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Photographer’s Note

Title built for fun aggregating "China" and "Lippo" for the two main towers you see on this photo, to the right the Bank of China, 369m high, built in 1990 and remaining to me despite completion of higher towers and bad feng shui the most fascinating of the Hong Kong skyline, to the left the Lippo Centre, 186m high, built in 1988.

The view is taken from a corner of Statue Square using an angle that allows to get both towers around the Legislative Council Building, opened 1912, which is the colonial style building lit at their bottom behind this unavoidable bus stop.

Constrasting architectures and times, combined with a race to ever better buildings,this is Hong Kong, while you are viewing this photo, building continues frenetically.

Paolo, MarekP, jhm, ChrisJ, lappino, Xalkida, josepmarin, singuanti, bibiweb, Luan, tcht has marked this note useful

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Paolo (40755) 2006-05-08 4:05

Mister Terror, excellent shot!
a wonderful night view of some of the most beautiful skyscrapers of HK. i went on the top of the Bank of China on the panoramic floor...fantastic views!
excellent shot.
thanks,ciao

sleon (9352) 2006-05-08 4:10

Bonjour JY
The lighting delineates nicely the famous Bank of China building with its instantly recognisable geometry. Your POV provides an interesting contrast between modern and traditional architecture, though I think this shot would benefit from being taken earlier before complete darkness to make the buildings stand out better against the sky, and perhaps more zoomed in so we can appreciate better the architectural detail.
Bonne journee, Susanna

vincent24 (9038) 2006-05-08 4:13

Salut JY,
C'est la "brown hour"là!c'est pas mal non plus,ton cadrage est chouette,on monte en diagonale et cette tour si symbolique et graphique s'integre bien au ciel,
bonne journée,
vincent

pilpel-adom (3016) 2006-05-08 4:15

Well composed, Jean Yves! The high-rising tower draw the gaze up and gives a strong vetical feel to this post, with good night urban lights. The perspective is very good, giving depth to this night skyline of Hong Kong.
Well done!
Chen

jinju (14265) 2006-05-08 5:08

Standard Terror. Straight photography in its finest. Nothing to criticize here. The nighttime exposure is dramatic. Nice cold modern lines of the BoC building contrasting with the warm color and forms of the older style building. New and old together in perfect symphony.

nwoehnl (120) 2006-05-08 5:41

Salut JY. I think Rafal's wording of "Standard Terror" sums it up quite nicely, LOL. A quite interesting blend of the interplay between old and new architectural elements, and well handled from a tech perspective, too. I was thinking the same as Susanna about the time but then again you can't always be at the right place at the right time and this one came out well enough in terms of details rendered.

dkeus31 (26365) 2006-05-08 6:19

Hello JY,
Jolie vue de ces deux tours.
Je ne conaissais (dans les livres) que la tour de Pei, ainsi que celle de Foster (non illustrée ici).

Joli cadrage, un bon avant plan pour compléter le tout.
Amicalement
Didier

MarekP (4744) 2006-05-08 6:29

Bonjour Jean-Yves,
I like composition of this picture, supported by diagonal made by the tops of the skyscrapers from right down to the left. Also the colours are fine and clear. Very well done.

Thanks,
Marek

jhm (83352) 2006-05-08 7:20

Hi Jean Yves,
Again a very difficult picture but I find this a very nice done, constrasting architectures and times, combined with a race to ever better buildings, this are you word and this is very just, good sharp and pleasure for looking.
Have a nice day,
John.

ChrisJ (70443) 2006-05-08 7:50

Salut Jean Yves

Fantastic sharpness. The 'Bank of China' highrise, is nicknamed 'the knife in the heart of Hong Kong'. Apparently, in Feng Shui, sharp angular shapes, are supposed to be unlucky.

rbcy1974 (20746) 2006-05-08 8:15

Salut JY,
Une vue superbe sur l'architecture,
j'aime bien l'exposition et la lumiere,
tres bien caputre
A+
Daniel

lappino (850) 2006-05-08 9:40

Hi Jean Yves,
having returned from Hong Kong only yesterday, your photo made my mouth water again for its beautiful skyline. And now, I'll have serious doubts about posting any of my Hong Kong photos here on TE, for they don't even come close to your combination of clarity and details...
Thanks for sharing
Vlad

Cormac (26455) 2006-05-08 10:46

Great combination of different buildings from different styles and even different eras. I like the artificial light too, which shows these in a different way than daylight would. Great work!

markstaples (15670) 2006-05-08 10:49

Une excellente prise nocturne où l'exposition a été parfaitement gérée pour nous donner une excellente netteté et de belles couleurs. La composition est également excellente. En bref, la photo est .... excellente! :-)
Amicalement
Mark

Xalkida (11740) 2006-05-08 11:12

Wow! What a nightshot! So sharp and with very fine and vivid colors. Very impressive work my friend and with very informative note as always! Well done!

josepmarin (34107) 2006-05-08 11:59

Bonjour Jean-Yves,
Capture nocturne très bonne. Le bâtiment du Bank of China est, simplement, spectaculaire et admirable. Moi, j'aime beaucoup cette architecture et ces gratte-ciel tellement imposants, surtout le soir, quand ils seront illuminés.
La photo a été parfaite, j'aime sa lumière et ses détails, et aussi les couleurs.
Excellente!
Amicalement,
Josep

rhizomes (15325) 2006-05-08 12:16

Salut Jean-Yves,
Belle image de nuit de ce beau bâtiment contemporain. J'aime bien les éclairages et ce ciel qui a une très belle teinte sombre et un peu "polluée" par la lumière de la ville (comme dirait dkeus31 ;-)
Bonne soirée !
Christophe

gilou530 (35700) 2006-05-08 15:47

salut JY
une belle photo de nuit encore, cette tour qui avec ces lumiéres en zig zag est du plus bel effet, beau cadrage
amitiés
gilbert

greecelightning (284) 2006-05-08 18:23

Nice shot! Very clear without overexposing the bright lights. Great perspective, as well. Congrats!
Taso

singuanti (15240) 2006-05-08 21:46

Hi Jean-Yves. You really nailed the technical details of this night shot. I don't see any noise plus the colors are very realistic. It's very sharp too. Well done Jean-Yves!

bibiweb (8) 2006-05-08 23:55

Salut Jean-Yves,
C'est pas la blue hour, mais c'est beau aussi. Et avec le contour de la China Bank qui est éclairé, pas de problème pour faire ressortir ce bâtiment sur le ciel sombre! Pour le plaisir de l'oeil, j'aurais redresser la tour pour l'aligner sur le bord de l'image, mais je sais que tu as arrêté ce genre de pratique... donc je me tais!
Bonne journée.
Bibi

kclai (2267) 2006-05-09 3:45

Hello there Pak Jean
An awesome night shot that puts the sharpness and clarity to the extend and felt!
And what a wonderful idea of putting the title in Chinese word. Bravo.
So, by the way, do you know how to read and write in chinese!!
Great job, Pak Jean.
Eric Lai

AmiBe (6042) 2006-05-09 14:24

Hello JY,
t'es arrivé un peu tard là, t'as manqué la blue hour, t'étais encore à l'apéro ? ;-)
ça fait rien, c'est quand même impressionnant.
Bonne compo vertical et expo bien gérée malgré la lumière assez forte en bas de l'image.
a+

Luan (15935) 2006-05-10 5:23

Genial ce building, tu savais qu'ils construisaient tout a partir des regles du FengShui ? Cette tour est vraiment extra, elle semble se dessiner et meme se confondre avec ton ciel, ca aurait pas le meme effet de jour.
Tres bien expose ton image.
A+
Luan

tcht (7298) 2006-05-11 5:32

Hi Jean Yves,
A nice mixture of old & new. Well exposed and good reddish sky. The architect of Bank of China also designed that triangle museum in the Louvre of Paris :) Btw, did you manage to get some shots from the night show?
CheukHin

cbrman (19051) 2006-05-24 3:47

Hello,

Bien vu cette photo de nuit.

J'aime le contraste entre la construction du premier plan et la tour de verre aux lignes triangulaires. L'éclairage est saisissant, surtout sur la tour.

A+

Dominique.

mphotographies (1976) 2006-08-15 1:58

Hey Jean,
No other city is quite like this. A city of many cultures balanced between the present and the future. Lovely clean capture, sharp and well balanced composition!
Jom