Project Hong Kong (I): Stills

Pushcart lady still around in Hong Kong's restaurants, but a lot rarer nowadays...

A tailor in Hong Kong that I went to to get my shirt made. 

One of those shops selling incense and other things you would need when you pay your respects to the deceased.

They even have roast chicken and alcohol.

Random construction in progress. Bamboo structures are quite rare nowadays due to safety regulations, but it is still very common in Hong Kong.

Causeway Bay

Wet market near where I stayed.

One of those 茶餐厅s that Hongkongers like to patronise. 

The Big Buddha at Lantau Island

Random spider I came across in Lantau Island, it was about the size of my palm... 

The Mui Wo Jetty as I took the ferry back to Central.  

Similar to the ferry I was on, from which I took this shot. 

Hong Kong cityscapes.

Spotted this lady who was still running a Nikon film camera. 

The ferry terminal for the Star Ferry off Central.

Huge construction project going on near the International Finance Centre (IFC). 

The IFC.

Trimming trees the manly way in Stanley.

Stanley. This was the shot I was trying to get before a huge wave crashed into the rock I was standing on and soaked half of me and a bit of the camera ):

Two girls studying, with the Blake Pier in the distance 

Spotted a fashion shoot nearby (also in Stanley) so I decided to stick around. The photographer wasn't too pleased though. ):

The Murray House in the background, taken from the Blake Pier. 

Fishing at Blake Pier

A Walk To Remember

So I started a new account on Picasa Web Albums since my Flickr is running out of space and I'm too cheapo to pay for a Pro account (at this moment at least)

After lunch with my friends I decided that I needed some alone time, so I took a slow walk down Orchard Road and trying to find interesting things on a hot Saturday afternoon.

Imagine my surprise when I saw treasures on those dustbins that gave new meaning to the phrase "One man's trash is another man's treasure".

 
Smoking really brings you closer to the edge doesn't it?

 

Mother's Day is tomorrow - I wonder who threw this away really. I didn't even have to arrange anything it just looked so desolate there, and it reminded me of the unfortunate incident in the SAF yesterday and the life lost...

It still is my favourite shot of the series though.

 


Our President shows up to lend his weight to the local busking scene.





Saw this publicity event where they played Bollywood music and many kids danced to it.





Another of those enthusiastic kids who looked like they were really enjoying themselves... I suspect they had been dancing for the whole day already, many proud parents were armed with their cameras and camcorders recording their children's moment of glory.



 It had been a while since I went out by myself - just my camera and me, so I guess I'm glad I got some shots that I liked.

Botanic Gardens

So a long time back I took a walk in Botanic Gardens, but never had the time to actually edit and pick out the better photos, so this post is approximately... 1 and a half months overdue ;_;






The shot above is easily my favourite out of the lot haha (f/5.0, 135mm, ISO 100)








Just wanted to play with lens flare a bit, but it turned out average =\


Love how it ruffles its feathers haha


There were many couples taking their wedding shoots at the Gardens, but I just happened to grab this shot which had all the nice colours of the balloons and the gown, which made me really happy!


Taken with flash because the foliage was too dark, so it turned out kind of unnatural... Focus seems to be a bit off too, but still an elusive butterfly!







Accidentally deleted my NEF file for the following picture so I'm left with the DNG and JPG versions, how careless could I get. Sigh.


In other news, my Flickr limit of 200 is almost used up, and I still have no idea how to work Picasa because I only know that it organises the pictures on my hard drive but not how I can use it to upload files onto a server... Definitely running out of ideas, suggestions? Maybe Tumblr or Deviantart but I've never tried those out before =s