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05-SEP-2007

Huangpo River, Shanghai, China, 2007

By photographing the lights of Shanghai as reflections in its river, I am able to symbolize the city, rather than describe it. An advertising sign on top of the buildings creates a set of bookends of blue to enclose the shimmering windows in between them.

Leica D-Lux 3
1/20s f/4.9 at 25.2mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time05-Sep-2007 21:40:37
MakeLeica
ModelD-LUX 3
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length25.2 mm
Exposure Time1/20 sec
Aperturef/4.9
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias-0.33
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Metering Modemulti spot (3)
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Exposure Programprogram (2)
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Phil Douglis24-Oct-2007 00:09
You are right -- the Japanese are back in Shanghai, big-time. If not for Japanese digital technology, neither of us would have the tools to do what we do, either.
Tim May23-Oct-2007 21:12
The reflection is partly of a sign for Epson - the Japanese return to Shanghai.
Phil Douglis12-Oct-2007 18:08
Thanks, Charu, for showing us how reflections can make us stop and think about larger meanings. China, for example. The glittering reflections of Shanghai at night speak of power, energy, and beauty. Darkness and movement mask the reality, and give us fantasy. To see the same sight by day, unreflected, might tell an entirely different story.
Guest 12-Oct-2007 14:54
by keeping only the reflections of the light in the frame, you have shown not just the city symbolically but also the changing face of the city - China as we know it now, glittering lights and advertising hoardings... almost as if the reality and reflection are something else...
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