My last evening in Hong Kong, I spent on Victoria peak, one of the surrounding mountains of the city. 3 hours before sunset, I took off by bus from the famous Star Ferry near the central harbour. I knew, I had only one chance to capture it, and the entire day I couldn't see any clouds on the sky.
At first, I arrived at the bus station and was surprised, how little people were on the "viewing platform" until I realised that this platform was heading into the other direction. Upstairs, on the other side of the building, you could enjoy the view over the city. Quickly I realised though that this building and tourist spot I was dropped at was not the spot I wanted to shoot at, since the view towards the harbour was completely blocked.
So I checked the hiking route around The Peak. After a short walk, my breath was taken away by this stunning view! Immediately, I set up my tripod at the perfect spot, until a few minutes later other photographers arrived to reserve their spot.
That was exactly why I came extra early. It was not even boring to watch the day end and spending in summary 3 hours on Victoria Peak. I will not forget this view!
I would consider printing this.
Wow, thank you so much, David!
Finally some people are nice here in the critique!
That cheered me up :)
It would look terrific printed on a metallic based paper or aluminum.
So much details I really love this picture. Is it a single shot or is it a time-blending (blue hour+nitght time)
Thank you so much, Andrea!
I'm glad to here some good words and not only bad number ratings. I already appreciate that a lot! :)
It is almost a single exposure. I had to mask in some bushes in the front from an exposure I took earlier. In the long-exposure they got too blurry.
The rest should be one exposure, as far as I remember the post-production. :D
I asked because there's really lot of details in the shadows of the buildings. Awesome
The underestimated power of Fuji :) Before shooting on Fuji, I bracketed exposures ALL THE TIME! With Fuji, I almost never do!
I suspected you were a fellow Fuji photographer. Those cameras are unbelievable :)