Author Topic: Hong Kong view from the peak (added a new day shot) (Read 990 times)

Chillum Baba · « **on:** July 27, 2012, 04:51:44 PM »

Typhoon Vincent blasted Hong Kong and not a single minute passed without rain in my 5 days stay. This was probably my most difficult shot as I was struggling to stand with tripod, camera and remote trigger in one hand and umbrella in other while it rained with strong winds. Clicked some 250 pics. Most came out blurry because of the intense fog but managed few good pics too. This one was clicked when the skies cleared a bit for few seconds after I stood for about an hour and a half.

There was one more distraction. 2 American teens blondes wanted me to move from my spot so that they can click their pic with the p&s flash which was supposed to fall on the buildings behind. I denied politely. But seeing my struggle one of them held the umbrella for me so that I could click.

Will post the remaining pics soon.

iamsomnath · « **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2012, 05:11:39 PM »

very nice ....

aatifsumar · « **Reply #2 on:** July 27, 2012, 06:11:16 PM »

Wow. Can say it was worth the 90 minute wait. You may want to consider a slightly tighter crop IMO though.

Chillum Baba · « **Reply #3 on:** July 27, 2012, 06:17:47 PM »

Quote from: aatifsumar on July 27, 2012, 06:11:16 PM

Wow. Can say it was worth the 90 minute wait. You may want to consider a slightly tighter crop IMO though.

Thanks. I have a tighter crop too.

Madhav Bhakta · « **Reply #4 on:** July 27, 2012, 08:01:52 PM »

Both shots are very good.

Chillum Baba · « **Reply #5 on:** July 28, 2012, 04:52:08 PM »

Adding the day shot from the same spot. Shot late evening, previous day.

rollno22 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 28, 2012, 05:30:17 PM »

Wonderful capture doc..2nd one is superb.

Chillum Baba · « **Reply #7 on:** July 29, 2012, 01:37:57 AM »

Thanks for the appreciation.

theqca · « **Reply #8 on:** July 30, 2012, 09:19:48 AM »

the cropped version is very good..just correct the tilt..

imho the day pic is boring...maybe something at sunset or sunrise would be interesting..

Chillum Baba · « **Reply #9 on:** July 30, 2012, 12:45:49 PM »

Actually it ain't a cropped version. The foreground in the first shot was intentional. Second one different shot altogether. The tilt is deceptive maybe. Tried to correct quite a few times but everytime it feels tilted. (UWA effect?). Third is a dull shot but I posted it just for comparison - that how the scene changes from dull to beautiful at night. Sunset was a distant dream as it was raining 24x7. Also, not sure about the direction of sunset. Its probably on a different side (left maybe).

hayath · « **Reply #10 on:** July 30, 2012, 12:48:06 PM »

Prefer #1...the silhouette of the hill edge leads the eye nicely to the large skyrise mass.
Nice that you got some nice clouds to help add substance to the sky

surya · « **Reply #11 on:** July 30, 2012, 12:58:18 PM »

Hey I can see some one there....Dr.Amit Rajput - nice name, but I like our Chillum Baba more..

Nice shots...thanks for sharing.

Himadri · « **Reply #12 on:** July 31, 2012, 04:20:18 PM »

First one is an absolute cracker, what a frame and cloud scape!!
Just wondering if some more details can be extracted from the black zones.

Quote from: Chillum Baba on July 27, 2012, 04:51:44 PM

There was one more distraction. 2 American teens blondes wanted me to move from my spot so that they can click their pic with the p&s flash which was supposed to fall on the buildings behind. I denied politely. But seeing my struggle one of them held the umbrella for me so that I could click.

Will post the remaining pics soon.

Of the blondes?

VikramF · « **Reply #13 on:** July 31, 2012, 04:55:54 PM »

Quote from: Himadri on July 31, 2012, 04:20:18 PM

Of the blondes?

I was hoping ....

itsme_soumya · « **Reply #14 on:** July 31, 2012, 04:57:54 PM »

the night shot of the tighter crop looks stunning. excellent take.

cheers!
soumya

Chillum Baba · « **Reply #15 on:** July 31, 2012, 11:21:37 PM »

@himadi,vikramF lolll

@soumya I know most prefer the close cropped version but my personal fav is the first one, where I get a feel of sudden discovery of lights on climbing the hill.

Hankosaurus · « **Reply #16 on:** August 01, 2012, 03:46:13 AM »

Beautiful night shots of Hong Kong, Doc Amit.

I wonder if PS would allow you to set the buildings vertical. I understand that the convergence was really like that, seeing you were so high up. Another trick to accomplish that is to hold the film plane parallel to the building faces; but that may mean cropping away too much of the frame, or not having a wide enough angle to work with.

I like the cropped one most. The large dark area in the lower left of the wider shot seems a bit too dominant to me. Both very nice shots nevertheless. I like the balance between daylight and the night lights of the city. That makes it much more interesting than the day shot.

I wonder if a good UV would have helped cut through that haze in the day shot. Did you use one?

Oh, and those girls... Did they get the shot they wanted after you clicked?

TFS.

ravi~nigam · « **Reply #17 on:** August 03, 2012, 11:32:10 PM »

First shot is a cracker in all respects ! The building in the fg added so much nice depth and feel, WOW.
tfs

Chillum Baba · « **Reply #18 on:** August 04, 2012, 12:06:59 AM »

Yes. Thats exactly why first one is my favorite. But majority seem to like the 2nd version.

Amlan Sanyal · « **Reply #19 on:** August 04, 2012, 08:31:22 AM »

What a lovely shot Doc! I like the perspective of the first.

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Author Topic: Hong Kong view from the peak (added a new day shot) (Read 990 times)