Taiwan - Curvy & Steep Road to Jioufen
Jioufen, also known as Jiufen or Chiufen, is a mountain town in the Rueifang Township of Taipei County near Keelung, Taiwan. During the first years of the Qing Dynasty, the village here housed nine families, thus the village would request "nine portions" every time shipments arrived from town. Later Jioufen ("Nine portions" in Chinese) would become the name of the village. As Jioufen is a mountain town, the roads that lead there are mostly steep, curving, narrow, and possibly dangerous.
I have seen this shot few months ago and immediately thought it was a brilliant idea. I made note to myself that next time when I'm in such a place I have to capture it as well. I had no idea that actually the first time I'll get the chance to do it, will be in Jioufen itself. This spot is rather famous amongs local photographers so there is a rope to climb the steep hill which I would have completely missed if I would not know about it. As I was climbing the hill on the way up I thought that it was nice to have but not necessary, however you cannot imagine how thankful I was on the way down in complete darkness !!
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens’s focal length: 17.00 - 40.00 mm; Photo Focal length: 23.00 mm; Aperture: 16; Exposure time: 143.0 s; ISO: 100
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© Lucie Debelkova / www.luciedebelkova.com (33 months ago | reply)
Vincenzo Giordano (33 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot!!! congrats!
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klaus53 (33 months ago | reply)
simply wooow! :))
patximadina (33 months ago | reply)
Amazing! You lit the road perfectly with the lights of the car.
Vince Neuwirth :-) (33 months ago | reply)
AMAZING SHOT. <
Suhibani (33 months ago | reply)
priceless !
FotoTanke (33 months ago | reply)
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Restless mind (33 months ago | reply)
Wow, amazing composition !!
Emre Ucar (33 months ago | reply)
superb!!
The mind says (33 months ago | reply)
That is awesome...
Chuck & Pat Harkins (33 months ago | reply)
Greast shot, love the bright lights, good work.
davic (33 months ago | reply)
wesome long-exposure shot
Paul Beeley (33 months ago | reply)
Fabulous long exposure.
Sizzo-grafy (33 months ago | reply)
wow stunning shot amazing lights! instant fav.
Gigi Mazzarini (mazzarinieyes) (33 months ago | reply)
simply great...
^soulfly (33 months ago | reply)
sweet!
SHANstudio.net (33 months ago | reply)
WOW faved!
Mascu1973 (33 months ago | reply)
Fantastic pic.
tobey308 (33 months ago | reply)
WOW this one is great!!!!
Alfredi (33 months ago | reply)
This is Amazing!!! the light and details at the end are brilliant!
John Hudson Photo (33 months ago | reply)
sweet shot, as always. You are like my hero, btw :)
storvandre (33 months ago | reply)
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Sandro Gambin (33 months ago | reply)
Another great shot from a great photographer.Just Brilliant!!
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Chee Seong (33 months ago | reply)
Awesome POV.
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Sylvia Andreu (33 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!
Safz (33 months ago | reply)
Brilliant .. Struck the balance right ! FAVED !
fraghorst (33 months ago | reply)
Wow, 143 seconds!
What a great result. Congra!
Alan Leidig (33 months ago | reply)
Beautiful light rivers. Great Shot.
Sadeq Nader Abul (33 months ago | reply)
wow!! amazing.. great angle!
readgeorge (33 months ago | reply)
seen a similar shot many times... but you've done it well.. very nice!
Antonio Moreno Salmoral. (33 months ago | reply)
Los mundos de Lucie, y sus colores fantasticos que siempre me sorprende alrededor de este mundo azul""
Dan Wiklund (33 months ago | reply)
Great shot. Well composed.
russ.. (33 months ago | reply)
ive seen this image before....."Exactly" the same....i like it though
Martin-James (33 months ago | reply)
Excellent image and capture, well done!
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Yogee Tumkur (33 months ago | reply)
Very Good and Great photograph
APernak (33 months ago | reply)
Incredible!
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Toi-Vido (33 months ago | reply)
Great picture, beautiful display, elegant colors, nice processing, good image-building, well done in all locations.
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Espen Faugstad (33 months ago | reply)
fantastic photo my friend, love how the colors go with the road and bring our eyes through the image.
hauxon (33 months ago | reply)
Wow great picture!
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I find This Photograph Simply Excellent…Keep Shooting.
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Superb capture !!
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nice capture
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Great capture.
Lolo!! (33 months ago | reply)
Wow, Greeeeeeat Picture!!!
Daniel Krepsky (33 months ago | reply)
Wow! fantastic shot and road!
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Jeffrey Zamora (33 months ago | reply)
Excellent!