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Thank you. I didn't notice it until you mentioned it. Now that is the first thing I see in my picture

I used the combination of Graduated Filter, Adjustment brush tool and Radial filter on Lightroom.

Thank you so much for your guidance. I couldn't see what I was missing before your comment. Now, I can clearly see what was missing in that photo. It's still not the best but I think it's going into right direction. Thanks again Mike!

Thanks for your continued feedback. I tried harder last night and came up with this version.

And here are couple of shots of MLK Memorial hitting with the sunlight. I tried one focusing on MLK and other on Cherry but not sure which one is better composition. I love your inputs on these as well.

I agree on cherry part being dark but I tried to bump up exposure little bit to make it more visible and that made whole picture little washed out. Here is the version with little more light and let me know what is your thoughts. And yes I got lucky about the wind on this photo. I have other...

I always took the cherry blossom after sunrise but tried something different this year and shot one in blue hour. Last year, I reached at Tidal Basin at around 6:30 am and couldn't find a single parking spot. This year, I decided to go bit earlier and took advantage of early morning blue hour...

I think it is during PP when I was trying to change the water tone to bluish. Later, it gave me feeling of cold weather and I just left it. Haha good catch. It is reflection of narrow walking bridge I was shooting from. I tried to fix on PP but didn't get good results. I had no choice but left...

Thank you all very much! Your guidance is what keeps me going. Happy shooting!

I had been there many times to capture the silky water effect but returned empty hand due to construction of the bridge. Last Monday on the Presidents day, I took my chance and even though there were many areas under construction, the bridge from where I wanted to take a shot was open. While I...

Riding a motorbike and photography is both area of my interest and you did great job here.

Yes, I was staying at Marriott and the guy who works there told me story about Steel HQ (used to be), the building which top colors represent the temperature back in old days etc. It was a good stay at Pittsburgh even though it was short. If you are from there, here is another picture I took...

And this one is little bit panned to the right to include more buildings. I am not sure which works better.

These three identical bridges in Pittsburgh is known as three sisters which is located at North shore near Casino and PNC park. I got chance to visit this beautiful city week ago and I absolutely loved it.

Very nice!

This amazing bird was on always on top of my list. I got chance to see this beauty while I was in Pittsburgh Aviary last weekend. More to come.

Thank you all! All the comments or critics encourage me to be better photographer. Few birds picture coming soon.

It's been a while since I posted last time here in cafe. Been busy at work and travel. I was traveling to Pittsburgh from my work and brought my camera with me. I was lucky enough to get some time out of the work and visit this amazing location at Pittsburgh. My only complain to the steelers is...

Amazing shots!!!

Scenery is lovely and good angle. If I was there, I would try to take another shot pass the intersection. That way, I would avoid intersection, road sign and shadow on the road. I would also adjust the color as Nick suggested.

Very well said!

Hmm, Thanks again for all your inputs on this thread Too much tool and too many features.

Hmm, Thanks again for all your inputs on this thread.

I am talking about the bridge to go see overlook when you go thru MD area, McArthur Blvd. Yes, it was cold but now I hope it is getting better.

Thank you! I just noticed you are also from DMV area. I wanted to shoot Great Falls from that bridge but that seems to be close for construction. Have you been to that area recently? I may call them to confirm if they open the bridge to go to overlook. Thanks again for taking your time and...

Now, I know how all these come automatically to you guys (from experience). I also feel that having negative space on top and little bit more on the left enhance the picture. Can it be done in LR? If not, what is alternative and easy tool? For some reason, Photoshop scares me. LOL! Thank you both!

Yeah I wish I had some space at the top in my file. This is pretty much how I shot it. There is little more space on right which I cropped out. I tried and here is how it looks.

Update: I changed White Balance little bit and adjusted the cropping to include little more leg parts. I wish I would have captured the whole base.

Hello Mike, Thanks for taking your time to reply in detail. I changed the white balance to give little sculpture feeling. I was not sure if I should leave little space on left or not but after your comment, I did leave the space (should I leave little more?) and looks good. The didn't want the...

I am not sure if this is right category in the forum to post this picture. But I considered it as an architecture since I couldn't find other related forum. Please let me know what do you think about this image.

I use Adobe LR and use it very lightly. I don't think LR is capable of doing that.

Cropping to make it pano was great suggestion. Also edited some blacks.

Beautiful! All are great images but if I have to choose one, I would choose #2.

My vote would go to #2. It shows pretty much everything and yet gives focus to that house sitting in a beautiful landscapes. Great photo!

It is obviously a great place to learn!

I greatly appreciate all your kind words, comments and critics on my work. Hope one day, I will get to shoot with veteran members like you. :)

You are right, Nick! You have a great memory. It was almost four/five years ago. Thank you!

Thank you! Thank you so much for your kind words.

Every time, I shoot this place, I get new experience. This time, it was beautiful monument with the presence of moon. And here is another one before they turn the fountain off (before 12 am).

Yes, I just did like you suggested. Here is that version. You rock!

Thank you for your kind words!

It was very interesting structure and I couldn't pass by without giving it a try. Thank you for the comment.

Yes, I felt the loss of golden color and I did it again. I was not sure if I should post it again since I already posted it twice. I totally agree with you.

Thank you for your kind words. I didn't know sense of most of important aspect of photography before I joined the forum. I just had camera and I loved to shoot. Now, after getting suggestion and comments from you, I have started finding my own mistakes even before posting here. And I find more...

I agree with you on keeping sky on this images. Thank you for your comments and suggestion as always.

I tried cropping sky but like you guessed, I felt like it removed sense of height (at least for me) little bit. May be I felt that because you mentioned it in your comment LOL! Thank you for pushing me as always.

Lightroom Adjustment brush tool did a great job. I infect applied to the whole image.

I tried reducing it little bit.

Thanks! I thought of that but then I thought of leaving it little bright thinking that it might represent the center or power point and should reflect little more light (to represent power). I will try another version with it underexposed like you suggested and see how it comes. Thank you!

These two photos are taken with D700 (ISO 1600) handheld. They didn't allow tripod on top of building and I had to crank up ISO to get sharper image. One is before sunset and waited little longer to get another after sunset. I wish I would have taken them with D810. #1. Before Sunset #2...