Hong Kong - Umbrella Revolution by Leica M3

[bence8810]

Hello folks,

Just finished processing my pictures from Hong Kong that I took while there for business between October 5-11. I had the whole sunday free which is when most of the pictures were taken and then some during the week in the evenings.

I used a single setup - Leica M3 with Summitar 50 f2 collapsible
Film was TMAX 100 in daylight and TMAX400 in the evenings. There was some overlap as I only had the one body but I kept it to the minimum.

I developed it all myself in TMAX Developer @ 24 Celsius and scanned with the Pakon F135+.

Some adjustments were done in Photoshop mainly for contrast and occasionally used the clone tool.

Hope you like them and please feel free to post yours if you have some from the Demonstrations.

Thanks,
Ben

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Protesters with sign on Nathan road by Mong Kok station by bence8810, on Flickr

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Recycling - Nathan Road - Mong Kok station by bence8810, on Flickr

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Students catching up with the latest news at Mong Kok station by bence8810, on Flickr

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Girl reading news by the Mong Kok station by bence8810, on Flickr

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Student by the Mong Kok station by bence8810, on Flickr

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Girl sleeping on a major road at Admiralty by bence8810, on Flickr

 

[Landberg]

Nice! Really nice!😉

 

[emmef2]

Nice pictures and thanks for sharing them

 

[Addy101]

I see you cloned out the person nicely, well done. Nice series, not a lot is happening though. The Chinese were wise letting the demonstrations run their course.

 

[bence8810]

I see you cloned out the person nicely, well done. Nice series, not a lot is happening though. The Chinese were wise letting the demonstrations run their course.

Not as nice as the one posted on the above mentioned thread but i wanted to use one that i myself did.

Will post more later...
Thanks,
Ben

 

[robert blu]

Interesting images and good B&W; thanks for sharing
robert

 

[sc_rufctr]

Great photos... And I was stressed the whole time. Thank fully all went well.

 

[bence8810]

Some more from the same event:

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Hong Kong - Demonstrator - We Love HK by bence8810, on Flickr

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Taking a break at the Mong Kok station by bence8810, on Flickr

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Student sleeping by the shade of an umbrella by bence8810, on Flickr

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Journalist interviewing a protester at Admiralty by bence8810, on Flickr

 

[Bill Clark]

Wonderful photographs.

Good decision to make use of some of your time making photographs of Hong
Kong.

Thanks for for the peek at your work.

 

[bence8810]

Thank you all for the kind words.

You can also see I am a rookie, have chopped a lot of legs through my shots in Hong Kong. I am relatively new to Photography / Very new to Film photography and brand spanking new for Range finder photography.

I like close up shots so I go in as far as I can which is usually 1meter with my old lens and I guess parallax comes into effect. I was very surprised to see most if not all my shots come short on the bottom end of the frame which results in missing feet. Quite very annoying.

I'll post more as I get to them.
Thanks,
Ben

 

[mingkookoo]

Great set Ben, thx for sharing 🙂

 

[bence8810]

Some more info:

I have shot 5 rolls all together, each 24 frames but I squeeze 26 from every roll and have a half - useless frame on 00 which I didn't manage to make use of yet with the M3 (can do 80% of the time with the Konica IIIa)

From the 130 images I kept about 50 and then did the post processing.
I've also taken shots that aren't really related to the Demonstrations just random images around Hong Kong, will happily post them at the end if there's interest.

Since shooting fim I really think twice before i click but of course I still click a little too often, which is something I hope to improve.

Anyways, hope you enjoy the images, here are a few extra for today:

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Protesters by Nathan road by Mong Kok station by bence8810, on Flickr

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Students taking a break at Admiralty by bence8810, on Flickr

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Student protester climbs the highway's dividing shoulder at Admiralty by bence8810, on Flickr

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A couple at Admiralty by bence8810, on Flickr

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Student at the closed off section of a highway by Admiralty by bence8810, on Flickr

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Very good film b/w!

 

[B.Toews]

#15 is a great portrait!

 

[Vics]

Well done. I like that they're done so simply - just the 50mm. Reminds me to simplify. Thanks for posting.

 

[robert blu]

Love these additional photos, N°8 and N°9 are special!
One camera, one lens and a good eye do really work!
robert

 

[bence8810]

Thank you for all the nice words!

Here are some more. I've noticed that a lot of people were just sitting around doing something, mostly reading / studying or following social media for news etc. It was quite very unique seeing these otherwise bustling main roads and highways being completely shut off from traffic and people sleeping / sitting / walking around on them. The next few photos are of people who just sat there by themselves doing something.

Hope you enjoy it!

Ben

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Student reading a book at Admiralty by bence8810, on Flickr

17. (this girl was actually drawing a sketch of a man who was on top of a bridge and threatening police to jump. He was an anti-demonstrations protester saying his kids can't go to school because of all the interruptions to transportation. The students told me they thought such a person must have been hired by the government indirectly to add something negative towards the demonstrations)



Girl drawing a sketch of a man who is threatening police of jumping off the top of a bridge by Admiralty by bence8810, on Flickr

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Protester at Admiralty by bence8810, on Flickr

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Reading Facebook sitting on Nathan road by Mong Kok station by bence8810, on Flickr

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Student reads a book by the divider on a highway off Admiralty by bence8810, on Flickr

 

[bence8810]

Earlier I posted people just sitting around, now I'll post some doing things.

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Fixing a banner at Nathan road by Mong Kok station by bence8810, on Flickr

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Protester at Nathan road by Mong Kok station by bence8810, on Flickr

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Policeman at Nathan road by Mong Kok station by bence8810, on Flickr

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Democracy classroom on Nathan road by Mong Kok station by bence8810, on Flickr

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Student fastens a banner by bence8810, on Flickr

 

[bence8810]

...and some more!

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Where has my dream city gone by bence8810, on Flickr

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Protesters taking a break by bence8810, on Flickr

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Student studies by the highway at Admiralty by bence8810, on Flickr

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Old man sleeps on a highway by Admiralty by bence8810, on Flickr

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Locals chat at Admiralty on the highway by bence8810, on Flickr

 

[gilpen123]

Nice set and very good B/W processing.