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The Hong Kong Skyline...


The Hong Kong Skyline...
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Copyright: Cheuk Hin Tsang (tcht) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1401 W: 73 N: 1354] (7116)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2006-04-10
Camera: Nikon D50, Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5~5.6G ED, UV Filter 52 mm
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/30 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-12 15:08
Viewed: 1695
Points: 52
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
...as PixelTerror & I saw it from the 55th floor of the International Finance Centre 2 (also known as the IFC2, the tallest building in HK).

The 55th floor is one of the best places to get a nice view of Hong Kong island and skyline, and it's also free of charge. It's actually a library and museum that belongs to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and opens to everybody.

However, this is not an easy picture to take, due to the reflections off the windows, because it's a cloudly day and we're inside a well-lit room. This is one of the very few pictures without much reflections.

Hope you find this interesting :)

Tech: Sepia toning, levels adjustments and sharpened.
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Bonsoir Cheuk
superbe vue de Hong Kong et beau cadrgae. J'aime bien ton ambiance donnée par le sepia. C'est excellent
Bon week-end
Xavier

I like this mainly for the different perspective of the skyline as opposed to the usual Peak shots or shots across Victoria Harbour from TsimShaTsui. The Sepia tone is nice as well. Reminds me of the old photos of Shanghai.

Cheers
Mark

Hi Cheuk....is a wondrfull idea this sepia image in the moderm world.Many regards, Rafael

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  • jkos Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 95 W: 0 N: 114] (981)
  • [2006-05-12 15:35]

Very nice shot to do in B&W/Sepia. Especially due to the misty atmosphere of this day.
TFS,
Joel

Hi Cheuk!
Great photo... the colour tonation you've used looks great and the composition is good, too!
Bets regards,
Olaf

I always love the views from Victoria Peak but this is great as well. Sepia is a good choice. Well done!

That looks good.
Well done.

Hello Cheuk Hin,
Impressive!the sepia enhance the graphic side of the picture,cars,boats,it's like a hive in activity,it makes me dreaming..it's so far from my little country..thanks,
have a nice WE,
vincent

Interesting photographic experiment with a city like HK. Looking at pictures of the HK skyline I'm generally used to see modernity and with this sepia it looks like a picture from the 19th century. It's quite provocative and unusual.

Hi Cheukhin, Although I visited Hong Kong a few times, I never get a good view from the top like this one. I was thinking the beautiful view from the top. Thanks for posting this picture to fulfill my dream. A nicely composed picture with excellent PoV. The view is stunning.

hello Cheuk
what a great view
i saw many picture from HK
but never from this place
also your composition here is very interresting
nice to see all the boat big and small
the black and white with the warm tone is working for me
congrat
••simon••

Somehow I heard a buzz in my ears... you called me Cheuk Hin ?
That's a creative and courageous way to present the HK skyline, for us it is so modern that nobody would come to the idea to turn it into sepia, looks like an old postcard for the XXIII th century generations, a good original idea worth the praise, and I also note the absence of reflections here, well done !
Have a nice week end,
Jean-Yves

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  • jinju Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3167 W: 96 N: 1601] (14241)
  • [2006-05-13 5:26]

Hi Cheuk,

its rare to see a HK skyline pic in b/w. I usually associate b/w with NYC or Paris..HK is so modern that I always think of it in color. But wow, it looks great in b/w. This treatment gives it a timeless feel. Not to mention that its a great perspective view on the city from a different angle than we are used to.

Hello Cheuk Hin, this is a great view from above looking down on the other buildings and the boats. I love the low clouds and the mist in the distance. The sepia effect gives this picture an old feeling yet the scene is of course modern.

Hi CheukHin - indeed a relatively rare view, most people see it from Victoria peak of from across the strait, this is a nice different angle, unless it was overcast I would have preferred it in colour, though the sepia adds an artistic touch.

'lo Cheuk. Superb view on Hong Kong's skyline, and rather original too. The shore makes a curve towards the left upper part of the frame drawing a sort of diagonal, whihc facilitates the reading of the scene. Nice toning with good contrast balance. I really like your point of view, here.

I was thinking how sharp and clear the buildings in this photo are and then I read your note and realise it is taken through a window! Incredible that there are no reflections. Unusual idea to turn it into sepia but it works.
Kath

Hi Cheuk
Dramatic work and a fabulous POV. I also like the sharp details and great mood from the sepia effect. Nice composition and a dramatic feeling to the whole scene. Well done.
Aubrey

Hiya!
i've been there once n know tht is really hard to take a good pic from there. but u hv captured the skyline really well, n i especially like the black n white feeling, mixture of feelings: modern n ancient in contrast, i'd say.
anyway, great pic of hk! love it!
Clare

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  • verde Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 279 W: 87 N: 147] (957)
  • [2006-05-16 2:21]

this is a interesting shot. the sepia brings an agedness to it, but the buildings and the boats are very modern. Nice shot and great composition with the buildings filling the total left side in a nice angle.

thanks
b

Hi !

Nice picture, good compo and Hong-Kong is realy beautyfull...

I am delighted to be this summer there !

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  • Luan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2011 W: 245 N: 1894] (15871)
  • [2006-05-17 4:56]

An impressive view over the bay, I would like to visit this city one day. I like this picture Cheuk, on the left, the urbanim, modernity, on the left, memories, old, misty atmopher...Excellent picture.
Luan

Hi Cheuk,
It is a nice work. Well done. Didn't notice any reflection as all. Maybe pretty hard to get it, wasn't it? And is the football stadium(?) bottom to left the same as the one also shown in your another shot of nightscene? Just curious..;)
Nice sepia, cya
Mi

This is an absolutely beautiful photograph. Well done!

Cheuk Hin,

Great POV,great !
I like the way you posted it in Sepia,that works excellent here,very well composed and a live scene although has smell of an old view because of the sepia,
I like it very much,excellent sharpness and very well worked,Thanks,

Best
M

Amazing contrast between the ultra-urbanized busy cityscape in the left and the also busy, but wide open waterway to the right.
Eugene

What a tremendous pov, Cheuk! Love your sepia tones (of course), and the clarity with which you show large and small in this timeless fashion. Amazing that it seems like you are even higher than the highest of these highrises... wonderful shot!
sasa

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