Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful images, Adam.? I especially liked the towers and the tour boat. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/13/2018 7:52 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote: > Our first five days in China were spent in Guangzhou (GZH from here on). > We stayed in an Air BnB about five blocks from the Pearl River. > > On our third night we took an evening cruise along the river. It was > amazing, perhaps the most amazing experience I had in China. > > Illumination is everything. The bridges, the buildings, the boats are all > brilliantly lit. > > Here?s a bridge: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-66MFWqz/A> > > > These buildings faced with LEDs and programmed to display videos are > really something. > > Here?s a mountain forest: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-VH5JHgn/A> > > and flowers that panned along the faces of the buildings: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-qX34tBX/A> > > But the most amazing I wasn?t able to capture: a deep blue background with > bright orange coy that swam around a building and then swam seamlessly on > to the next building and the next. I was thoroughly boggled. > > > One bridge had its towers painted with this LED array that changed into an > advertisement for the sponsoring company. > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-DNXhBsF/A> > > > The Canton Tower is a graceful structure illuminated in an every-changing > pattern: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-fKnnPbR/A> > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-LsQSwsc/A> > > > And, of course, the cruise boats are also illuminated. This particular one > was the brightest on the river. > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-k5j8bWf/A> > > These were all shot with the Sony A7Riii and the 24-70mm F2.8 GM lens. > Exposure data available with each image. > > Thanks for looking. > > I learned a lot about attempting to shoot lighted buildings at night. I?m > glad the Sony had a useful exposure setting to help with it! > > Adam Bridge > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >