Stranger than Fiction - a photo on Flickriver

The Chinese are fascinated with height. Skyscrapers are a given (the entire foreground of this photo was farmland just over 20 years ago), but they seem to be blown away by tall people. I visited the Jin Mao Tower (the one in the front that looks like a golden asparagus spear) with a buddy of mine. I'm pretty tall, but my buddy absolutely towers over the locals at 6'6". When he'd come around some corner and surprise some group of women, they'd just look up and laugh at how huge he was. So while, while were waiting in line to ride the elevator to the top of Jin Mao, there was a cardboard model of the tower and Chinese tourists were lining up to take my friend's picture next to it - as if he were some giant looming over Shanghai.

Technical details: Single exposure edited with Lightroom and my Lumenzia panel in Photoshop (gregbenzphotography.com/lumenzia/).

Taken on: July 24, 2014

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China

Huangpu River

Lumenzia

Oriental Pearl Tower

Pudong skyscrapers

Shanghai skyline at the blue hour

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Camera: Nikon D800, f/8.0, 2 sec, 19mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	2
Focal Length:	19mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.1.1 (Macintosh)
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