Chris Bing – Page 2

July 2025

These images were taken in Hong Kong during March/April 2024

I am still practicing my street craft, spending the days walking the streets of Hong Kong with one camera and one lens. Nikon D780 and a Nikon 35mm f 1.8. Who needs a Leica or a Fuji X100VI ? And my battery lasts longer, over 2 days with the camera constantly on. Long live the DSLR!

On Sundays the Indonesian domestic helpers have their day off . Many congregate on the pedestrian walkways to the MTR stations. This is the Mongkok East station. I was intrigued by this beautiful white attire this lady was wearing. She looked like an angel. So I played around in Lightroom to emphasize the effect. This probably breaks the rules in street photography with over manipulation of the image.

Travel Portraits 3

July 2025

These images were taken in Yunnan province China January 2015.

The Portrait of the construction worker is my favourite. It is not often you have a background like in a photostudio with a white sheet behind your subject. This image reflects the harshness of his work and his stoic adaptation to the job. The style of the image replicates one of my favourite artists Michael Ponder.

Nikon D3S-iso400-200mm-f4.8-1/125sec-Nikon70-200f4

Photography gear talk

Its amazing what images I can get from the Nikon D3S as it only has a sensor of 12 MP. After I took the shots I regretted not changing to my D750 which would give me more information on cropping as it has a 24MP sensor. However being a lighter camera and not as well balanced with the 200mm zoom I might have ruined the shot with camera shake. Also all this was taken in less than 5 minutes as the bus was leaving after lunch. So the best camera you have is the one in your hand. Also all the lens tests talk about maximum resolution and sharpness. This obviously is very important, but I feel we do not place enough emphasis on the coatings and flare control. If I used a lens with less multicoatings, the details on the mans face would be washed out with glare. You can boast about the vintage lenses and they may be sharp but can they handle strong backlight?

Nikon D750-iso200-70mm-f19-1/125sec-Nikon24-70f2.8

Nikon D3S-iso800-28mm-f6.7-1/250secNikon24-70f2.8

NikonD3S-iso800-70mm-f4.8-1/250sec-Nikon24-70f2.8

NikonD3S-iso6400-56mm-f2.8-1/30sec-Nikon24-70f2.8

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