Seattle Sunrise
by Mitch55

Comment by bassbone:
lovely cityscape image

Seattle Sunrise
by Mitch55

Comment by andrewt:
Wish I could see the mountain in the background better, still an excellent shot. 7

Seattle Sunrise
by Mitch55

Comment by NikonJeb:
I love the way the clouds look like UFOs coming in to take over! LOL!!!......7

Seattle Sunrise
by Mitch55

Comment by bmartuch:
This image is absolutely gorgeous. The focus seems a little soft but that could just be me. The color is supurb. Great shot. 8

Seattle Sunrise
by Mitch55

Comment by Ja-9:
really good cityscape...nice long exposure

Seattle Sunrise
by Mitch55

Comment by mgarsteck:
the clouds look awesome. I hope to make a trip out there someday.

Seattle Sunrise
by Mitch55

Comment by NapCat:
great cityscape....great city !!

Seattle Sunrise
by Mitch55

Comment by hotpasta:
nice light...lacks sharpness imho...but the colours are nice

Seattle Sunrise
by Mitch55

Comment by CNovack:
I love the juxtaposition of manmade beauty on the Space Needle on the left and the natural beauty of the mountain volcano Mt. Rainier on the right. Two different beauties shown in this landscape shot. I also love how the ufo-like clouds also mimic the ufo shape of the top portion of the needle. Great eye to spot and compose the elements like so in this shot. I just have one plaint - the details/edges in the buildings seems just a touch soft/unfocused. The original size is probably razor sharp in which case I think the root cause is resizing and sharpening the photo down in one stop. I learned this tip early on at DPC - with large original sizes, resizing and sharpening the photo down in two or three steps (i.e. 4800x3000 to 2400x1500 sharpen and then resize again down to 960x600 and sharpen) will help preserve the same sharpness and detail that the original shows at full size. If that is not the root cause then a touch of USM (unsharp mask) could do wonders in reclaiming sharpness. Overall, this is a great cityscape/nature shot.

Seattle Sunrise
by Mitch55

Comment by Covert_Oddity:
This is a really nice skyline shot, but the second I look at it I instantly feel it's a touch soft. It's not overly so much that it ruins the shot and I imagine it would look great on print.

One of the nice features of this shot is the contrast of the two worlds. You have the brightly lit city with the tower dominating, then behind it all you have the mountain with a gorgeous sky, which is sort of saying "build big cities all you like, but nature is still more powerful and more beautiful". That's what I take from it anyway :)