Author: rainbow

20 April 2019

What do I do when I’m in Holiday in my second most favourite city in the world?

Shopping in Apliu St ( usb-c cables, memory cards , China made photo accessories)

Eating all my favourite foods (1000 year old eggs, preverved sausage rice hotpots , shanghai food, roast pidgeon)

Street Photography- Only because I’ve done my shopping for the day and I’m holding my camera with time to spare…

The G9 is a great camera for street photography.

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2.    Mongkok

6 Jan 2019    G9    iso1600    12mm    f3.5    1/50sec

3. Moko shopping centre Mong kok

4. Newspaper stand outside Admiralty, HK Island

12 Jan 2019    G9   iso 3200    29mm    f5.6    1/160sec

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8. New Territories walk , Plover Cove

Wu Kau Tang to Lai Chi Wo   Sally and Wendy in background

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20 April 2019

I have always enjoyed visiting the Tai O fishing village on Lantau Island.

In the old days it was only accessible by ferry but with the new Airport we can take the bus there as well.

The main business of Tai O now is catering for weekend visitors and selling dried fish. The village has so much character and I always wanted to stay there overnight to capture the Sunrise and Sunset. Most times in the past we had to rush to get the ferry home.

I discovered on Booking .com a B&B place called Espace Elastique . The host Veronica was very helpful and served a wonderful european breakfast. She was born on Hong Kong Island but her ancestry is closely tied to Tai O. She also spent  alot of her life in Finland. I do recommend people stay there to experience the island life and enjoy a lovely stay.

Anyway she lamented how difficult it was to run a business as there were few younger people around and her present helper was approcaching retirement age.

Indeed walking around the island all I saw was the shopkeepers, old people and their domestic help. This was an island of old people. Hopefully my B&W image reflects the demographics.

I think the HK Govt needs to have plans to rejuvenate the island as it is such an asset to the history and the tourism sector. Veronica isn’t  holding out much hope…..

1.    18 Jan 2019    G9    iso400    23mm    f3.6  1/60sec

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20.April 2019

I don’t usually go for those “ärtistic” blurry shots especialy the zooming in or out shots.

I prefer sharpness. I didn’t spend all that money on expensive lenses to get unsharp shots. And I don’t have any soft focus filters in my kit as well.

But sometimes blur can be used to express motion or time as you can see in my present photos.

Those eagle eyed photo equipment people may have noticed I’m using a new camera now and a different sensor system. The smaller sensor size (micro 4/3rds) is now my default camera system which I take with me everywhere. Previous to that it was the 1 inch sensor (Canon G5X) which I have used in previous blogs (2 May 2016).

The  Panasonic G9 is a very competent camera  considering the sensor limitations compared to a full frame camera.

 At times I consider the G9 my  mini Nikon D3 for its high speed capabilities and construction.

It also has dual stabilisers, one in the lens and one in the body. This enables me to hand hold the camera  for a time considered impossible without a tripod. I can produce a sharp shot at only a half second exposure ! Previously my handholding shots were around 1/60sec as I suffer camera shake (don’t tell my patients!). So in a busy Mong Kok street with no time to set up a tripod (I didn’t have one anyway) I managed to capture motion but keep the main subject sharp-using technology to increase artistic expression.

1.    Kyoto  It was in a very dark suburban street. Note aperture and shutter speed.

1 Jan 2019   G9    iso1600    15mm    f1.7    1/6sec    Leica DG 15mm f1.7

2. Mong Kok

6 Jan 2019    G9    iso200    12mm    f11  0.6 sec

3.    14 Jan 2019    G9    iso200    12mm    f22    0.6sec

4.    Shanghai St

16 Jan 2019    G9    iso200    19mm    f7.1    1/5sec

5. Cross Harbour Tunnel Hong Kong

16 Jan 2019    iso200    60mm    f22    1.3sec