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Cityscape Photography 1: Melbourne at night

Well, its about time i write blog about my photos. I’ll just start off with my favourite black and white pictures. I took those during a workshop with MPC (Monash Photography Club) crew. I can say that this is the first time i really go out at cold night and shoot picture of the lovely melbourne, even though i’ve been here for 2 years. The result are awesome. I really love it. I experimented with 30 second exposure to give the dynamic feel to the clouds. I never knew a cityscape could look so good without color.

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Pic 1: A look from the river. I love the reflection on the water and the cloud in the sky. Really give majestic feel to the buildings. 22mm 30s at f10

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Pic 2: Taken from the bridge beside flinder street station. 30 second exposure transform the traffic to light trails and give the starry effect to the street lights. 18mm 20s at f10

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Pic 3: Taken from the same bridge as pic 2. I really like the reflection on the water. 20mm 8s at f7.1

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Pic 4: Southbank is a lovely place. It is usually very busy with lots of people going there just to chill out and enjoy the dining and the city scenery. I got lucky that night to capture southbank without a single person near there. Maybe the cold weather help a bit :p 32mm 30s at f20

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Pic 5: This is Eureka tower just beside yarra river. One of the tallest building in melbourne. This photo is really simple. It only has 4 elements, i.e. The sky, Eureka tower, building beneath it, and the trees. Yet it gives a real impact for me. 18mm 30s at f10

Oh my God! i just wrote my first blog post! Now i’ll try to keep up posting my photos and stories to this blog. Maybe daily.

What do you think of the photos? I would love some feedback from you. So… leave some comment ya! :D

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  • Neil
    Good pics dude.... not been on your site for a while, i see you have been updating it.... i love the pics of carysse, they are awsome.....
  • Rita
    at what time did you take those pics? esp pic 2.. no one there..
  • Victor Augusteo
    it was around 7-8pm. lots of people around. but with 30sec exposure you can make everybody invisible :)
  • another awesome pictures from you.... anotherrrrrr pic!!!!!!!!
  • Yeah, the bench is really COOL!
  • @mel: orly? those shoot of you kicking people on the face are bad? you are a bad bad girl :p

    @adrian: oh yeah, didnt u see i kept my promise to write everyday now? and dont cry, i put the shot details just for you now. i'm using Nikon D80

    @Happy: hey, thanks mate. the bench is becoming quite a celebrity in this blog apparently :p i agree with you on the sky and tower combo.
  • My Congrats! Photos are amazing.!
    But #4 and 5 are the best. The bench is my fav, and the tower and sky combination is very-very good as well.
    Good job!
    Cheers!
  • Oh my God! i just wrote my first blog post! Now i’ll try to keep up posting my photos and stories to this blog. Maybe daily. <-- yeah right? try to live with the promise this time? haha..

    kudos for number 4 and 5.. :).. the sparkles on the light bulb on number 4 engulfed in the monochromic scene are just so amazing..

    where the heck is the metadata anyway? what cam are u using now?
  • mel
    loving the pics victor, pic 3 is my fav.
    cant belive u taken them as u take bad ones of me all time lol haha
  • @everyone: thanks for the comments! you guys are the reason i enjoy blogging :)

    @typo: meh, lots of color version of the scene can be found on the net already. now its time for something different! monochrome is the new color! now get back to drupal, haha :p

    i totally agree with you. pic 1-3 looks awesome with color, and i might post the color version later. but for now, for the sake of novelty, lets enjoy the black and white.

    I'm quite surprised how people react to the pic 4. Is it because the composition? the light? the leading lines?
  • Typo
    Ok, i'll be the devil now since everyone's like 'oh your photo's awesome!'. :P

    The black and white effect doesnt seem to work quite well for contrasty shots like pics 1-3. Having colours would definitely make it more outstanding.

    However, having black and white on Low key shots like Pics 4 enhances the subtle details which would normally be unseen with colour.
  • Cirrel
    i LOVE pic 2~all of them are sooooooooooooo great~
  • Love the photos, I didn't think I'd be that big of a fan of Pic4, but after looking at it for a bit, its really eye catching. Can defiantly see why its such a brilliant place.
  • cOlz
    nice photos mate, good stuff! and also nice website =)
  • Febby
    the picture was CooL!
    But can't believed it's taken by Youu... ^^
  • NieA Nadya
    Lebih maknyess lagi kalo ada sayyah as a model.LOL

    baguus, vic...
  • Geraldi Tellys
    awesome Victorr...

    picture 4 somewhat looks so dramatic, I love the composition of the bench on the bottom right... adding a sense of loneliness...

    pic 5: it seems that Eureka has stood through times...

    keep up the good work^^
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