I have joined a new group, Shanghai Exposed, it's a group of photography enthusiasts that tromp around Shanghai and neighboring towns and shoot great pictures. I am a novice, a point and shoot camera is my game. But I do have a fancy camera, well actually Tony has a fancy camera which I have now appropriated and am interested in learning how to use. I have read the first 35 pages of the instruction book but I am also a hands on kind of gal and thought I would just throw myself into the club and snap away enthusiastically.
Last night the club leader - Darrell - scheduled a night shoot at a lit highway underpass. The location is about 2Km (1.2 miles) from our apartment and I thought it would be nice to walk. The weather in Shanghai has turned cooler and the humidity has dissipated so it is just great to be outside. I gave myself 30 minutes to walk over, but I should have given myself more as I saw so many great things to photograph. I was not late but it was a close call.
On this evening shot I learned how to create a light stream with the fancy camera, it turns out you have to change a lot of the automatic settings, but once you understand what all the buttons do on the camera it's quite easy.
So here are a few of my pictures, I hope you like them!
This is a nice shot of my apartment building, it's the building on the far right corner of the picture. The tall building with the top lit in yellow is the Ritz Carlton and there are 2 towers on either side which are the residence towers. We live in the right one.
I finally started looking away from the highway lights (look away look away from the light.....that's for you Aunt Cathy!) and saw a park and the lovely JW Marriott pencil building. You may have noticed in the three shots that show the pencil building the top is a different color in each. The building has a revolving color spotlight filter, it's very pretty!
I had a wonderful time taking pictures and talking with new friends and thanks to Darrell who showed me how to make light streams in my photos.
Last night the club leader - Darrell - scheduled a night shoot at a lit highway underpass. The location is about 2Km (1.2 miles) from our apartment and I thought it would be nice to walk. The weather in Shanghai has turned cooler and the humidity has dissipated so it is just great to be outside. I gave myself 30 minutes to walk over, but I should have given myself more as I saw so many great things to photograph. I was not late but it was a close call.
On this evening shot I learned how to create a light stream with the fancy camera, it turns out you have to change a lot of the automatic settings, but once you understand what all the buttons do on the camera it's quite easy.
So here are a few of my pictures, I hope you like them!
The view from the lobby on the 17th floor of my building. Looks like it's going to be a nice evening.
When I got down to the street I saw that it had been decorated for National Day, which is October 1st. A big holiday in China! Plus it's Moon Festival so everyone is cheery as they have a few days off!
A little local neighborhood among the high rises.
Just a pretty shot of the full moon and the pretty stair rail.
I arrived at the underpass with all this terrible traffic teeming about.....oh wait that is normal traffic.
One of my artistic shots!
How does it ever sort itself out?
They are at a complete stop! Nobody wants to give way, typical Chinese, always self serving.
Some more artistic shots!
More art for you!
And now some examples of my new skill at making ribbon light.!! Nice eh!?
