• Shanghai - dark alley

    NIKON D700
    Focal Length: 24 mm
    Aperture: f 9
    Exposure time: 1/2 sec
    ISO 640
    Capture date: 2010-Sep-22 13:49


    Posted Around 3 years ago

    Finally, the second photo of our recent trip through Shanghai and Indonesia. I've been busy lately, which is to be expected after traveling for six weeks. Catching up with work and administration (are there freelancers reading this who hate administration too?), friends and family to visit (which is nice of course), cleaning and washing (for the most part done by Barbara) and many, many photos to view and select.

    This picture was shot while walking around Shanghai in the late evening. I love these dark, empty and mysterious alleys. The photo is practically untouched by Photoshop. I only made the shadow areas a little brighter (not much) and turned up the sharpness a bit, that's all.

    The colors are real. The weird smoggy sky was the strangest I ever saw in my life, totally surreal. Lit by millions of neon-lights, it sometimes looked orange/brownish and sometimes grey or greenish.
    What do you think of "Shanghai - dark alley"?

    ~dolfi
    Nov 09, 2010

    beautiful and intensive atmosphere, lovely colour tones! ( ?² )

    mikel.hendriks
    Nov 09, 2010

    Meteen te zien dat dit geen straatje ergens in België is, top oosterse sfeer en mooie low light compositie ! -- Seen in my contacts' photos. (?)

    Dr. Ilia
    Nov 09, 2010

    Wonderful capture !! *This is a *Brilliant~Eye~Jewel!*

    Lyle58
    Nov 09, 2010

    Great shot!

    wirsindfrei
    Nov 09, 2010

    amazing light & colours!

    - Loomax -
    Nov 09, 2010

    Excellent !

    mark boucher
    Nov 09, 2010

    very good! I like too this kind of alleys.

    Morphicx
    Nov 09, 2010

    Awesome lighting job here!

    co-nguyen
    Nov 09, 2010

    Nice place!

    photo/addict
    Nov 09, 2010

    the light is totally awesome! even though I've never been to China, I also love these alleys from all kinds of movies :)

    jamopo
    Nov 09, 2010

    Super shot, love the location. That's one mean looking sky.

    mikel.hendriks
    Nov 09, 2010

    Re: heb net de filmtrailer gezien, echt lachen en zo echt, kan zo de bioscoop in ... en voor mij persoonlijk veel bekende plekken en sfeer ! -- Seen in my contacts' photos. (?)

    bingleyman2
    Nov 09, 2010

    wow...great tones and comp and such vision in picking out this subject. Excellent.

    Rich Byham
    Nov 09, 2010

    Great location, and a fantastic shot.

    ODISEA EN ROSA
    Nov 09, 2010

    Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Joep R.
    Nov 09, 2010

    Heel cool!

    carlocava
    Nov 09, 2010

    Bella definizione e composizione!

    Marckovitch
    Nov 09, 2010

    Nice Colors...

    Proleshi
    Nov 10, 2010

    Love that smoky atmosphere and the colors!

    Drummer Photo Experience
    Nov 10, 2010

    What a wonderful colours and perfect dof!!! Fantastic.

    D Pardo
    Nov 11, 2010

    Terrific capture! Love the low perspective and the light and shadow play.

    ms2thdr - so far behind it's not funny
    Nov 11, 2010

    Great moody image, the low angle and the shadows really make this image fantastic.

    Aurélio Velho
    Nov 12, 2010

    belíssima atmosfera!

    B0lid0
    Nov 15, 2010

    Fantastic !

    stryker66 (Ian Brumpton)
    Nov 17, 2010

    Great night shot - love the perspective.

    TGKW
    Nov 17, 2010

    Really nice, I'm glad to have discovered your work.

    Woit
    Dec 04, 2010

    Prachtige kleuren!

    cmdarnoc
    Dec 13, 2010

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    syed ali rabbani
    Dec 16, 2010

    really movie like. nice!

    Ed Brodzinsky
    Dec 17, 2010

    beautifully atmospheric. . . . !!

    MT...
    Dec 22, 2010

    perfect !!!!!

    PhotoKada Photos
    Jan 03, 2011

    Beautiful

    ///IMG///
    Jan 10, 2011

    omg...i love this...

    davidkalonick
    Jan 22, 2011

    for a second I thought we photographed the same ally...

    PIXistenz
    Jan 24, 2011

    David, it is. The alley has changed a bit since two years ago, that's all. Cool! :)

    perfect.tommy
    Mar 08, 2011

    wow... missed this one the first time around. looks like a still from a film. love your work!

    aptass
    Nov 09, 2010

    Wow, feels very dark blade runner. Love the atmosphere.

    frankdejol
    Nov 09, 2010

    Interesting.

    Kevin P.
    Nov 10, 2010

    Superbe photo comme à ton habitude.Félicitations!

    sherri
    Nov 10, 2010

    Wonderful colors in the night. I'm particularly drawn to the green lit window. The entire color palette is fantastic.

    yz
    Nov 10, 2010

    excellent perspective and fantastic mood

    John Maslowski
    Nov 11, 2010

    Like the mood you created in this shot, excellent use of light, great perspective and interesting architecture in this Shanghai alley. Fascinating capture!

    Tim Freh
    Nov 11, 2010

    Wat een verrukkelijke foto. Ik sta er echt van versteld wat je hier hebt gefotografeerd. Precies zo mag ik foto's graag zien. In deze stijl. Op deze manier.



    Super

    minimodi
    Nov 13, 2010

    lots of great sources of light here... creates a great mood.

    Matthias
    Nov 13, 2010

    Really cool shot! Like the lights and the mood and all the details - fine!

    grapf
    Nov 15, 2010

    Oh, here once more this special kind of bladerunner feeling!

    A phantastic view into the backyards of megalopolis.

    moodaholic
    Nov 23, 2010

    Sure hope you have more of these dark alleys from your recent trip. Can't believe how great the light is.

    Claus Petersen
    Nov 29, 2010

    I see movies everywhere, and here I see Ghost in the shell.. Cool shot.

    Sylvain
    Dec 01, 2010

    Yes, This light is your "touch" !

    Nice work !

    katalog firm
    Dec 04, 2010

    exellent colours,fabulous picture

    jerj
    Apr 18, 2011

    This atmosphere reminds me "Blade Runner".

    Great.

Shanghai - dark alley