Call This Winter ?!
Posted 20/12/2010 - 18:44
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What a wonderful, shimmering image. It loooks almost like a computer generated illustration (that's not intended as a criticism.) Lovely to see a non-snow shot as well!
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Andrew
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Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
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Posted 21/12/2010 - 16:04
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Ha ha - there was just a little snow last week that lasted only a few hours before it disappeared and the high temperatures returned. Xmas Eve is supposed to be -6C though so we are not going to escape Scot-free !
Glad you liked the image and thanks for your kind words !
Glad you liked the image and thanks for your kind words !
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Posted 21/12/2010 - 17:00
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A lovely sight! I've only ever spent one long weekend in Shanghai, but downtown looks as beautiful as I remember.
I think you might have a tiny bit of barrel distortion, or just old-fashioned converging verticals. I normally don't agree that verticals must be vertical, but in this kind of long-distance shot I agree they should be corrected.
Now you've got the modern side, how about a shot of the colonial side of the river?
I think you might have a tiny bit of barrel distortion, or just old-fashioned converging verticals. I normally don't agree that verticals must be vertical, but in this kind of long-distance shot I agree they should be corrected.
Now you've got the modern side, how about a shot of the colonial side of the river?
Tim
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Posted 21/12/2010 - 17:46
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thoughton wrote:
A lovely sight! I've only ever spent one long weekend in Shanghai, but downtown looks as beautiful as I remember.
I think you might have a tiny bit of barrel distortion, or just old-fashioned converging verticals. I normally don't agree that verticals must be vertical, but in this kind of long-distance shot I agree they should be corrected.
Now you've got the modern side, how about a shot of the colonial side of the river?
I don't think it's barrel (I corrected it in PTLens) - however if you remember this section of Lujiazui is on a sharp peninsula and I think that gives the impression of barrel when viewed as a panorama. A lovely sight! I've only ever spent one long weekend in Shanghai, but downtown looks as beautiful as I remember.
I think you might have a tiny bit of barrel distortion, or just old-fashioned converging verticals. I normally don't agree that verticals must be vertical, but in this kind of long-distance shot I agree they should be corrected.
Now you've got the modern side, how about a shot of the colonial side of the river?
Colonial - I'll get to those ! I've got a few but intend to get many more armed with new lenses and new knowledge - anyway one earlier shot attached below.
Image taken with the 43 Ltd on a very grey day !
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Posted 22/12/2010 - 01:54
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Thanks very much Bretti ! I wondered why they weren't showing up - thought it was maybe just on my computer.
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Posted 22/12/2010 - 10:14
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Thanks! I think I can just about see the riverfront cafe where my wife ordered 'fried little birds', not expecting it to be quite so literal
I also like the flag and traffic warden (?) very much. Great zebra crossing background!
Brings back some good memories! Including chilli soft shelled crabs for breakfast, mmmm. Shanghai Museum is still one of the best museums I've ever been to.
I also like the flag and traffic warden (?) very much. Great zebra crossing background!
Brings back some good memories! Including chilli soft shelled crabs for breakfast, mmmm. Shanghai Museum is still one of the best museums I've ever been to.
Tim
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After a lovely family lunch my wife was off to another dinner ( !! ) and my daughter and I strolled around The Bund area before heading home - there're more shots in this series but I hardly have time to process them at the moment !
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