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2 August 2015

I finished lunch early and wandered around outside. I noticed down the road a house being built so off I went.

My only regret afterward was that maybe I should have used my Nikon D750 with 24mp rather than the D3s which only has 12mp. Then I could have had more detail when cropped . However the D3s and the telephoto lens is very well balanced and great to hold steady especially when shooting fast in the excitement of the scene. Do I sacrifice the increased chance of camera shake for more pixels?

The subjects were heavily back lit with the sky in the background. This is where fill in flash or reflectors are useful. Obviously impractical in this situation so I had to expose for the shadows. The Nikon 70-200mm f4 is a very sharp lens but more importantly great flare control with the lens coating. This is what separates the “Men from the Boys” when it comes to deciding whether to buy a budget lens or professional level- sharp wide open and resistant to lens flare. VR helps a lot too.

House Construction

1. 17 Jan 2015 Nikon D3s iso400 24mm f4.8 1/125sec Nikon 24-70mm f2.8

House Construction

2. iso400 48mm f4.8 1/125sec

House Construction

3. iso 400 200mm f4.8 1/180sec Nikon 70-200 f4

House Construction

4. iso 400 200mm f4.8 1/180sec

House Construction

5. iso 400 200mm f4.8 1/125sec

For your interest…..

Peter Leung

Peter, photographing an out house

1 August 2015

I met Peter on the tour to the the Rice Terraces in China.

My first words to him was “do you speak Engrish?”

Joking aside we found we had so much in common.

Things like beautiful wives, love of chinese street food, previously employed by HK Govt, and the same camera!

Anyone who owns a Fuji 5s pro can’t be that bad……. In fact nowadays unless you are an old timer you wouldn’t have heard of the Fuji ! Peter was surprised I even knew about his camera. Peter was fanatical about sharpness and his pixels. He uses a tripod for most of his work and enjoys recording nature.

We were showing each other photos stored on our cell phones (as photographers do) – its a bit like I’ll show you mine if you show me yours……. Or, if you are showing off to a non photographer they always say “did you really take these shots with your cell phone? ” Yeh I reply my HTC is really that good….

Anyway I enjoyed looking at these folllowing images that Peter showed me.

The student protest movement and the camping with tents in Central especially. The contrast of the small tents with the tall buildings in the background along with the HK flag next to the Chinese flag was very symbolic to me.

Apparently Peter did not even have my interpretation in mind when he took the shot…..