Waterfront: Night View - Dark Water and Low Light

A waterfront at night. The water surface is completely black, reflecting only the city lights on the opposite bank and the navigation lights of one or two boats, casting long reflections. The nearby walkway is illuminated by low ground lights and hidden lights under the edge of the steps; the light is warm and falls only on the ground. Cranes and bollards are reduced to silhouettes in the dark. The sky still has some afterglow from the blue hour. The overall illumination is low, allowing stars and the opposite bank to be seen. Avoid: using floodlights to illuminate the water surface and structures, using high-pole wide-area lighting, adding colored and changing lights, making the waterfront brighter than the city on the opposite bank.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一段入夜後的水岸。水面完全是黑的,只映著對岸城市的燈與一兩艘船的航行燈,拉成長長的倒影;近處的步道由低矮的地燈與階梯下緣的藏光照亮,光是暖的、只落在地面上;起重機與繫船柱在暗處只剩剪影。天空還有一點藍調時刻的餘光。整體照度低,可以看到星星與對岸。避免:用投光燈打亮水面與遺構、使用高桿大範圍照明、加入彩色與變換的燈光、讓水岸比對岸城市還亮。