Skyline layering: Three levels of brightness for far, middle, and near

Night view of a city from a high vantage point, where the building clusters show three distinct levels of brightness according to distance: foreground buildings have clear details, discernible materials, distinct window grids, and the highest brightness; middle-ground buildings are reduced to the interplay of light and shadow of their volumes and large areas of window light, with details beginning to disappear; background buildings dissolve into the atmosphere, leaving only blurred silhouettes and glowing color blocks. There is visible atmospheric perspective between the three layers, becoming bluer and lower in contrast further away. The sky at the very top is deep blue, tinted orange-brown by city lights near the horizon. Avoid: depicting background as clearly as foreground, eliminating atmospheric perspective, making the entire scene uniformly bright, adding exaggerated light beams.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

從高處俯瞰的城市夜景,建築群依距離呈現三個明確的亮度層級:前景的建築細節清楚、材料可辨、窗格分明、亮度最高;中景的建築只剩下量體的明暗關係與成片的窗光,細節開始消失;遠景的建築溶進大氣中,只剩下模糊的輪廓與泛著光暈的色塊。三個層次之間有可見的空氣透視,越遠越偏藍、越低對比。天空在最上方是深藍,靠近地平線處被城市的光染成橘褐色。避免:把遠景畫得跟前景一樣清晰、消除空氣透視、讓整個畫面亮度一致、加入誇張的光束。