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Morkel Erasmus
09-29-2015, 12:42 AM
I am back from traipsing around the world for 16 days - starting in Kenya for the Great Migration, then to Hong Kong (what a contrast!) and lastly some landscape shooting in the forests of Magoebaskloof, South Africa.

This is from - obviously - Hong Kong. It was my first time in a real skyscraper-city and veritable "concrete jungle" and I tried to capture something of it.
Give me the bush and nature anytime though!

Techs:
Nikon D800
Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 @ 24mm
Kenko Pro Circular Polariser
f5.6 | 1/640 SS | ISO-220
handheld

Don Railton
09-29-2015, 11:33 PM
Huh.. Morkel in a city..so did you start to fret when you couldent see the horizon? :S3: Nice study of convergance and colour... I like that the bottom of the 'blue' building is horizontal with the bottom of the frame..

Don

dankearl
09-30-2015, 10:30 PM
Nice work Morkel, you had some nice color to work with and the perspective and sharpness are good....

gail bisson
10-02-2015, 11:22 AM
This is really nice.
I really like the blues and silver in this image.
You did good for a country photographer in the big city!!:bg3:

Jerry van Dijk
10-02-2015, 02:52 PM
Hi Morkel, well spotted! I like the geometry and the colors in this image.

Diane Miller
10-02-2015, 09:20 PM
Well done, with nice lens correction!

Rachel Hollander
10-03-2015, 08:50 AM
Hi Morkel - It's always easy to spot the tourists who aren't used to big buildings. They spend all their time looking up and blocking the sidewalk :eek3:. I like the perspective on this and the colors with the sky reflected in the building. I would crop the very bottom story of the building out so that there is no scaffolding/bridge going into the llc.

TFS,
Rachel

Andrew McLachlan
10-04-2015, 07:30 PM
Nice capture Morkel, but I am getting claustrophobic just looking at this one...I will take my northern Ontario forests anytime over the big city :)

Hazel Grant
10-05-2015, 11:47 AM
Understand....3 days in NYC is about all I can take. Closes in on me, but oh those 3 days! Fun! Can tell you saw the city as a nature lover...looking up through the cement and glass "trees"

Mark Dumbleton
10-07-2015, 05:31 AM
Nice one Morkel! Makes me feel a little dizzy! Great perspective!