Hong Kong @ NigHT Photo

Photographer’s Note

*** Please Click Here or On the Picture To See the Panorama! ***

Taken 15 minutes until midnight, Wan Chai observatory point. Because it was that late, this panorama was quite different to those panoramas you would normally see of Hong Kong.

The buildings here are actually less colourful since most of the lights have been switched off. But I like the distinctive feeling it gives when there are less lights.

The tall building near the centre of picture is the Central Plaza in Wan Chai, it was the tallest building in HK until the 88th floor IFC 2 came into existance few years ago. You can spot the IFC 2 to the far left, but it is quite faint.

And the yellow-ish lights in the far distance are from the Kowloon peninsula just across the harbour.

Hope you enjoy the picture & I appreciate all sorts of comments :)

P.S.
1)This is only a cropped version of the panorama you can see when you CLICK on the PICTURE. (I cropped it to fit TE's requirement of minimum 250 pixels)

2)I used auto-stich to combine the 5 photographs I took.

3) And PLEASE SEE the two Workshop posts I posted
I saw two VERY SERIOUS photographers at work! Risking their lives! (- just to get a better PoV of this place - )...NEVER attempt what those guys were doing!!
Tech: Adjusted levels, sharpened, resized.

PixelTerror, bibiweb, melody_garden, weswang, Buin, nwoehnl, aznegrao, ChrisJ has marked this note useful

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ClintMalpaso (383) 2006-04-26 16:19

Que maravilla de luz has conseguido

xavshot (61917) 2006-04-26 16:19

Bonsoir Cheuk
un panorama très réussi dans lequel il est très agréable de naviguer. Il y a plein de détails et la qualité est là. J'aime beaucoup toutes ces lumières de la ville. Un beau tableau
Bravo
Xavier

danyy (68040) 2006-04-26 16:49

Bonjour CHeuk,
bien ficelé ce panoramique.C'est audacieux je crois d'assembler des photos nocturnes mais le résultat est excellent, pas de jointures.
De belles lumières et quelques couleurs intenses.
C'est bien r&éalisé.
Daniel.

melody_garden (170) 2006-04-26 16:50

Hi Thomas,
Great attempt of panorama. I could tell there would be quite a few works to combine five pics though I do not know well. Virtually sharp and neat, I do like it. I notice the very middle part was even illuminated strongly. Though I would prefer a more brilliant and colourful one as mentioned in your note.It's informative to place both IFC and Central Plaza together, thx:)
Really nice work and interesting POV.
See ya,
Mi

crettaz (2685) 2006-04-26 18:20

I like so much this picture ! Great great great

drago (4826) 2006-04-26 20:28

Fantastic panoramic shot,well done!

weswang (18223) 2006-04-26 21:29

Hi CheukHin, I agree with you that the deep into the night city view provide a different scene than the time when all the lights were on. This view provides a better depth and a balance of different buildings. Thanks for large version to show the details and thanks for the extra photos about the serious photographers. A well done stitching job.

roamermark (1588) 2006-04-26 22:26

This is one of the best shots i have seen of HK at night. I have tried many times with little success. You should be very pleased with this result...it is a keeper

Cheers
Mark

designsoul (21394) 2006-04-26 22:46

Exquisite night shot, CHeukin, and even though you didn't attempt to risk your life, it looks fantastic! Honestly, a very exotic locale to me, certainly not a sleepytown, even with the lights out... great stiching, too.
Good night,
sasa
PS soon off to Budapest for a month... no TE for a while...

bibiweb (8) 2006-04-27 3:26

Hi Cheuk Hin,
The large version is just great, so many things to look at and discover! The assembly work is perfect and I really like the brownish coloured sky and the cloudy effect around the buildings.
Regards, Brigitte

PixelTerror (86032) 2006-04-27 4:09

Hi Cheuk Hin,
A nice and very sharp one, very good despite the difficult weather conditions over HK on these days, PoV is interesting oo as it is unusual to see Bank of China left of the blue/green building (dunno what it is yet, should study the map), well stitched pano.
Have a nice evening,
Jean-Yves

tsangclare (130) 2006-04-27 9:12

Hiya
I like the overall picture very much! Nice composition! however, i think it may be even better if the colours are sharper. Anyway, well done!=D
Clare

Buin (36932) 2006-04-27 12:23

Hallo Cheuk!
What an impressing view, what an impressing photo! Especially in the large version you can discover so many details. Technical it's perfect! Thank you for showing this!
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

vincent24 (9038) 2006-04-27 12:55

Hello CheukHin,
A succesful stitching of city,i like the night atmosphere here,many things to see in the large,goood job,
vincent

elmec (12194) 2006-04-27 14:10

Hello Cheuk!
This is beautiful night panorama of Hong Kong!
This is so magic city!
Regards!

ishai (4093) 2006-04-27 15:50

You just save me a trip to Hong Kong
It looks so good so real like im sitting in my balcony drinking a long drink and looking at the view
The light is impressive as the clouds

Ishai

capthaddock (28640) 2006-04-27 19:38

Hi Cheuk Hin - true, the city lights are not as colourful as the typical angle taken from Tsim Tsa Tsui well I forget the name, the opposite shore, you know what I mean, still enough light emanating from below to lighten the cloud cover, nice and original.

nwoehnl (118) 2006-04-30 17:23

Hi Cheuk-Hin. I like this late-night panorama of HK, the fact that many of the lights in the buildings are turned off gives a special and surprising intimacy to this view. An ideal candidate for a large-pano presentation for which the stitching work turned out very good. I could look for minutes at the large version and still think I haven't seen everything. Very nice work, well exposed and presented.

kajspice (4534) 2006-05-01 15:39

Hi Cheuk,

Yes its a pretty picture and all...sorry...I just dont appreciate scenic shots all that much...or more, I dont really know what to add...the sky is nice I guess.

I would have given you both points if you had posted the workshop picture... :)

kaj

rosaline (0) 2006-05-02 3:33

Hi Cheuk
Great atmosphere from this night shot. I like the panoramic view and the detail you have shown in the shot. Nice brown hue to the sky as well. Good work.
Aubrey

aznegrao (10230) 2006-05-02 10:43

Hi Cheuk!!
Ótima perspectiva nesta criativa e forte composição, criando uma boa sensação de profundidade. Ótimo esse motivo, principalmente apresentado dessa maneira, e ainda com lindas, texturas cores e contrastes. Ótimo trabalho.
Greetings.
Friend.
aznegrao.

ChrisJ (69588) 2006-05-04 3:31

Hi Cheuk

A marvellous panorama of the HK skyline. I have been to Victoria Peak in 2004, & this is not an easy shot. Tfs!