West Seattle scene: A night to reflect

Christopher Boffoli captured the beauty of downtown Seattle mirrored on the calm waters of Elliott Bay – maybe not for long, as rain is expected back soon.

DownOnAlki February 26, 2010 (7:42 am)

Beautiful. If I could have just two clicks of your talent for every 100 shots I make……

cathyw February 26, 2010 (9:25 am)

Beautiful photo, Christopher!

Lola February 26, 2010 (9:30 am)

Wow this is a keeper. I love it.

clark5080 February 26, 2010 (10:47 am)

Great shot Christopher

d February 26, 2010 (10:54 am)

So beautiful, Chris!

velo_nut February 26, 2010 (12:24 pm)

HDR?

clark5080 February 26, 2010 (12:37 pm)

No HDR on this one here is the data
Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Image Date: 2010:02:25 20:54:36
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 85.0mm
Exposure Time: 6.000 s
Aperture: f/13.0
ISO equiv: 1000

goodwork February 26, 2010 (12:56 pm)

That is absolutely stunning like a crown with a tons of jewels!

cjboffoli February 26, 2010 (1:29 pm)

Thanks everyone.
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Nice work clark5080. The EXIF data tells all. No HDR or any kind of manipulation. Just a tripod-mounted camera and the fact that Elliott Bay was as still as a mill pond last night.

clark5080 February 26, 2010 (2:01 pm)

I like that spot also but you got way calmer water and better reflections
http://jimclark.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Seattle-Alki-0221/IMG3137/478186418_zLXrw-XL.jpg

Keith February 26, 2010 (2:12 pm)

Nice one, Christopher!

sam February 26, 2010 (2:52 pm)

beautiful photo !!!
did you know the water would be so calm when you set out to take the photo?

saw photo was taken at 8pm.
I wonder/ hope that the skyline was a little darker later. looking at that photo, just seems like there’s wasted electricity there somewhere.

Ms Evelyn February 26, 2010 (4:42 pm)

Not to brag but WE do live in the prettiest city and this picture confirms it! Nice job to the photographer!!

miws February 26, 2010 (5:22 pm)

Beautiful pic, Christopher!

Mike

oaula February 27, 2010 (4:05 am)

Lovely….Love all the colors reflecting…Yes we have the prettiest city in America!

Michael February 27, 2010 (11:55 am)

Gee, I didn’t realize that Elliott Bay tilted to the south like that.

d February 27, 2010 (7:40 pm)

Chris –

Thank you for sharing your art with us. I just put the shot on my laptop and it is glorious!

Michael February 27, 2010 (9:35 pm)

Glorious is the Seattle skyline. Not knowing how to level your camera is amateurish. Just because one drives a fast car doesn’t mean they are an engineer.

d February 28, 2010 (12:58 am)

It is a lovely shot.
Get over it, Michael.

WSB February 28, 2010 (2:05 am)

Irrelevant point anyway. While Christopher *is* a professional and we quite appreciate the work he’s done for WSB, both paid and pro bono, we publish photos not with any professional criteria – heaven knows your co-publishers are not particularly artistic and some days we put up a dozen or more pix of our own. We publish photos that are potentially interesting to some if not most WSB’ers, that are newsworthy, that tell or illustrate a West Seattle (in most cases) story. This ain’t the place for critiquing either photographic technique or writing style – lots and lots of sites out there where you can do that to your heart’s content.

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