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

[Tina Manley]

+1!

Tina

On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 8:59 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
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