Downtown Cincinnati, A Different Perspective

CIN 103107 0002, originally uploaded by jsevier14.

There is no shortage of photographs from Downtown Cincinnati. The skyline contains such a breadth of architectural representation, from the Art Deco early 20th Century Centerpieces, the PNC and Carew Towers, to the more modern structures that surround them. Then there are the bridges, the river, and the stadiums. This night I wanted something different. Shot on Halloween night with a sky I thought would be disappointing, I set up under the Taylor Southgate Bridge, which ended up blocking out some fairly boring space. I'm breaking rules here, in a way. The rule of thirds I threw out the door by blocking out an entire sector of the top third of the frame, then using the horizon to position the skyline itself. It works though because the shapes rendered are interesting as triangles, and they end up framing the subject matter. It doesn't hurt that the light-play in the sky was exceptional, and the reflections on the river after the long exposures worked well too. This shoot is smaller than most, click here to see it...