Pudong from the Bund II Photo

Photographer’s Note

I tried a little more pp in this one. Added some blue & magenta, removed some noise, & sharpened. Pudong is on the south bank of the Huang Pu River in Shanghai. The river flows into the Yangzi much further downstream from the cbd. The Oriental Pearl Tower is on the left, & the JinMao Tower in the centre right (88 floors).

The globe on the right has China marked in red, & Australia, India & East Africa in cyan. Hope you like it.

PixelTerror, spence, Fixfocus, bpelvan, carper, nwoehnl, jrj, mumek, naret, elihesamian, Jeppe, quantabeh, fayeulle, MLINES has marked this note useful

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bantonbuju (48858) 2005-03-04 3:53

hi chris,
is it a space station on saturn in xxii century?
excellent work here; love this "futuristic" scape

bazal (7898) 2005-03-04 4:19

Impressive shot. Effectively, it seems to be taken on another planet. Good use of the light and colors, and nice composition. Well seen and well presented.

PixelTerror (87215) 2005-03-04 4:21

HI Chris,
Nice continuation of the Star Trek adventure, building are amazing and exposure right, you can't avoid small light pollution when there is so much diffuse light, I was never able to get a decent night shot in NYC for example. You could combine this one with the last one to produce a panorama.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

spence (1554) 2005-03-04 4:37

Fascinating shapes, Chris, and you seem to have handled the lighting well. Pity you couldn't quite get the very top of the Jinjiang Tower in, but never mind - it's an interesting and well presented shot.

RGatward (19751) 2005-03-04 4:47

Ditto to my comment on yesterdays shot. Actually I think I prefer this one because of the placing of the large tower over to the left.

Zepi (22848) 2005-03-04 4:51

Whoooooooo !
Incroyable, on se croirait tout droit dans le décors d’un film de science-fiction !
J’adore cette photo !
Exposition parfaite, couleurs hallucinantes !
C’est superbe !

Beau travail

Amicalement – Sébastien

cessy (13647) 2005-03-04 5:19

shanghai ... wow ... it so futuristic :)
beautiful night shot, Chris. excellent capture of this very interesting city.

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-03-04 5:47

You captured this impressive skyline in anexcellent way,Chris.Good result of your pp-work the colors are really great in this one.
Good work!

bpelvan (3786) 2005-03-04 6:39

Hello Chris,
Very very impressive shot. I do exactly learn about the world via such photos accompanied good notes naturally. Technically a perfect night pic. I hope one day I'll be able to do the same thing. Very sharp and wonderful colors. Good Job and thanks for sahring...

Graal (59144) 2005-03-04 7:05

Very interesting night city picture - as previous. Shanghai is futuristic city.
Nice colours & contrast.Well done.

greg64g (11193) 2005-03-04 7:32

Hello Chris,

I must say that the work done by the architect is very impressive. it's looks to be a city came from the futur.

you perfectly show us the building, personnally i prefer this one than yeserday
Cheers
Greg

jhm (83802) 2005-03-04 7:47

Another a superb night shot, Chris, these reflections add a lot to the beauty of the scene. Amazing this combination of different architecture styles. Superb DOF and sharpness, perfect exposure.
greetings,
John.

sandip (3492) 2005-03-04 7:56

Hi Chris , A beautiful night shot from u.So clear ans sharp..and a very nice composition.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-03-04 8:15

very nice angle here, a little different from the one yesterday, great work though

carper (66148) 2005-03-04 13:33

Another nice Night shot Chris,
I like the good point of view, the fantastic lights and the good colours, not easy to make, but I like the result. good job

weswang (18223) 2005-03-04 13:45

This is truly beautiful view. The evening there is colorful indeed. Thanks for pointing out the details of the map.
Well captured and well processed.

nwoehnl (120) 2005-03-04 14:39

It looks neat and clean, so whichever post-work you did came out fine, Chris. It also makes a good complementary view to your previous one, zooming in some more and having the Pearl Tower at the left side this time, making a nice way to read the skyline from left to right. Good exposure again for the night illuminations.

jrj (34779) 2005-03-04 14:51

Fine pp wprk Chris. Looking at the one of yesterday and this one - well maybe a stitching had been the thing. I still find the building with the special roof most amazing..

avigur_11 (21307) 2005-03-04 20:32

Another good shot, maybe even better than yesterdys's. A very nice composition of interesting shapes and beautiful colors. There was no way that you could catch the whole tower in one frame.

mumek (17530) 2005-03-04 21:44

Again excellent light with very nice atmosphere.
Good composition and details. The note as usual very informative.Very well done
ziggy

naret (826) 2005-03-04 22:28

Sawasdee Chris,
Comparing to the previous one, I prefer this one. On these two pictures, the building between the globes is the brightess part in the picture thus it draws my attention. In the previous one, the building is cut so that it make me feel that something is missing.
Naret

pamastro (7215) 2005-03-05 1:05

This one captures a much more impressive atmosphere than the previous. And it is also better balanced with the Oriental Pearl Tower all the way to the left side. I really like the mix of lines from the Oriental Pearl Tower to Jin Mao Tower. But it's those glass spheres I find really impressive, especially the one behind the wave roof. Nicely done.

elihesamian (26091) 2005-03-05 7:16

God in your serie,Chris,the effect of the light around the buildings are fantastic,made a great special atmosphere which I enjoy,well controlled the light and very well composed,too,it's a superb night shot,nicely done,Chris.
Yours
M

Jeppe (18623) 2005-03-06 14:21

What a skyline - truly amazing view - I like the brightness and colours in this nightshot - thanks Chris for sharing this fine work.

loupiot (3909) 2005-03-08 4:44

Hi Chris,
Very good nightshot, with very nice composition. Futuristic architecture is great. Well done!

fayeulle (26547) 2007-03-01 6:25

Hi Chris
Its an old shot but I rally like it. Shangai is definively an unreal town. Great nightshot.
Cheers
JP

MLINES (11068) 2007-05-21 23:12

Hi Chris. You have composed this very well. To see it is a stunning place but to capture this is far more difficult to do, but you have done this well indeed. Very well cropped and composed. Murray.