A few from China

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I'm currently in China, visiting the in-laws and doing some light travelling. Here're an eclectic few from the past week, processed as well I could on an old laptop. Most are D700 with Zeiss 35/2 and the IRs are a Fuji UVIR with Voigtlander 20/3.5. #3 is D700 with 24/1.4G. No judges, ta ;)

1.

Hong Kong Kowloon Chi Lin Nunnery Dragonfly by KMud, on Flickr

2.

Hong Kong Island Admiralty (Financial District) by KMud, on Flickr

3.

Nanjing Mopeds by KMud, on Flickr

4.

Hong Kong Building Site by KMud, on Flickr

5.

Dancing with himself (Guangzhou) by KMud, on Flickr

6.

Guangzhou Pearl River by KMud, on Flickr

7.

Guangzhou Yuexiu Park IR by KMud, on Flickr

8.

Guangzhou Yuexiu Park IR by KMud, on Flickr
 
Thanks for the nice comments all :)

rpn said:
Well captured, like the colour in #6. Is the last one (#8) an IR?
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False colour IR, the Fuji UVIR is an S5 with the hot mirror removed, so the sensor can receive everything from UV to IR. UV doesn't tend to pass through the lens in any significant quality (not only is the glass retardant, the optical adhesive between lenses is very UV opaque), and I used a red filter to only get red and near-IR (i.e., the IR is barely beyond visible light, you need exotic sensors like indium antimonide or mercury cadmium telleride to get into thermal cameras). That's probably more than you wanted to know...TL, DR: yep :o
 
Funny that #5 is popular, it's a low-quality grab shot but it does make me smile. I thought #6 was a bit too 'postcardy' and that #2 was the best real shot.
 
Personally I like 4 - nice composition, it's the standout for me. 6 is far too touristy postcard for me (a technically great shot though). 5 I do like a fair bit. 2 could be anywhere, lacks a focal point and the shapes aren't interesting or abstract enough to maintain my interest. IR I just don't like (again, not commenting on the technical quality of the image, which is good, just it isn't my taste at all).
 
Again, thanks all...I'm a harsh critic on my own stuff and don't often put my stuff up for viewing, so I don't know how to accept a compliment :o

bigredshark said:
Personally I like 4 - nice composition, it's the standout for me. 6 is far too touristy postcard for me (a technically great shot though). 5 I do like a fair bit. 2 could be anywhere, lacks a focal point and the shapes aren't interesting or abstract enough to maintain my interest. IR I just don't like (again, not commenting on the technical quality of the image, which is good, just it isn't my taste at all).
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Fair comments - as you can probably tell by the lack of the more clichéd shots like Victoria Peak (which is nigh impossible to get a fresh angle on) I'm trying to do something original (much to the wife's chagrin), and they're standalone images rather than a set. The colour IR stuff is experimental, it's a bit like HDR - you can make a boring image 'interesting', but underneath you've still got to question whether the image was worth taking. If nothing else, IR works well when the sun is out, when you'd be hard-pressed to do anything great with visible light.
 
Nice shots. :)

I'd have to say that number 4 is my favourite although I like 5 and 8 as well. Number 4 is just a nice composition for me and really captures the speed of change over there. The tones in the UV/IR shot in the river are excellent. Interesting tones. Always fancied having a dedicated IR camera as the filter is a P.I.T.A. to keep screwing and unscrewing between compositions. Hopefully I can get my D70s converted whenever I finally decide to upgrade as IR does seem like one area that it's actually not too bad for. The filter is also a thick beast which really has a noticably detrimental effect on sharpness. Were your UV/IR shots handheld?

Cheers.
 
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