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Beautiful!
The light is amazing!!
XOXOXOXO
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great shot~!!
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Beautiful night shot.
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Amazing rays of lights!
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Beautiful scene!
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Beautiful shot!
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nice one :)
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Close Encounters! Gorgeous!
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Great lights!
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Nicely done....what a clear night!..I don't
think there's a way to photoshop out the
normal air pollution.
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I'm thinking this Friday or Saturday might be
a great day for photography in HK after the
typhoon Chanchu blows through on Wednesday
and temporarily clears up the Pearl River
Delta pollution!
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nice night photography!
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Stunning!!
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very nice...
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Thanks everyone for your encouraging
comments.
One thing I liked about this photo was how
the green lasers coming from the two IFC
towers look cutting through the sky.
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Nightly? Wow ... that's sweet!
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this is a beautiful photo...i,m just starting
to learn night shots and this is very
inspiring.
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Very nice....hope the oncoming typhoon brings
no harm.
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Man... this image is SWEET! The lighting,
composition... I've got to get a good
tripod. I'm (happily) jealous!
Peace!
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I agree on the tripod - every photographer
should have a GOOD tripod. It makes such a
difference! (Those $25 bargain basement
tripods are better than nothing, but they
don't even compare to a good quality tripod!)
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Absolutely amazing shot! Kudos...
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Really beautiful photo, great lighting and
fantastic detail!
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great shot!
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Great photo! How can you do this?
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@ indigo11 - the key is having a good solid
tripod so that you can set your shutter to
stay open for a long exposure.
Other than that, there is alot of
trial-and-error to get the photo to look like
you want it!
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Nice
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Amazing show of night lights!
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Bravo! Great nightshot! Thanks for the
photo info: aperture, exposure and speed.
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LukeLatino [deleted] says:
great view of the city
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nice photo!
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Wonderful!
Score 10/10 (from the Score Me!
group)
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Rid©ully [deleted] says:
Excellent night shot expertly taken
Score 9/10 (from the Score Me!
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The first 10 I've ever given. What a
wonderful mood, great detail, great
composition. It makes me want to go there.
Score 10/10 (from the Score Me!
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Nothing left to say. Perfect done
Score 9.5/10 (from the Score Me!
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thanks for the comments and feedback!
Steve
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Nice detail, and i really like the crisp
laser beams!
Score 8/10 from the Score Me! group
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Can you say "Light Pollution"? What an incredible waste. Kind of an
ecological train wreck... with lots of happy
bystanders :-\
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This practice is absolutely heartbreaking. Light pollution is a global crisis that almost nobody seems
to know about.
Well captured and all - commendable
photgraphic skill, but the light pollution!
UGH!
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excellent photography!
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With all the 'real' heartbreak in this world,
I laugh at calling a 20 minute light show
"heartbreaking."
Anyway, considering there are over 7
million people in this city, I'm SURE the per
capita use of light is much less than in
American cities that are spralled out over
miles and miles!
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Amazing !!!
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amazing festival!
focus and detail is really impressive.
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it practically took my breath away!
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Great shot!
@makeless noise
LOL. And you think that 7 million people
who rely on this light as their source of
income and life will care that the only
reason you are concerned about light
pollution is because you have trouble looking
through a scope at the stars. Take your hobby
into the deep country and you dont have this
concern. Take these lights away and people
dont have lives.....
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@webel - Eh. You're probably right. 20
minutes isn't that big a deal. But where do
you draw the line? There should be SOME
limit, no?
@ gilowe - You have incorrectly understood
my position, and clearly don't understand the
issues. Read more carefully before you
criticize next time.
I have never said there shouldn't be light
- only that light should be aimed where it is needed - downward. Upshining light serves no
purpose - but adds pollution to our skies,
land and water because light uses power -
almost all coming from coal, oil or nuclear
sources. Maybe you're content to screw the
planet, but I'm not. Further, I resent paying
higher taxes for street lights that are
brighter than needed and left on all night -
I choose not to "lol" at those
issues. And sue me for thinking the skies are
still worth seeing.
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@makelessnoise- I think the problem is that
to categorize the light show as part of a
"global crisis" is extremist and
quike frankly, it's ridiculous.
Conservation is important, but to look at a
beautiful cityscape and leave a 'troll-like'
comment about the 'global crisis' is bad
form. That is why so many people discount
the conservation message all-together,
because of the type of hyperbole demonstrated
in your comments. In reality, your effort to
help the environment actually hurts it in the
end.
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hear hear webel,
@makelessnoise - having done some work with
environmental issues, your concern over
'light pollution' like 'noise pollution' is
well-noted, but categorizing it as a
"global crisis" is like calling a
moth wandering in your house an "insect
infestation".
Excuse the metaphor if it's not well
crafted, but the point is, if you are truly
concerned about environmental issues, read up
on sustainable design for the environment.
Currently, it's one of the biggest and most
feasible methods for combating the problem
you stated, environmental waste.
Telling people to shut off the lights that
millions of tourists and residents in Hong
Kong (my cousin's from there) take much pride
in to save the energy that a couple SUVs burn
in a day isn't a worthwhile attack to 'save
the environment'.
Here's a startling and real fact. The
average cell phone user changes phones about
once every year, if you keep that phone for
an extra 2 years, the energy and resources
saved from needed to manufacture that new
phone equates to about 1,000,000 recycled
aluminum cans. Insane huh? Just a reminder
that not everything is what it seems.
@webel, love your photography in China, I
just got into this about a week ago and have
been living in Shanghai during this time.
Sorry for utilizing your msg board for this
long response. Delete it if necessary =).
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@Webel, MasterMonk - An import point to
understand is that you can have lights
without light pollution. I am not insisting
that people turn off all their lights - only
that they use light carefully. Once you start
to look for it, you'll see how intensely
widespread the problem is. I don't understand
the complacency and antagonism I get over
this when gas is $3/gallon! We're all paying
for this in more ways than one - pollution,
greenhouse gases, higher taxes, etc. And I'm
a 'troll' for this? It IS a problem, and
it's world wide.
Yes, there are other effective ways to use
enegry efficiently - interesting about the
phone. Shame on the US for its SUV compulsion
and kudos to Hong Kong for being smarter than
that. Yes, there are other big problems that
desparately need attention and resources.
This just seems like such a needless problem!
Nobody gains from this!
Ironically, you say that 'not eveything is
what it seems.' Light pollution appears
innocuous. It isn't.
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No-one is saying here that it's not a
problem, I'm just saying it's certainly NOT a
"global crisis" as you called it,
and to call it such discredits you and your
message - thus hurting the movement for
conservation.
cheers!
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People DO gain from light shows, it's a point
of pride for the people of Hong Kong, and as
is obviously shown by Mr. Webel's amazing
photography, it's brought joy to
many-a-viewer's eye. Providing prestige to
Hong Kong and uplifting its people is worth a
minor price tag.
What I'm saying is light pollution isn't
even an environmental issue, which I believe
you are classifying it as. Even if it is,
what you're attacking is akin to saying we
should make sure there are cushions on the
chairs of Iraqi leaders to deal with the
leadership problems in Iraq. (another bad
analogy, i'm horrible at them)
If you are truly concerned with
environmental issues, you should realize that
we're at a stage that we need to start
attacking BIG ISSUES or else. Like global
warming, not light pollution. The truth is,
light pollution is innocuous, it's negligible
if not nil compared to global warming.
Again webel, sorry for using your photo
space, but at least it increases your
comments!
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Webel - Point taken. I still maintain that it
is a global problem, and it is a direct and
unneccessary contributor to problems we face
with energy demands and the consequences of
its production. Most people know nothing
about it - and it needs attention. Also, I
echo Monks comment about using your photo
space for this - it wasn't my original
intent. I just meant to call attention to the
issue.
MasterMonk - I'm surprised you don't see
the connection between light pollution and
the creation of greenhouse gasses. It is far
from innocuous - your taxes are higher
because most municipalities don't light
properly. Your energy bills are higher
because we're paying to shine lights up.
Waste estimates are $1Bln annually for the US
alone - on unsued light!. We burn more oil
and coal to make electricity, and even
nocturnal animals suffer because of this.
"Innocuous?" You were kidding,
right?
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Your up to your old tricks again. Your making
me look bad.
Great shot man!!! 8-)
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great pic. too bad i missed it when i was
there.
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hmm... good memories.. i was there at the
beginning of.. 05? i think?
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Whoops, sorry Webel didnt mean to make a mess
of your photo stream.
I was going to retort, but I cant be
bothered and I dont want to degrade your
stream any further. :-)
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Ah, home.
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wow beautiful!
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nice, my eye knows exactly where to go....i
like it when a picture doesnt confuse my
eyes.
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Shhhhhhhwwwwwooooooow. :) :D
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Great capture...
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beautiful picture...would love to see and
visit this city sometime..
Thanks for the remindar on my to do list
Jenny
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M©G [deleted] says:
I'm jealous... I didn't take a tripod with me
to HK so all my attempts at this were
useless!
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Incredible my friend, simply fabulous ;-)
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Awesome view. Well done!! Interesting
comments on light pollutions!! I wish I owned
the DSLR when I was there.
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i luv hongkong
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fantabulous, and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
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It amazes me that this photo is still getting
views, comments and favs! Thankyou everyone!
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You are invited to post this and any other
photos you have of Hong Kong to worldwidewandering - a travel atlas. Post comments
and thumbnail photos to the Hong Kong discussion thread.
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Hi Steve. I saw your picture just now
(credited and linked properly to this page)
in this week's issue of activate world news,
filtered by flavorpill. It's in issue 55, which I received by e-mail. Your work looks
great in there!
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Thanks for the link!
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incredible shot...well done
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Amazing! Every city should do that, but we
now living the "go green" era so
it's utopic...
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Jack's Mannequin - Dark Blue .. comes to
mind.
simply mesmerizing
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Great night shot capture and nice to see the
view without the pollution.
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Hi, I am an admin for a group called Landmarks around the world, and I discovered this great shot in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. We love to have your photo added to the
group.
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beautiful shot of one of my all-time Favorite
cities =-D
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welcome to my city (hong kong)
nice to meet you all.
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WA~~3008 x 2000
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I saw this on tv, they use computers to
coridiate it, if people want to, and have the
money to do a light show like this every
night, then they should have every right to.
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Stunning skyline...great work!
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everyone should see the symphony of lights
when they're in HK... it was such a
spectacular sight...
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Harika
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haha I remember watching this I think last
summer? I was on a boat and got sea sick...
haha very nice picture. I didn't have my
camera yea so I couldn't take any pics... to
bad hahaha
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WOW!!!!! Beautiful shot. Very nice
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Global Backpackers *** Exclusive, and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
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excellent shot!
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Love the scene, laser shows in the city
skyline are really something.
I'd wouldn't exactly take the crop
suggested in the note, take the whole width,
but and maybe a little higher then sug. crop
This photograph has been nominated for ~
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Photos Only)
Please ensure image is 'Tagged' ~
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Found in a search. (?)
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Great shot! It's not very dark at night
there...
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Excellent photo
The light show is wonderful
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Galing naman? gustong gusto ko yang lugar na
yan? Parang Philippines.
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Hey it is so good. Colours and ligts are so
sharp. I like it
Thanks for sharing.
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I am from Hong Kong and I live in one of the
buildings.
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flashing Lights, and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
This is an excellent picture!! I love all
the colors and the architecture.
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how to add tags?
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Bellissima!!!
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Fantastic capture!
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Hi Steve I am new to the site had my first
outing with my fuji funpix saw your site
would love to pic your brains if possible E:
simongreen27@yahoo.co.uk Thank-you
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Send me flickrmail and I'll be glad to chat
with you!
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