Posted by Kelly Photography (Tokyo, Japan) on 25 January 2007 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Yesterdays post was of Melbourne city and if you just turned around and looked east you would see todays picture. This is the Crown Casino it's a great place to go and watch people lose money if your a sadistic fellow like myself.
Being a Casino I guess they have to have a reputation of having a whole bunch of cash. So ever hour to show how they can burn money they have a huge cigarette show....every hour. I'm not sure if they've cut down recently but lets hope they have.
Supposedly one of these flame throwers during one show burns up enough gas to run one house for a year. Lucky they're not run of petrol huh!!
Enjoy the lightshow...it's super over exposed to give a super powerful kung fu impact. Too much?? what do you think??
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Excellent composition. The inclusion of the pedestrians lends scale, and draws the viewer into the image.
Cheers.
25 Jan 2007 12:16am
I'm not the biggest fan of Crown but you've captured it nicely here - along with its excesses. I can't believe they still do this during summer, a little overkill no? I think the exposure works here, it definitely is a kung-fu moment when they go off so the strong colours and saturation are put to good use here. Nicely taken mate.
25 Jan 2007 7:04am
Looks great, but I agree very wasteful.
25 Jan 2007 7:49am
Great exposure!
25 Jan 2007 10:11am
Awesome shot! The colors are amazing, I like the composition.
25 Jan 2007 10:34am
Impressive one!
25 Jan 2007 3:53pm
Send some that our way - its minus 20 degrees here!
25 Jan 2007 4:46pm
Wow! Looks like a scene from Bladerunner! Must be the Tyrell bldg in the background! Great composition here Kelly, and the overexp does create an impact. Really well done!
25 Jan 2007 10:09pm
bloody hell. I cant believe they actually do this at all. One day some suicidla nutters going to bring suction cups and scale one of 'em. It'll all end in tears. As for the petrol consumption, aaarrrggghhh! dont get me started!
26 Jan 2007 7:24am
Impressive capture, but such a waste of resources I believe! Nice shot.
26 Jan 2007 7:12pm
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