“An urban equivalent of landscape”
Cityscape photography is not necessarily hard but it does require adequate preparation and technical knowledge to get a stunning picture.
You will have to make sure your subject (cityscape view) is interesting: be sure to mix some foreground and background and leave some room to crop the picture for post processing if required. Try to use a tripod and make sure the image is perfectly level. If you are capturing night cityscape try to go for long-exposure or get some bracketing shots as this will help you to create a HDR picture and use camera’s self-timer or remote release to open and close the shutter to reduce camera shake. Experiment with using a polarizing filter as this could be effective especially in daylight shooting.
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PHOTOGRAPHER: Amjad Rasool
PLACE: Corniche Road
TITLE: Nation Towers
LOCATION: Abu Dhabi
SETTING: Aperture Priority Mode
PURPOSE OF THE SHOT: “To get a long exposure to capture the magnificence of Nation Towers”
CAMERA MODEL: NIKON D300s
F-STOP/APERTURE: f/16
ISO: 200
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/30.0 sec
INSPIRATION: The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. (Dorothea Lange).
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PHOTOGRAPHER: Amjad Rasool
PLACE: Jumeirah
TITLE: The Jumeirah Lake Towers
LOCATION: Dubai
SETTING: Auto Mode
PURPOSE OF THE SHOT: “To capture the wide view with the high rises on one side and the local houses on the other.”
CAMERA MODEL: iPhone 5
F-STOP/APERTURE: f/11
ISO: 64
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/60
INSPIRATION: A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity. (George Bernard Shaw).
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PHOTOGRAPHER: Shahid Saeed
PLACE: Break Water
TITLE: The Abu Dhabi City
LOCATION: Abu Dhabi
SETTING: Manual Mode
PURPOSE OF THE SHOT: “Proper research on your subject (location) will help define specific requirements, and will provide you with the opportunity to capture the cityscape in a new way.”
CAMERA MODEL: CANON EOS 40D
F-STOP/APERTURE: f/11
ISO: 100
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/160
INSPIRATION: When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. (Ansel Adams).
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By Shahid Saeed
