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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: Akira on April 30, 2018, 03:05:09

Title: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Akira on April 30, 2018, 03:05:09
Shot in the morning today.

Shot with D750, AF-S 50/1.8G and Ai 200/4.0.
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Hugh_3170 on April 30, 2018, 04:06:19
Love these Akira - what a great start to the day.
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: timh on April 30, 2018, 06:54:49
Great shots Akira, the colours are beautiful.
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Akira on April 30, 2018, 12:39:42
Love these Akira - what a great start to the day.

Glad you like them, Hugh!  It turned out that nothing particularly exciting happened but it was quite relaxing today.   :)


Great shots Akira, the colours are beautiful.

Thank you, Tim!  Maybe the dawn and the dusk are the most acceptable times of a day of the spring or the summer in Tokyo where the air is quite polluted.   ::)
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: armando_m on April 30, 2018, 13:41:35
Beautiful sunrise images
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Fons Baerken on April 30, 2018, 13:52:49
'the second one' is the one
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Akira on April 30, 2018, 14:48:19
Thank you, Armando and Fons!
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Mongo on May 01, 2018, 01:12:37
All three have their own distinct aspect of dawn.
The first has the most nicely graduated dark to light and punctuated by a rising sun - quite tranquil. The second looks like the “business end” of the morning - harder and more industrial in nature. The third one is very subtle but very focused on the one reflected building surface to convey the message. Mongo likes this one best for sheer photographic interpretation. Nice work Akira - we should get you up early more often.
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Akira on May 01, 2018, 06:21:21
Mongo, thank you for your in-depth interpretations which, I think, are spot on!

With regard to the first two images are obvious, but I'm happy to have included the third one.   :)
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: pluton on May 01, 2018, 23:51:26
There is some potentially good geometry going on in the first shot, between the power pylons and the nearer rooftops. 
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Thomas Stellwag on May 01, 2018, 23:57:30
my fav is no 2 of this beautiful series
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Akira on May 02, 2018, 01:00:00
There is some potentially good geometry going on in the first shot, between the power pylons and the nearer rooftops.

Thank you, Keith, for your input.  You mean, something like this?
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Akira on May 02, 2018, 01:01:06
my fav is no 2 of this beautiful series

Thank you, Thomas.  Glad you can find your favorite here.
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: pluton on May 02, 2018, 07:42:36
Thank you, Keith, for your input.  You mean, something like this?
No, but I like this one.  Imagine the first shot, but with the camera tilted down about 30º.  Less sky, more rooftops, the two pylons standing watch over the sleeping rooftops of the city, etc.  Just an idea...feel free to ignore it.
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Akira on May 02, 2018, 08:59:24
No, but I like this one.  Imagine the first shot, but with the camera tilted down about 30º.  Less sky, more rooftops, the two pylons standing watch over the sleeping rooftops of the city, etc.  Just an idea...feel free to ignore it.

Thank you for the explanation.  This time, I wanted to include the gradation from orange to blue in the sky as compositional element.  But I will try your idea whenever the chance arises.
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Chrisar on May 03, 2018, 07:22:26
Shot in the morning today.

Shot with D750, AF-S 50/1.8G and Ai 200/4.0.

The second one is my favorite. Great colours and contrast with the buildings.
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: rosko on May 03, 2018, 09:05:38
I agree with general opinion : the second one is my favourite.  :)
With the use of 200mm lens some details pop-up, like the cranes, so we know is an harbour zone. the size of rising sun achieves the interest/attractivity.

However, I like the first one too : a feeling of calm and serenity, given by general horizontal lines...
Thanks for sharing,
Francis.
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: David H. Hartman on May 03, 2018, 10:09:53
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down  :o

--Buck Dharma


I haven't seen the need yet but one never knows when comic relief may be required.

Dave the Fool  ;)
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Akira on May 03, 2018, 14:15:44
The second one is my favorite. Great colours and contrast with the buildings.

Thank you, Christian!


I agree with general opinion : the second one is my favourite.  :)
With the use of 200mm lens some details pop-up, like the cranes, so we know is an harbour zone. the size of rising sun achieves the interest/attractivity.

However, I like the first one too : a feeling of calm and serenity, given by general horizontal lines...
Thanks for sharing,
Francis.



Thank you, Francis.  There were only several minutes between the first and the second images.  That is, along with the dusk, the time of day when one realizes how fast the sun travels.


With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down  :o

--Buck Dharma


I haven't seen the need yet but one never knows when comic relief may be required.

Dave the Fool  ;)

Dave, thank you for the comment.  I believe that comic relieves are always welcomed in such a tense world!
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: ArthurDent on May 06, 2018, 13:26:48
I like the gritty, industrial feel of your second image with the backlit cranes of the container port, the powerlines and the general portrait of a slumbering industrial colossus coming awake. Nice capture.
Title: Re: Three aspects of dawn
Post by: Akira on May 06, 2018, 21:53:09
Arthur, thank you for the comment.  That is exactly why I wanted to include the second image into this series.