Capturing Shanghai's Complexity: A Street Shoot Using Time Blending

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If you were to photograph Shanghai's cityscape, how would you do it?

In my eyes, the charm of Shanghai lies in its scale, precision and complexity — here, modern Western glass towers collide with traditional Eastern streets and alleys, and all kinds of people meet, giving birth to many magical scenes.

So for this street shoot, I tried to use techniques such as time blending — both in capture and in post — to convey the spatial structure and complexity of a great metropolis.

What do you think of the final image below? Feel free to share your views, thoughts and suggestions in the comments!

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