[Theme] Urban Landscapes

[Anirban Halder]

Mississippi River aka Great River, downtown Minneapolis, 2009.
D200, 18-200 VR II. Shot through a glass window.

[Fons Baerken]

Rotterdam

Df 24mm f/2.8 ais

[Fons Baerken]

Frankfurt am Main

Df 85mm f/1.4 ais

[Akira]

Santorini, 2015. Same spot - midday vs evening.
D200, 18-200 VR II

Anirban, it's great to know the D200 is still going strong.  The CCD imager shows a certain character.

[Anirban Halder]

Anirban, it's great to know the D200 is still going strong.  The CCD imager shows a certain character.

Thank you Akira. D200 is lying in the cabinet for the time-being while I'm currently experimenting with Fuji. 

[Anirban Halder]

Bergen by night.
This is the second largest city in Norway and its citizens regard it as so special they claim "they don't come from Norway, they come from Bergen". At least their language and peculiar grammar support this notion.

The structure of all the buildings (especially the high rise ones) look so similar. Is that a tradition or regulation?
The glass wall of the viewing area makes me nervous.  Beautiful view and a beautiful photo.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Combination of traditional architecture and building material I'd guess.

The vertical drop at this vantage point is not extreme, just a few hundred metres. You arrive there by funicular.

[Thomas G]

Traditional country and modern buildings. Dubai City.
D700, 17-35/2,8 AFS

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Another Dubai view. Everything is on a grand scale and advertising has a defined twist compared to what Europeans might expect.

[Øivind Tøien]

Some interesting captures  here.

The high rise trend has caught on in Oslo. This is part of a residential seaside area called Barcode


D5100, f/8 @ 135 mm, 1/640, ISO 400


The not so tall Opera


D5100, f/8 @ 105 mm, 1/320, ISO 400



 D5100, f/8 @ 105 mm, 1/500, ISO 400



The gritty part of a city continuously being constructed


 D5100, f/8 @ 135 mm, 1/60, ISO 400



Tradition close by across the bridge


D5100, f/8 @ 135 mm, 1/500, ISO 400


Crossing paths of transport.


D5100, f/8 @ 105 mm, 1/100, ISO 400

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Øivind: your photos remind me it's about time to visit those parts of Oslo again

[Øivind Tøien]

Thanks for commenting Bjørn.

Here are some more views, this time from the seaside with AW1.

The Opera region.





And Barcode next to it, still being constructed as these were captured 8 months before the previous ones.





Even more residential areas emerging as areas are freed from industrial harbor activity.





Some seaside industrial areas still remain though.

[Anirban Halder]

Thomas' Dubai shot, I mistook for Las Vegas, for a second.

Fascinating Urban landscapes of 3 continents shown here. 3 more to go. 
I just realized, I need to travel more!

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Signal Hill Cape Town, South Africa.

(Nikon Df, 35 mm f/1.4 AIS)

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Durban South Africa.

(Nikon D3X, Coastal Optics 60 mm f/4 to give a bit of the unexpected light ...)