem (IMHO) is that it's over exposed. Maybe a lower ISO and/or smaller aperture would have helped, or possibly a neutral density filter. The reflections would then be visible (one of the photos strongest elements.) If it were me I would crop the bottom 10% of the image losing the dark line. Sorry to sound negative. Just my opinion.

City on Fire
by javakills

Comment by Ben:
I think this is obviously over exposed, and a bit noisey.
The reflections in the still water are great though.

City on Fire
by javakills

Comment by MPRPRO:
Contact me, I know this spot and would love to help you capture what you are looking for here. The only problem with this is the over exposure, maybe shot at f22 would have made it better. Love the location though just look at my profile.

City on Fire
by javakills

Comment by phayanak:
could have been stunning with a higher aperture and lower ISO .. it's too over exposed