Submitter's name:	C.H.Ling
Title:	After Sunset
Gear used:	Olympus Six III A + tripod
Diaphragm:	F8
Shutter speed:	4S (?)
Film used:	Fuji Velvia ISO 50
Technical information:	I can't get a shutter cable for the camera, so I have to use my finger to hold the shutter release button for a few seconds to do the exposure. It was cropped from a 6x4.5cm shot.
Subject information:	We planned to do some sunset photos, I was shooting from a hill, the sunsets shots were not so interesting as there was haze around the sunset direction, so I moved the camera to the other direction to get this landscape instead.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

What can I say? Simply fantastic! Hand any camera over to this photographer and he takes the most excellent pictures with it. This time the shot was taken with an Olympus Six; in awe, I take my hat off for you!

Comment left by: Brian Swale (bj@caverock.net.nz)

Beautiful colours; exposure very well done for this time of day/night. A picture to be proud of. I like the pastel tonings. And with such a modern camera !!

Comment left by: Doro (no e-mail specified)

A very accomplished, exciting shot!

Comment left by: Paul Wallich (pw@panix.com)

Whatever the exposure time was, it was just right. The jewel tones of the lights are what make this picture

Comment left by: bbbean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

beee-yooo-tiful!

Comment left by: Eric Pederson (epederso@darkwing.uoregon.edu)

Stunning composition. Works perfectly as a square format with the three main lines forming an "S" through it. Can you remove that taillight? Great blues. It is nice to see Velvia being used for something other than saturated green vegetation.

Comment left by: Winsor (wincros@earthlink.net)

Stunning. And with a 50 year old camera with a damaged lens? C.H. continues to amaze with his artistry.

Comment left by: Mike Cormier (no e-mail specified)

Sometimes ridiculously over-saturated shots ARE what's needed. This is one of those times. Simply amazing. Great use of 120 Velvia 50. This shot is less a photograph than it is art... I doubt you could have done much better with A 'blad.

Comment left by: siddiq (no e-mail specified)

very very nice; another example to demonstrate it takes a person, not geewhiz stuff, to make a picture

Comment left by: Wayne Harridge (no e-mail specified)

Very nice !

Comment left by: Wayne Culberson (no e-mail specified)

Be hard to improve on this one. Maybe if you'd have switched on more lights in the closest tall building?

Comment left by: bbbean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

I agree with Wayne - you shoudl have run down to the tall building and turned on all the lights! But seriously, this is an incredible shot - you should sell it to Olympus for their next brochure, or at least to convince them to make the Six III again! Nice work, and immediately identifiable as being from one of the lists' finest photographers.

Comment left by: Damon (deewhy_au@yahoo.co.uk)

Some might say you needed faster film, but professional film and good 'know-how' basically prove...... its not what youve got, but how you use it. The use of your equipment and film was used to its best capability. I actually feel Velvia was the best choice, basically no grain and look at those colours!

Comment left by: Roger Wesson (roger@worldtraveller.f9.co.uk)

Fantastic colours! I love the overall purpleness of it. The amount of light in the sky is perfect. It's a shame there's no detail at the very bottom, but I could look at the rest of the shot for a very long time.

Comment left by: Tiziana (ciaghitiziana@seldati.net)

Charming and fantastic art work.

Comment left by: Andy Gilbert (gilbs@142tpr.freeserve.co.uk)

Brilliant,sorry you couldn't get the shot you wanted, but we'll settle for this one!

Comment left by: Scott Gomez (no e-mail specified)

Arrrgh. Every time I see a shot like this one, I'm reminded of just how much more I have to learn. I might be willing to sacrifice important body parts to get this range of color using "available darkness."

Comment left by: Chris Barker (imagopus@threeshoes.co.uk)

Beautiful colours and an excellent composition. I particularly like the strong foreground interest and the sweeping curve into the background and the horizon.

Comment left by: John A. Lind (jlind@spitfire.net)

I might have cropped the bottom slightly, but it's also OK left as a square. In the absence of a cable I've used the tip of a ball-point pen. For whatever reason it seems to induce less shake than trying to use my finger. Just an idea to try to see if it works for you. Excellent time of day selection to achieve the colors in this. Foreground, middle and far distances all have interest. I like the slightly curved diagonal formed by the city's edge, the mass of which is nicely balanced by the islands and clouds in the distance. Extremely well done composition, especially considering it's not what you originally went there for. This one reminds me of a few of the very large prints I've seen hanging in coroporate offices.

Comment left by: The author (no e-mail specified)

Thanks for John and others commnet, this shot was cropped from a vertical 6x45 shot, there is still some room at the top side. Perherps shifting it up around two mm will be better, I like to keep this in square. For the shutter release, there is no screw hole for the shutter release. A ball-point pen is hard to hold on position. Just don't know how to use this old stuff in "B" mode.

Comment left by: Jay Maynard (jmaynard@conmicro.cx)

I've seen this view in person, once upon a time...and C.H. has managed to capture it on film. Truly spectacular.

Comment left by: Jez Cunningham (no e-mail specified)

Fabulous! Love the fading background (is that called aerial perspective?)

Comment left by: Jim Caldwell (jamesfc@gte.net)

Very well done! I especially like the way you captured detail in the upper right distance which helps give depth to the shot.

Comment left by: Mickey Trageser (no e-mail specified)

Amazing. Wow. Classic shot with a classic camera. Very well done.

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