• Sutter speed of 0.8: to capture the motions of the fast moving cars while bending light to create an visually appealing scene.
• Slightly low tone: to make the lights stand out and become the focus of the scene.
• Crosswalk in front: The white stripes of the crosswalk lead your eyes into the busy street scene.
• Tall buildings all around: The buildings are tall and close together, making the street feel busy and crowded.

• Slow shutter speed: Used to capture the motion of the vehicles, creating light trails that streak across the foreground.
• Vibrant and varied colors: The numerous neon signs and displays create a vibrant, chaotic, and eye-catching scene with a wide range of colors.
• Low Angle Shot: The photo is taken at ground level, looking up at the buildings, which emphasizes their height and the density of the urban environment.
• Foreground White Zebra Crossing: The white zebra crossing leads the viewer’s eye into the image and provides a sense of depth.
• Asymmetrical Balance: The composition is not perfectly symmetrical, with a denser concentration of signs and lights on the left side, balanced by the Starbucks/Tsutaya building on the right.

• Crowd of people and low shuttle speed: There’s a big group of people walking, and they look blurry because of they’re motion; with one person, if you observed this picture closely, not moving, waiting for customers at the bottom right side.
• Lots of lights above: There are rows of lights hanging over the street, making it feel bright.
• Signs on the sides: The buildings have signs and advertisements, but they’re closer together and more packed in.
• The feel of crowdedness: The picture makes you feel like you’re walking down a busy, narrow street with lots of people around.

• Long exposure blurs the people: This makes the people walking look like fleeing motions and shows how busy the place is.
• Bright signs against the dark: The super bright signs really pop because the background is dark, which makes the picture more interesting to look at.
• Foreground crosswalk: The crosswalk in the front leads your eyes into the frame, making you feel like you’re there.
• Angle from the ground: The camera is low to the ground, making the buildings look taller and bigger than they are.
• Lots of different color contasts: All the signs have different colors that make the whole scene seem exciting and lively.
• The bright lights and the giant virtual cat on the wall creates a Blade Runner vibe.

• Red arch frames the street: The big red archway at the front acts like a frame around the street, making you look down the road.
• Bright signs stand out: All the bright, colorful signs on the buildings stand out really well because the sky is dark.
• People’s blurry motion: The people walking in the picture are a little blurry, which shows that they’re moving.
• The white hoodie in the center: The white color shirt and stationary person contrasts with the busy city and it’s neon signs.
• Leading lines into the distance: The street and buildings on the sides create lines that pull your eyes deeper into the picture, toward the back.

• Lights line the street: The street lights create leading lines on both sides to make you look further.
• Bright neon signs: All the bright, colorful signs on the buildings stand out really well because the dark sky and makes the blurry motions stand out.
• The black coated person in the center: having the same effect as the previous image, the stationary person in the center contrasts with the busy city.
• Lots of signs and details: The photo captured a ton of details with all the signs and people moving, making the scene feel busy and interesting.
• Straight down the street: The way the picture is framed, looking straight down the street, gives a sense of depth.

• Busy city: The way this photo is framed captures many tall, skinny signs packed together, it makes the street feel really full and busy.
• Godzilla on top of a building: There’s a giant Godzilla head on top of a building, which is the focal point of the image.
• Buildings create lines: The sides of the buildings act like lines that pull your eyes down the street.
• People’s blurry motions: The low shutter speed blurs the pedestrian’s motions and emphasizes the city’s busy atmosphere.
• Some parts are bright, some are dark: The bright signs contrast with the darker buildings, creating a cool effect.’

• Zebra stripes lead the way: The white stripes of the crosswalk pull your eyes into the picture.
• People look like apparitions: The people walking across the street are blurry, because of the camera’s low shutter speed.
• Don Quijote is the focus: The big, bright Don Quijote store sign is the main thing your eyes see.
• Lots of bright signs: There are many other signs on the buildings, making the scene very colorful and busy.
• Buildings on both sides: The buildings on the left and right frame the street and make it feel like you’re standing there.

• Blurred Figure: The motion blur was the product of a low shutter speed, capturing the movement of a person walking through the scene and conveying a sense of the city’s constant motion.
• Leading Lines of the Street/Sidewalk: The converging lines of the street and sidewalk draw the viewer’s eye into the depth of the image, creating perspective and guiding the gaze towards the background.
• Juxtaposition of Old and New: The image contrasts the gritty, industrial elements (pipes, bridge) with the modern, illuminated tower in the distance, adding a layer of visual interest and commentary on the urban environment.
• The building on the right also provides a new element Color Contrast: The warm tones of the streetlights and building signs provide a vibrant contrast to the cooler tones of the night sky and the blue tower, creating a visually appealing color palette.
• Layering and Depth: The composition uses layering of elements – the wall with graffiti, the train tracks, the buildings, and the distant tower – to create depth and give the image a sense of place within a complex urban landscape.

• Night scene exposure: I’ve balanced the exposure to capture both the bright neon signs and the darker street details, using a moderate, shutter speed, ISO and aperture setting.
• Leading lines: The street and sidewalk create strong diagonal lines that draw the viewer’s eye into the scene, enhancing depth and perspective.
• Rule of thirds: The McDonald’s building is placed near the intersection of thirds, creating a visually appealing focal point.
• Motion blur: A slightly slower shutter speed has been used to capture light trails from moving vehicles, adding dynamism to the image.
• Framing: The buildings and signage create a natural frame around the central street scene, focusing attention on the bustling urban environment.