I thought the lighting was fine. The photo may have been poor. 

So do they reject fireworks for poor lighting?

Honest it was rejected, but that's not why I posted it.

Merry Christmas, I love the lights when I'm driving around.

You should have shot this earlier, with more natural ambient lighting.

Quote from: Perry on December 26, 2009, 17:14
You should have shot this earlier, with more natural ambient lighting.

As we know, the rule says so.
But there is no such rule. This is a photo taken nighttime when the sky is black. An another kind of photo is when the sky is dark blue.
It can be better from some points of view but as we know the buyers, somebody may need a dark photo, regardless how night shoots must be taken.

Yes, but now there is a building in background that is very dark, and it bothers me.

Quote from: Perry on December 26, 2009, 18:17
Yes, but now there is a building in background that is very dark, and it bothers me.

Understood, however I was photographing the lights, not the building. Add in that if the building was somehow identifiable then they would want a property release which legally doesn't even exist. 

Think of it as a picture of pretty lights at night. 

Meanwhile there is some noise and looking closer the reviewer would see fringing. No real problem with the rejection. Just bringing it up for some entertainment.

I think it's a great photo and of all the rejections it might be guilty of (like noise, CA, etc.), poor lighting, to me, would be low on the list.