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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: A night on the Pearl River in Guangzhou
From: gerry.walden at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 05:36:17 +0100
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Adam

All I can say is ?WOW?, I am pleased I am not paying the electricity bill 
though. I looked at the others in the same gallery and you have some nice 
ones there.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
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> On 15 May 2018, at 16:28, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> I like very much your night shots
> Lluis
> 
> 
>> El 14 maig 2018, a les 2:52, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
>> va escriure:
>> 
>> 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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