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Petronas Towers


Petronas Towers
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Copyright: Linas Kardasevicius (linask) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 254 W: 273 N: 409] (2161)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-02-10
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF-S 17-85 f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Exposure: f/7.1, 5 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-02-10 5:55
Viewed: 1063
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
View of Petronas Towers and other skyscrapers in central Kuala Lumpur from the KL Tower(Menara Kuala Lumpur) public observation platform. The platform is a a height of 276 meters but located on the hill, so Petronas Towers ( 452 meters high) look smaller.
Taken at 19:37 - 9 minutes after sunset. While KL tower offers very nice city views, it was very difficult to get any decent night photos. Some lights inside the platform are on - they reflect on the glass, many people use cameras with flashes that make reflections even worse, it almost impossible to place tripod. I was using Joby Gorillapod to attach camera to the hand rail and tried to cover camera as much as possible from the inside light. But still some reflections are clearly visible. I didn't try to remove them while post processing.
Camera settings: AV mode, ISO-200, 17 mm zoom, mirror lockup, remote release.
Converted from raw with color temperature set to 4750K.
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Hi Linas,
Worth all the efforts you paid to climb up to the tower. Exquisite quality, very nice timing and of course, unique POV. Congrats!
Deniz

Hi Linas,
Great night photograph here!
Very clear, and great composition.
TFS.
Refards, George.

Hi Linas,
a very nice picture with a great view above Kuala Lumpur and the great Petronas Towers. Nice colors and a great point of view. Very well done!

Mark

Hi Linas,
very good panoramic view and technically perfect. Without your note about the hill I could not imagine from where itīs taken, thanks for this..
Cheers Christian

Reflections are not bad and the image is well composed with offset positioning of the towers and inclusion of the surrounding buildings from an high perspective. Well captured!

Hello Linas!
Wwwwwwonderful panorama and lovely light!
Beautiful colours and perfect clarity!
Excellent done!
Best regards!
Lili

Hi!
Great picture with perfect exposure of Kuala Lumpur at night.
Great composition!
Jonas

hello Linas,

So many photos of the petronas towers, but none of them in the blue hour like this one. Gorgeous colours!

Have a great day!

Hi Linas
nice shoot . fantastic view of KL , the color and contrast are good ..
with regards

Hi Linas,

Very sharp and well exposed, despite some difficult conditions. Good high vantage point that shows us much of the city. I hope to visit there some day.

Best regards,
Lamberto

Hi Linas, I like this very much. The timing seems to be just right and is likely the Blue Hour we hear about. The scene is beautiful and the capture and presentation very professional. TFS. Murray.

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