Wide-angle A partial skyline is revealed under the sunset. Zoom Multi layers of pipes and wires show the complexity of a plain rooftop. Focus Details as hardware can sometimes stand out. Crop Without foundations and references, how could people tell the difference between fantasy and reality? Bird’s eye / aerial The height ­of the city has never been that solid and clear until I stood on the rooftop of a 28-story building. There is a strong feeling of isolation, from the crowd as well as the grounded reality. Due to security reasons, the rooftop is rarely visited by residents.

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Wide-angle: The sloped transition to an ethereal corridor coincides in a junction with the concrete in-between space for tobacco addicts.   Alleyway is……  I simply perceived this territorial chasm in modern day Hong Kong as an ugly brainchild of stringent building ordinances. I saw alleyway as a voiceless existence in this dynamic global city, a spillover space that conceives nothing but shadow and fumes. Alleyway, historically being a place for local trade and interaction, has fallen into an abyss of neglect. It is severed from the rest of the community, only physically being adjacent. Alleyway is dead. But this particular L-shaped

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Wide Angle. Zoom. Focus. Crop. Bird’s Eye / Aerial. Worm’s Eye. This picture is very much about the ‘unknown’: there is no clue given as to where the ladder is leading, or what exactly is on the other side. The viewer is reaching up and outwards, in this makeshift tunnel (highlighted by the cyclical imagery surrounding the ladder), from underground, and landing into something open and vast. The use of this technique really enhances the emptiness of the sky, almost evoking a feeling of vulnerability from the uncertainty. The viewer goes from being encompassed to completely bare. First Person View.

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Wide-Angle The use of the “panorama” feature accentuates the wide-angle look on this photo and allows the illusion of a “sweeping glance” of the view from the rooftop 2. Zoom The use of zoom in this photo mimics the technique used in “Infernal Affairs” where the reflection in architecture is used to focus on people. 3. Focus This image places the blue circular building heavily into focus as it differs from the surrounding buildings immensely. 4. Crop In this image, the “crop” technique was used to highlight office life that can be seen in other buildings. 5. Bird’s Eye This

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Wide-angle. Two roads in different directions are shown in this photo, covering a wide range of angle at this district. Zoom. This photo shows a corner of the market by zooming into one of the small fruit stores. Focus. The bird is focused, and to highlight it, the background is blurred and not in the same color as its. Crop. The wall and column of the vegetable store cropped a piece of streetview in the market. Bird’s eye/aerial. This photo imitates what a bird looking down could see when it is flying across buildings and streets. Worm’s eye. This photo

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Below are sights from the alleyways near Mongkok ( MTR exit D3) and also the alleyways near the Temple Street in Jordon. Wide Angle Zoom Focus Crop Aerial Worm’s eye First Person View Skewed Angle Perspective View Frame Series Contrast                                       By Wu Emily Mei Chang (3035611705)