Hong Kong

David said it best, I think:

 

"I can't think of a way to configure my camera to collect that much light before there's any movement effect with the Junk, especially with obviously not calm waters, and under full sail. So, it stumps me how you accomplished capturing this image."

 

Or if you like another way to point to the same problem, here it is:

 

Were the distant clouds moving so much faster than both the sea and the boat - which are, moreover, so much nearer to the camera...?! The only thing that could serve as an explanation to this mystery would be an amazing wind, which would move the clouds up there, but not push the boat or the sea down there... Or else, how would you possibly get such very blurry clouds but a perfectly sharp sea ? How do you get such sharpness on the sea and boat at night, at all, without getting any visible noise due to an extremely high ASA setting. Post-processing is no crime, but why not admit this picture was substantially modified with PS if that's what happened ?

 

In a case like this, the photographer should be called by the site to at least provide aperture, shutter-speed and asa settings, or the discussion will lead us nowhere.

 

This picture is either fantastically original - to the point where it seems to defy the laws of sharpness in photography or the laws of nature, or both ! -, or it's just a manipulated image, that was uploaded as non-manipulated for whatever reason...

 

A couple of us here would like to know which it is - and I'll be among them.

 

As for the picture's aesthetics, well, at this size, it looks good enough. Good, but unreal - as many others already noted. As for the perspectives are concerned, well, they could easily be corrected in PS, or there would hardly be any distortion if the photographer had used a PC lens. I don't think he should be blamed if he doesn't own one: such lenses are not that cheap... Finally, comes the following question: to which point will we pass the oversharpening and the technical issues if this can't become a proper print ? I don't know. For that too, we'd need to see the original file, or to have more data about the settings, about the post-processing, etc.

 

As it is, I just can't say much more than this: key technical data are missing, and as a "non-manipulated" picture, I just can't make sense of what I see. I tend not to like very much images that seem impossible to take, unless we are talking about creative and clever montage work of course... Best regards.

Necip, congratulations on your POW. Given your stunning portfolio, the Elves choice is a little odd but...

 

I would love to see the technical details and the story of how this image was created for no other reason than my own

education. I'm baffled by how the junk can be sharp, the waves not blurred and yet the skyline exposed well and blown in

some places.

The sky is realy dramatic, and in my eyes that makes the picture GREAT..... and you have an amazing portfolio... I am happy I did find you through Elves, who/whatever that means!!!!!!

I liked the photo, and I thought it was amazing. Not only is it a good picture, but that must have been a really good piece

of luck to be in the right place at the right time to make this one. It's the fantastic pictures like this that have helped me

understand just what a great job so many photographers like yourself are doing. Keep up the good work! J.

I've never commented on any photograph before, let alone a POW. But the fact that this has made POW has moved me to comment. This is a technically deficient image. It suffers from motion blur and terrible sharpening artifacts. Whatever its compositional aspects, it fails in the technical department. This shouldn't be a POW.

I disagree that this is a scene the human eye will never see. To me, it is a night photo that really looks like a night photo.

Thankyou so much everyone I really appretiate all the comments even the not so favourable ones. I am truely honoured to have been chosen for the POW on one of the leading photog crit sites I've ever used. I've tried photosig and treklens/treknature for about 2 years equally. This shot was taken in RAW and the levels adjusted to my taste. No composites or clever post process. It was originally post processed for a competitor crit site that I no longer take part in after joining photonet that only allowed smaller files so the compression and detail you may be used to seeing in my more recent shots is incomparable. I'm in the middle of moving home so I can't do much at the present moment to offer a return critique which I normally do. I do promise to return them when I've fully moved home and have setup my connection in my new home hopefully by the weekend. Thankyou again. Necip

Hello Necip congratulations on having one of your pictures choosen for POW. I have not been looking in so much lately. lots of work and also I broke my hand.

 

For me the shot is a super night town landscape. The water and the reflected light makes it really appealing, The stormy sky adds to that and makes it also a dramatic shot.

 

The composition works but does not really follow a classic rule of thirds.

 

I see no need for every picture to be either tack sharp of perfectly exsposed in every inch of its surface. I think most people would agrree with that DOF is a tool of composition, which is also the case with exsposure and blurr. That the boat has a little blurr this is to be expected with a longer time exsposure. The colour are intense but this adds to this shot. As to how? I think we have many tools to intensify the colours. Increased ISO, colour shift, filters ect. There is also photo shop with its never ending processing possabilities so I dont under stand any of the critique in this area.

 

For me its a super picture that is worth dicussion in POW and has a good place in your porfolio.

 

ps I hope you stay with photonet longer as you contribution is possitive for this site.

 

Regards Carl

you can crop it a better way....

also the lights could be better worked ou rgds.

t.

best

very beautiful work!

good work, man.. like the reflections on the water

Stunning! The contrasts between dark and light and all colors in between makes the whole thing so cystal clear. I can feel the breeze of the open air and smell the water just by looking at this.

A stunning picture, very nice shot!

Very nice photo. Reminding me the good seafood.

Hello Necip . Beautiful picture , fantastic colors .

the picture speaks for itself. an awesome contrast of ancient and modern. superb lighting on the photo. regards