Don Ellis
10th of July 2002 (Wed), 03:37
These two infrared shots were taken from the top of Ocean Terminal.
Look one way and you see Kowloon and the Pacific Club (white canopy on the left) and Ocean Centre (buildings on the right). Ocean liners parallel park next to Ocean Terminal and passengers get off and walk straight into this vast warren of designer shops and boutiques and restaurants. Even as a resident you can get turned around and lost in there.
For years, Hong Kong's airport was (conveniently located) in the heart of the city with its runway built out into the harbor. Consequently, there was a height restriction on Kowloon buildings to keep planes from running into them, which explains the flat uniformity of the buildings. Now that we've leveled an (inconveniently located) island and moved our airport, the height restriction has been lifted and, economic slowdown notwithstanding, tall buildings are appearing on the Kowloon skyline, as you can just see in the far left center.
http://www.kleptography.com/dl/kowloon.jpg
Look the other way and you see Hong Kong Island. Never any height restrictions here so it's a much more interesting skyline with Central Plaza standing tallest in the center and the Exhibiition Centre lying low and looking decorative with its distinctive gull-wing roof.
http://www.kleptography.com/dl/hongkong.jpg
Processing these shots, I was stuck by their slightly unreal look -- especially the Kowloon shot -- like miniature models in an architect's office.
Processing was as follows:
Converted Normal in BreezeBrowser
Then into Photoshop for the following steps:
Auto-Contrast
Mild "S" Curves
Mode, Lab
Select Lightness channel
Mode, Grayscale
Mode, Duotone
Select Quadtone, PANTONE (R) Quadtones, "B1 431 492 556.ado"
Ultrasharpen with standard settings: 200%, radius 1.0
I've found that particular quadtone, which ships as standard in Photoshop 6 and 7, to be quite attractive for a variety of photos.
Don
By the way, Hong Kong is both the name of the territory and the short name for Hong Kong Island. Kowloon is on the mainland. In between is one of the world's deep-water harbors which enables curb-parking for large ships.
Look one way and you see Kowloon and the Pacific Club (white canopy on the left) and Ocean Centre (buildings on the right). Ocean liners parallel park next to Ocean Terminal and passengers get off and walk straight into this vast warren of designer shops and boutiques and restaurants. Even as a resident you can get turned around and lost in there.
For years, Hong Kong's airport was (conveniently located) in the heart of the city with its runway built out into the harbor. Consequently, there was a height restriction on Kowloon buildings to keep planes from running into them, which explains the flat uniformity of the buildings. Now that we've leveled an (inconveniently located) island and moved our airport, the height restriction has been lifted and, economic slowdown notwithstanding, tall buildings are appearing on the Kowloon skyline, as you can just see in the far left center.
http://www.kleptography.com/dl/kowloon.jpg
Look the other way and you see Hong Kong Island. Never any height restrictions here so it's a much more interesting skyline with Central Plaza standing tallest in the center and the Exhibiition Centre lying low and looking decorative with its distinctive gull-wing roof.
http://www.kleptography.com/dl/hongkong.jpg
Processing these shots, I was stuck by their slightly unreal look -- especially the Kowloon shot -- like miniature models in an architect's office.
Processing was as follows:
Converted Normal in BreezeBrowser
Then into Photoshop for the following steps:
Auto-Contrast
Mild "S" Curves
Mode, Lab
Select Lightness channel
Mode, Grayscale
Mode, Duotone
Select Quadtone, PANTONE (R) Quadtones, "B1 431 492 556.ado"
Ultrasharpen with standard settings: 200%, radius 1.0
I've found that particular quadtone, which ships as standard in Photoshop 6 and 7, to be quite attractive for a variety of photos.
Don
By the way, Hong Kong is both the name of the territory and the short name for Hong Kong Island. Kowloon is on the mainland. In between is one of the world's deep-water harbors which enables curb-parking for large ships.