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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Akira on August 14, 2015, 18:58:35

Title: Tokyo, 10:00PM
Post by: Akira on August 14, 2015, 18:58:35

D7000, AF-S 35/1.8 ED, 7-stitch pano.

Title: Re: Tokyo, 10:00PM
Post by: Jakov Minić on August 14, 2015, 20:17:05

Now we're talking :)
I would have probably pumped up the shadows a bit, but that's just a matter of taste.
And I will probably put in my signature: De gustibus non est disputandum :)

Title: Re: Tokyo, 10:00PM
Post by: Akira on August 14, 2015, 20:40:41

Some prefer nettles.  :D

The problem of digital photography is that even a night shot can be rendered like a day shot.  In this image, I wanted to emphasize the unlikely bright sky at this time of day (night) in the latitude of Tokyo, as well as its weird color.  So, I thought I needed to leave the foreground dark.  The house on the left corner and on the right-hand side was lit too bright, so I darkened both portions.

Thanks for sharing your opinion, Jakov!

Title: Re: Tokyo, 10:00PM
Post by: Mike G on August 14, 2015, 21:27:43

Akira, I really like this one, I feel there is a story behind each light.  :)

Title: Re: Tokyo, 10:00PM
Post by: John Geerts on August 14, 2015, 22:28:01

Well this is a nice look and atmosphere this way. I like the colors. The darkened houses on the left and right are a bit out of order now, to my feeling.

Title: Re: Tokyo, 10:00PM
Post by: smusesuse on August 14, 2015, 23:32:46

Very cool panorama shot, I like it a lot. Sorry that I don't have anything more insightful to say, I just like really like it.

Title: Re: Tokyo, 10:00PM
Post by: bobfriedman on August 14, 2015, 23:35:57

nice... like the mood the sky settles over the residential areas

Title: Re: Tokyo, 10:00PM
Post by: Olivier on August 14, 2015, 23:49:06

Very nice, Arika, it is all about the (crazy!) colors in the sky indeed. Why are they so different from one place to another one?
Can you still see stars where you live?

Title: Re: Tokyo, 10:00PM
Post by: David Paterson on August 15, 2015, 00:33:53

It makes me think of a film-set, perhaps in one of those near-future science-fiction movies. And as Mike said "there are a thousand stories in the city . . . "

Title: Re: Tokyo, 10:00PM
Post by: Akira on August 15, 2015, 02:51:01

Mike, thanks!  Yes, there are indeed lots of stories there...

John, thanks for your comment.  The darkened houses had stood out way too much before I darkened them.  And in this particular image, I thought they enhance the surreal atmosphere.

Suse, thanks for stopping by.  Glad you like it!

Bob, indeed the sky was the very source of the inspiration of the image.

Olivier, thanks.  I think the reddish light in the central area was reflection from some bayside event.  In the midnight, the reddish color disappeared.

Dave, I post another version to facebook, and one of my friend made the same comment.  It surely looks surreal.

Title: Re: Tokyo, 10:00PM
Post by: elsa hoffmann on August 15, 2015, 07:16:28

There is definitely a tangible mood here - I like

Title: Re: Tokyo, 10:00PM
Post by: Akira on August 15, 2015, 07:30:35

Thanks, Elsa!