Pictures of Smoke! Uncut - Canon Ixus V2 Camera

Photographer	Thilo Bayer {K:50301}
Project	#37 Night Photography	Camera Model	Canon Ixus V2
Categories	Architecture Cityscape Street	Film Format
Portfolio	Night/Low Light New York Street Life	Lens	Fixed Lens
Uploaded	10/27/2004	Film / Memory Type	no idea
		ISO / Film Speed	0
Views	350	Shutter	1/15
Favorites	3	Aperture	f/4.0
Critiques	45	Rating	5.82 / 16 Ratings
Location	City - NYC State - NEW YORK Country - United States
About	Subject background: The second time that I come back to busy, loud and bright Times Square. The original picture posted (http://www.usefilm.com/image/469182.html) was heavily cut, duplex toned and showed a lack of detail (but nevertheless got lots of attention). Like George Lucas, I went to back to the darkroom and re-edited the image ;-) Therefore: Smoke! in the Director's (un)cut and in COLOR =) PS concept: sharpening (yes!) & lots more. As always: Honest comments highly appreciated. Thanks to all the UF friends out there like the small German outpost (Uwe, Ursula, Verena, Pia, Magnus), the new friends (Arwa, Andrea, Bart, Baki, Cenk, Fadel, Jan, Lucy, Maja, MaLuisa, Mark, Patrick, Omar, Sergio, Stefan, Tony, Stephen) and the rather "old" friends (Angelo, Antonio, Bradley, Calle, Kevin, Carmem, Clifton, Efisio, Erik, Gayle, Gino, Hugo, Kees & Carolyn, Kristina, Maria, Neil, Pedro, Roby (!), Bradley, Walt, Walter). Hope I didn't forget anybody =)

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Patrick Jacobson {K:29151} 10/27/2004

Love the smoke.. wonderful! The motion going on here is also superb! Great street shot.. You really caught the feeling and mood of a big town! This is a scene they want to a grand movie! hehe. That lamp is very nice also.. great add!! Superb light! Thank you for thanking me my friend! hehe!

7+

Patrick J

Anne Knes {K:45171} 10/27/2004

7 Excellent .

Kevin Collier {K:19076} 10/27/2004

Very bold and loud -- I can hear the taxi's honking horns and feel the chill of the night .. I like the boldness and clarity of the color .. K

Magnus Beierlein {K:1641} 10/27/2004

It's directly a favourite image from my favourite city. The moving and blurry Yellow Cabs, The composition avoiding the sky and filling the frame with only the city itself.The commercial signs lighting up the night in a city that never sleeps. In the middle a beautiful lamp-post and finally the smoke coming up from the street like only in New york City. My God....all of that in one image. Respect.

Regards magnus

Sergio Sánchez {K:2308} 10/27/2004

Thanks to you for sharing your wonderful work!

The smoke is great, it seems to be freezed in the air while the rest of the world is moving, great effect!

I love big cities, big lights, big noise... everything is here :)

Sergio

Ahmet Baki Kocaballi {K:13627} 10/27/2004

Hi Thilo,
all versions of this capture is great!
regards
Baki

Maria José Barres {K:11276} 10/27/2004

Thanks to you dear friend for sharing your photos to us and for your friendship.

This is a great teme. I love this serie since first one. Very good work.
Greetings.

Roberto Arcari Farinetti

{K:176766} 10/27/2004

another magnific shot my friend!
today i have visited the brother's portfolio!
have a great series .
and this one is simply beautiful..
see you soon
roby

Maria Luisa Vial {K:36017} 10/28/2004

WOW!!! I love this one!!! From the thumbnail, I knew it was yours!!!! You cannot hide from me anymore... :)

Love the colors, the sharpness and of course the smoke (The greatest touch of all)... The cars moving and the shinning signs give the picture an atmosphere of life and thealways running, which is the escense of a big city...

It is so full of detail that I cannot keep my eyes of it... Every time I look at it, I see something different... The reflection in the windows of the building at the left are very interesting... A block full of restaurants and life... I just got to the point... It is full of life!!! Well done my friend... I love it!! I love it!!! I love it!!!!

You have a great eye... :)

Cheers,

MaLuisa

Paul's Photos {K:34954} 10/28/2004

can't go wrong with this image :) love the vibrant colors.. makes me want to go back to NYC

Uwe Bachmann {K:10222} 10/28/2004

hehe, greetz from the german outpost...;-)) the director's uncut ist 'ne starke wortschöpfung. passt halt zu 'nem starken bild. elvis lebt....immer wieder...

vg, uwe

Ursula Luschnig {K:21869} 10/28/2004

:)) Thanks a lot for the smoke...and especially the COLOR!!!Wäre echt schade um die schönen Details.Dein umwerfendes 'about' makes my day,so eine Widmung ist einfach schön an so einem scheusslichen Tag,makes me smile...
Dank dem 'director',
Liebe Grüsse,Ursula

Gino Quattrocchi {K:39580} 10/28/2004

fantastica
superlativa
bella ed originale
bravissimo Thilo

Lucy Bernadette {K:5785} 10/28/2004

wow. this leaves me speechless. this is a truly fantastic capture. i agree about the smoke, it's perfect. the picture is great without it, but with it it's that much more, how shall i say, new york? the heightened colour and speed at which this was taken really capture the frenetic energy here. this reminds me, somewhat, of an american artist who painted 'realistic' scenes back in the 50's/60's. can't recall his name offhand, but it has that same surreal feel to it. anyways, i'll shut up now. bravo!

Flavio Campos {K:145} 10/28/2004

This one is so much better than the B&W! Great job...

Hugo de Wolf {K:184670} 10/28/2004

Hi Thilo, Finally, the one I have been waiting for....;o) The uncut version! I can see the tell tails of the sharpening, and now everything falls back into place.... I can suddenly understand why you played around it so much! Another thing is that I also realise how easy it is to critisise the options; this one would be quite difficult indeed. Thanks for sharing, and very well done....;)

Cheers,

Hugo

Mark Drago {K:10854} 10/28/2004

hey Thilo, excellent! especially the street lamp in all the cacaphony.

Fadel J

{K:13512} 10/29/2004

Amazing very active image dear Thilo! I love the work you did in this image, very tasty indeed!

NN {K:26787} 10/29/2004

NYC ... I?m too old for this! Looks so chaotic! A colourful shot with a lot to look at, though, and a perfect presentation of the pulse of a metropolis. I can feel the polluted air ... HUH!

PK- Photos

{K:13257} 10/29/2004

...sieht cool aus mit dem saturation-effect, sehr powerful:)

Schönes Wochenende,
Pia :)

P.S. und DANKE :))

Jan Symank

{K:15755} 10/30/2004

Very good composition
One at once knows where he is and feels beeing inside this shiny, busy but at last empty place.
... Smoke !
Very good work
Jan

Tony Diana {K:13396} 10/30/2004

MUY BUENA imagen de un pedazo de ciudad, estupenda instantanea