[Leica] IMGs: A night on the Pearl River in Guangzhou

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Very nice. Bright and Bling!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 6:22 AM, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
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
>
>
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