Kobe Port revisited Photo

Photographer’s Note

Here is Kobe, I went there yesterday with a few friends beause I had a friend who wanted to meet her friend and decided to invite me the day before leaving because she knew I had a day off.

Back to Kobe.... this has to be the best place in Japan, the people are so friendly here, the sculptures, the buildings, the best onsen (Arima) night views, I simply adore this place.

A bit of history for you:

Facilities at the port of Kobe, Japan, destroyed by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on January 17, 1995, have been fully restored.

The red tower on the right is a 108m high, Kobe Port Tower's red structure stands out proudly as a well-known symbol of Kobe, providing a panoramic view of the Port, Rokko mountains and across Osaka Bay. At night, the tower and adjaccent Kobe Maritime Museum create a romantic scene on the waterfront as you can see in this picture.

My friends had their wedding in the blue monster building and it cost around 30,000 U.S dollars, expensive huh?

Just to the right of the red tower is the Meriken Park. It was opened in 1987 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the opening of the Port of Kobe.

Meriken Park is an attractive waterfront park on reclaimed land between Meriken Pier, the birthplace of the port. The Kobe Maritime Museum and Port of Kobe Earthquake Memorial Park are located in Meriken Park.

I hope you like it

syd1946, weswang, vascao, singuanti, berek, kclai, Xalkida, PixelTerror, nwoehnl, elihesamian, jhm, Jeppe, Yffic, carper, Tue, rajhema trouve(nt) cette note utile

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syd1946 (17945) 2006-05-30 22:04

Hello Dan,
This is a stunning night shot.Fantistic perspective and amazing colorful reflections makes the difference to the image and composition.Also an interesting note,good stuff.
Best wishes,
Thomas

gsimon (387) 2006-05-30 22:12

Excellent picture
Great focus nd perspective
TFP
Greg

vascao (192) 2006-05-30 22:22

Perfect night shot, Dan. A splendid image, vivid and colorful.

singuanti (15240) 2006-05-30 22:54

Hi Dan. You've got some very distinct colors along that skyline which grab your attention. Without the good note we wouldn’t appreciate it nearly as much. Nice shot Dan.

rmorales1964 (46) 2006-05-30 22:58

Hi Dan, you did a good night shot, very nice composition , vivid colors, saturation , ...thanks for share this photo.

berek (28979) 2006-05-30 23:03

Hi Den,
magnificant night shot. very good colors and reflection. also your framing is okay. thanks for your sharing.
B.Erek
Meaning Sense :-))
Framing :-))
Idea :-))

avigur_11 (21301) 2006-05-30 23:05

What a beautiful night viw of Kobe, Dan. I like the architecture, which looks so fragile for eartquakes, although I know that they used the best techniques now.
The waddeing hall is amazing (like the wedding cost).
Congarts for the happy couple and for their skilled photograper friend.
Regards,
Y.

kclai (2267) 2006-05-31 0:09

Hi Dan
Beautiful taken night shot. You have maintained the sharpness and clarity of the subjects as well.
The reflection is good, putting the picture to a more atmospheric one.
Cheers and good day, Dan.
Eric Lai

FilipDzik (282) 2006-05-31 1:45

Hello Dan,

fanfastic panorama of Kobe. Superb lights and its reflections in the water.
What can I say? Amazing !!!

Thanks for sharing
Filip

Tattoo (468) 2006-05-31 1:53

Excellente prise de vue de nuit ! Cadrage magistral et lumière fantastique !

Congratulations !

Yves

valdec (7058) 2006-05-31 3:54

Fantastyczne ¶wiatlo, extra kompozycja...

PixelTerror (86528) 2006-05-31 4:41

Hi Dan,
I did not imagine Kobe like this, that's quite a futuristic skyline, have all these buildings been built after the quake ? What makes this view nice is the variety in shapes and colors of the buildings, and your wide crop is excellent for such a view.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

Xalkida (11740) 2006-05-31 4:46

Hi Dan

Very nice nightshot with great colors and reflections. I think your horizon is tilted to the left. Otherwise, very nice scene.

weswang (18223) 2006-05-31 12:52

Hi Dan, This is an impressive night shot with the colorful lights outline the architecture and the reflections of the building on the water. You did an excellent job to get this sharp and clear image with no observable noise for this nice long exposure image. Well done.

Stepan (27175) 2006-05-31 14:27

I really enjoy that colored buildings, with their different colors and shapes and the way the reflected in the water. It looks like a sci-fi city. Beautiful and well realized.
Stéphane

nwoehnl (120) 2006-05-31 14:40

Hi Dan, great to see a new one from you and it turned out a beautiful and crisp night shot, well exposed to show the different pieces of modern architecture in their different colorful illuminations. My initial memory of Kobe is the torrential rainfall that I experienced upon my arrival, but even under these conditions I agree with you that is is a delightful city, I liked Chinatown (from where zig recently posted some cool photos, check them out).

dkeus31 (26316) 2006-05-31 15:32

Hello Dan,
A well manage night shot,
I like here the clor buildings ant their reflexions in the water.
Regards,
Didier

elihesamian (26091) 2006-06-01 2:25

What a night picture !
Welcome Back dan !
Indeed beautiful, with a great resulting of the details and sharpness and colors,this is a superb one,with a great note and info,what a forms of the buildings and towers and...
skilfully captured and very well composed,Dan,Thanks ,

Best Regards
M

Angshu (33963) 2006-06-01 3:32

Stunning lights here Dan...beautiful perspective. The reflections of the varied coloured lights makes this a good compo.
Regards
Angshu

jhm (83073) 2006-06-01 10:43

Hi Daniel,
Almost a mirror image, very lovely colours as reflections, the modern buildings in background care for a very nice composition.
Nice interesting note too, I learn again on TE!
Have a nice Pentecost weekend,
John.

Jeppe (18623) 2006-06-02 3:08

Hi Dan

A truly wonderful light you captured here - I like the composition with different shapes of architecture and colour - thanks for the informative and telling note - regards Jeppe

Yffic (6106) 2006-06-02 3:48

Hello Dan,

It's a superb picture with beautiful colors: the red, green and the blue are really nice.

I like a lot the night ambiance of your picture.

Regards.

Yves

zig (2450) 2006-06-02 10:19

Hi Dan, long time. I hope you had fun in Kobe. I have my sister in Port Island in Kobe so I feel familiar with this view. It is really good place to live depite of the accomdation fee is very expensive. The photo looks very sharp and colourful, and lovely reflections on the water. Then I noticed that you used a tripod. Nice view from Kobe!

carper (65350) 2006-06-02 11:27

a very nice one dan,
a good quality nigthshot, well composed, good taken shot, very good job.
gr. jaap

chaity (1539) 2006-06-04 11:34

Hi Dan, very nice night photo with crisp and colorful image. The horizon is slightly tilted and could be easily corrected.

oochappan (22032) 2006-06-05 4:19

A perfect nightview Dan over the water with the colored reflections of these buildings having pleasant curving forms, the water smmoth by long exposure and no grains in the dark. Excellent.
greetings from Henk

Tue (25608) 2006-06-05 8:40

Hej Dan,
A great shot of Kobe! The reflections in the water are beautiful. I also like the three buildings with three different colours. Very good work!
Hilsen,
Lars

jrj (34779) 2006-06-06 6:00

Hi Dan
Not only a well made night shot - but most interesting with the grand variation of colours from building to building. Good capture with top management of the light.

jmdaoudal (82) 2006-06-07 3:38

There is a very funny effect with the building at right.; The whole is well composed with teh help of architects and colors, I like it
very much.
jean Michel

coco (27978) 2006-06-07 17:12

Wow, Dan.
This one is a very good panoramic view. And also a good night shot.
The colours and the reflections work very well in the photo.

Thanks for share.

tropicalrips (0) 2006-06-10 12:08

lovely lights here Dan :)
well composed photo

rajhema (1867) 2006-06-26 13:22

I love night shots. You did a great job here. Perfect exposure. Cheers
Rajesh