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~ Explore #9 ~ May 21, 2011
Taken from atop the Empire State Building. Happy Cliche Saturday!
Thank you so much for all your comments and faves that got another one of my cliches on Explore. And we're all still here on this beautiful planet. HCS!
and another mile stone for me - 1,000 views on a photo. Thanks to everyone.
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Taken from Centre Island off Toronto. More of an artistic/abstract concept here that I was trying to produce. Should look great as a large print. Really must View On Black to see it at it's best.
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After seeing a shot on Facebook of diggers munching there way through this glorious place I just had to pay a visit before its consigned to history :/
According to Emporis, there are 7,650 skyscrapers in Hong Kong, putting the city at the top of world rankings. The high density and tall skyline of Hong Kong's urban area is due to a lack of available sprawl space, with the average distance from the harbour front to the steep hills of Hong Kong Island at 1.3 km (0.8 mi), much of it reclaimed land.
This lack of space causing demand for dense, high-rise offices and housing, has resulted in 36 of the world's 100 tallest residential buildings being in Hong Kong, and more people living or working above the 14th floor than anywhere else on Earth, making it the world's most vertical city.
Three exposures tonemapped in Photomatix Pro. Taken from Mid-Levels through apartment window. A rare clear day and warm, golden, late-afternoon light. My most popular image from HK taken way back in July 2009.
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riding on the City Wall of Xi'An
A Xi'An visit wouldn't be complete without a walk or ride on its city wall! This impressive structure dates back to the 14th century and is the biggest mostly preserved city wall in China. Imagine this: it is almost 14km long, 12m high and 12m wide at the top!
Another attempt to shoot sunrise at this location as ! never encounter beautiful sunrise here. It's my fourth time and still it's not my day. 4th cloudy sunrise, but I'll be back and continue my hunt here.
This picture is using HDR with 5 different exposures (-2+). Using Photomatix for tone mapping and Photoshop CC 2014 for minor editing. Enjoy. :)
The Peace Bridge - I've seem this bridge photograph so many different ways, and I wanted something unique.
I spent a long time trying to figure out what I could do different, until this idea came to mind. I hope you like it.
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Heart of Vancouver
False creek - Foreground
Downtown Vancouver - Center
North Shore mountains - Backdrop
Overcast day
British Columbia
Canada
Manhattan near Times Square, shot through a hotel window of the Crowne Plaza just before sunset.
Kodak Retina IIIC, 50mm f/2.0 Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon lens, Ilford Delta 400
The PETRONAS Twin Towers symbolises our culture and advancement on the world stage. This is shown by a blend of local art and cutting-edge innovation. The interior motifs are a reflection of local handicrafts and weaving patterns, while stainless steel and glass combine beautifully as Islamic patterns.
The design of each Tower's floor plate is based on simple Islamic geometric forms of two interlocking squares, creating a shape of eight-pointed stars. Architecturally, these forms describe important Islamic principles of "unity within unity, harmony, stability and rationality".
The towers are 'intelligent' structures, built with a system that seamlessly coordinates telecommunications, environment control, power supply, lighting, fire and smoke control, and building security.
/ Pinnacles
These structures house the aircraft warning lights and external maintenance building equipment.
Each pinnacle features a spire with 23 segments, and a ring ball comprised of 14 rings of varying diameters.
/ Exterior
Each Tower is set back five times in its ascent to maintain the vertical axis and tapering of the design. The walls of the uppermost floors are also sloped inward to taper and meet the pinnacle.
The Towers feature multi-faceted walls of 33,000 stainless steel and 55,000 glass panels. Vision Glass, specialised panels with light filtering and noise reduction properties, provide a comfortable inner environment. The glass is covered by stainless steel visors to further protect visitors from the tropical sun.
/ Interior
Designs and patterns of the entrance halls' foyer reflect traditional handicrafts and 'songket', or weaving. In addition, the wall panels and screens are also inspired by hardwood carvings from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The floor designs are based on intricate patterns of pandan weaving and bertam palm wall matting.
/ Lifts
The Towers house 29 double-decker high-speed passenger lifts, six heavy-duty service lifts and four executive lifts. The floors are based on a zoning arrangement: two sets of 6 double-decker lifts serve levels 1 to 23 and levels 1 to 37, while another set of the five double-decker lifts take passengers directly to the Sky Lobby. Here, passengers take another lift to the upper zones.
The executive lifts are the longest rise in any office building in Malaysia. It serves every floor from the basement car park to the top of the Towers in 90 seconds.
Each passenger deck can carry 26 people or 52 in total, while the executive lifts can carry an average of 10. Its speed is between 3.5m/s and 6.0 m/s, depending on the zones they are servicing.
/ QUICK FACTS
Number of storeys: 88
Height of each towers: 452m above street level
Length of Skybridge: 58.4m
Height of Skybridge (Level 41) from street level :170m
Height of each Pinnacle: 73.5m
Lifts: 29 double-decker high-speed passenger lifts in each tower
Escalators: 10 in each tower
Stairs: 1765 flights
Car park: 5,400 parking bays on 5 levels of basement parking
Foundation: 4.5m thick raft foundation containing 13,200cu. m. of reinforced concrete, weighing approximately 32,550t under each tower, supported by 104 barette piles varying from 60 to 115m in length
Total built-up area: 395,000sq. m.
Amount of Stainless Steel cladding: 83,500sq. m.
Amount of Vision Glass: 77,000sq. m.
Amount of Concrete: 160,000cu. m.
Amount of Foundation Concrete : 13,200sq. m.
Steel used: 36,910t
Weight per tower: 300,000t
Usable space: 213,750sq. m. per tower
Two annexes: 186,000 sq metres of space
Source: www.petronastwintowers.com.my/