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Sobriquetism β Hong Kong by night
Published: 2005-07-24 09:49:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 9854; Favourites: 90; Downloads: 994
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This is the building opposite our hotel room in Hong Kong. It was such a stark contrast to many of the rich businesses around. Because it is at dusk I feel it got the best of both worlds - some lights but enought daylight to see the actual building whole.Related content
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This makes a amazing wallpaper. When I see these kind of pics, I always wonder what's going in people's lives
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A mosaic of a hundred busy Hong Kong lives, some vacant and dark, and the others just a slightly different color from the last. (Striking how there's not a uniform color to the unit lighting in what looks like a pretty simple building.) It's been my wallpaper for years.
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this looks like the one apartment from some azn gangster movie, though i don't remember the name of the movie.
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this reminds me a lot of work by Micheal Wolf
check him out, [link]
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thats a pretty nice capture 
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Thank you. We were staying in Kowloon, although I can't remember any more specifically off the top of my head. We were only there for a day, unfortunately.
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wow. i went to HK and this kinda juxtaposition of rich beside poor is definitely one of the things i remember.
the hotel i stayed in was also facing apartments similar to these.
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nice shot
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Thank you for your kind comments, and thank you for your fave.
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I remember thoes!! I used to live in something like that. Yep, definity not fun but it still gave me a home-ly feel. It looks old and cold and about to fall apart but it still have the warm home feel and still very strong. It's all part of what Hong Kong is all about: contrast of all things. This photo show the old part of something new. It's so beautiful.
As I always describe a picture of Hong Kong, to me, it's not the brightness of light that made the photo beautiful, it's the thought and knowledge that every speck of light, every lightbulb shown in the photo, has someone in that space, a couple, friends or a family. Even every dark room the photo show is a home to someone else. Now look at how bright and dark the photo is. Can you feel the warmth from these families?
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Thankyou for your insight. You've certainly made me think about this photo in another way.
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I really like this, it's definately different from the typical shots of Hong Kong. I know that the older gov. commission housing is buildins are being torn down and being replaced and it kind of makes me feel sad, as these buildings are definately part of HKs character (not that i'm not happy for the residents who get to move into the buildings of course!). I love how you have taken the photo of the building and only of the building, without any background or any other building framing it.
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Thank you very much!
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This is a fucking great photograph/painting/whatever medium you used.
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Photograph. Thank you very much!
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Great shot! Whoa... That building looks more marly than a Los Angeles venereal disease clinic.
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Amazing! And, kinda sad too, it seems all broken down.
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Thanks, that's very kind of you.
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at a quick gance you'd be mistaken in thinking its a montage! it's really quite amazing
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Heh, thank you very much.
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I love the concept of this photo, it's hard to imagine so many people living in such a cramped and dirty area. My only critiques would be to re-size the photo, it's almost impossible to get the full concept when full-viewed. Also, try using a slightly lower ISO to reduce the noise a bit. Other than that, great photo and concept!
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Thank you very much. I'm not really a photographer, not even an amateur one, so 'concept' is all I have.
I don't even know what ISO is! d:
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Heh, thank you. You are very kind.
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LOL that's ok, I just recently learned what it was myself. And hey, 95% of photography is concept, so you're doing alright for yourself as far as I'm concerned.
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Amazing Photo, possibly thousands of people in the photo but not a single face to make out. On my favourites!
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Hey, thank you very much!
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I dontΒ΄t wish I lived there. Different and extraordinary picture. Good work.
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Thank you very much.
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YouΒ΄re welcome[link]
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fuckin awesome pic. the compersition is a tad off.
dont metter, do u mind if i use this in a piece some day?
reminds me of life.
peace.
opms/n3ak
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I'm sure the composition is off: I'm not really a photographer at all. But thank you anyway. Feel free to use it, if you want. But if you could show me what you end up using it in I'd be very interested, thanks.
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Thankyou sue. And Kat, I don't think you do wish you lived there. It may look good but it's really not very nice.
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Yes, probably. I'm just going by appearances, sorry if I'm horribly wrong! Anyway, thank you for the fave. It's very kind.
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I'm sure it's not that bad. The countryside in HK is more uncomfortable, IMO.
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Heh. Thanks for the fav, sue.
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That's a really interesting way of putting it. I never thought of it like that before.
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