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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: Akira on August 14, 2016, 05:09:30

Title: Celestial Terrestrial Commuter
Post by: Akira on August 14, 2016, 05:09:30

Shot today (Aug. 14th).

Title: Re: Celestial Terrestrial Commuter
Post by: David Paterson on August 14, 2016, 10:44:02

Interesting sequence - as individual images, I think #1 is the most successful.

I think every landscape photographer has experienced the following, perhaps many times -
1. Excellent weather forecast.
2. Gets up very early and goes to favourite location.
3. Dawn sky is clear but with hints of cloud formation.
4. A few minutes before sunup, a bank of cloud suddenly covers most of the sky.
5. Sun rises on schedule but is quickly hidden behind the wall of cloud.
6. Stays that way all day.  :-\ :-\  ;D

Title: Re: Celestial Terrestrial Commuter
Post by: Akira on August 14, 2016, 12:44:31

Dave, thanks for your insightful comment.  :D

Fortunately, my place allow me to run up to the 6th floor using an emergency stairs whenever I want.  So far as this particular viewpoint is concerned, I can avoid the sad situation described by you so humorously.  :D

It is interesting that you say #1 is the most successful.  In fact, the sun was overexposed, which I regret.  I compensated the exposure by a couple of stops for #2 and later, and am pretty happy with the exposure.  My personal favorite as a single image is #2.

I just realized that the first four images suffered from the red ghosts which were probably caused by the protection filter.  Coward me!    :'(

Title: Re: Celestial Terrestrial Commuter
Post by: David Paterson on August 14, 2016, 14:11:14

My reason for preferring #1 is that I like the under-lit cloud, and a second, less important reason - the foreground buildings have just a hint more detail (at least, on my monitor).

Title: Re: Celestial Terrestrial Commuter
Post by: Akira on August 14, 2016, 14:54:31

Dave, you look at my images in a much more comprehensive way than I do.

I was attracted by the gap between the end of the cityscapes and the clouds which is just as wide as the diameter of the rising sun.  Thus I processed the image for the gap lit by the sun.  I wanted the foreground showing the details only slightly to guide the eyes of the viewer.

Title: Re: Celestial Terrestrial Commuter
Post by: armando_m on August 14, 2016, 16:36:55

Good sequence

another vote for #1 :)

Title: Re: Celestial Terrestrial Commuter
Post by: Akira on August 15, 2016, 09:46:51

Thanks, Armando.  Glad to know there is a frame you like.  :)

Title: Re: Celestial Terrestrial Commuter
Post by: golunvolo on August 15, 2016, 10:48:04

I enjoyed the series and another vote for 1st. Same reason, a little more detail in the foreground.


 I´m starting to feel at home when I see those towers :)

  Thanks a lot for sharing!

Title: Re: Celestial Terrestrial Commuter
Post by: Akira on August 15, 2016, 16:23:21

Paco, thanks.  Okay, you all like #1!  :D

Title: Re: Celestial Terrestrial Commuter
Post by: MFloyd on August 18, 2016, 07:44:47

Another vote for #1 for the same reasons already mentioned.

Title: Re: Celestial Terrestrial Commuter
Post by: Akira on August 18, 2016, 08:36:22

Thanks, Christian, for looking.  Glad that there is one you like.  :)