peterm1
Veteran
The following are products of a recent trip to Kowloon - Hong Kong. Shot with a combination of Leica M8 and Canon G11.
More here if interested but lets see your travels in this neck of the woods.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/life_in_shadows/sets/72157625302258709/
More here if interested but lets see your travels in this neck of the woods.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/life_in_shadows/sets/72157625302258709/
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JayC
5 kids,3 dogs,only 1 wife
I will be in Kowloon on the 18th-20th of December. It is where we are flying out of after 17 days in Guangzhou. These pics of your are great.
Jay
Jay
JayC
5 kids,3 dogs,only 1 wife
PS: What was your lens line up? I was going to take my m6 with 21 and 35 as well as a mamiya 7 with a 65. My g7 was to be the needed digital. Well I just received a Panasonic GF1 with the 20mm lens. Now I am thinking of just taking that and the Mamiya....
peterm1
Veteran
JayC Thanks.
I just took a 35mm, a 50mm and a 75mm (the first being Leica Summicrons and the latter a Voigtlander). I prefer slightly longer lenses but I am sure your wider lenses would come in useful in the crowded situations you find on the streets. I found that things were so fast moving I often ended up shooting with the G11 in any event as it was just easier. It also handled night time shooting well. But I also missed some shots due to the shutter lag. So swings and round-abouts!
I stayed in a hotel (MetroPark on Waterloo Road) near Mongok. which is up above Tsim Sha Tsui where many of the tourist shops are located on and around Nathan Road. Mongkok is more "real life".
My advice to any photographer is seek out places like Mong Kok for street shooting as the streets are totally busy from about 11.00am to 11.00pm and provide great photo ops. If you are buying stuff you will also tend to get better prices here too although inevitably the best prices tend to be found on eBay. I found the people to be orderly and quiet and the streets clean. Apart from myself and the friend I was traveling with I never saw anyone drunk and the streets are safe at all hours. Best of all in places away from Tsim Sha Tsui you will not get continually hassled by touts trying to sell you copy watches and cheap suits as they do along Nathan Road. (Honest to God they are like mosquitos and will not leave you alone. I felt like buying a T shirt labeled "No I do not want an effing copy watch or cheap tat suit " But I suppose that;s small downside for an otherwise great location.
The other area for photographers of course is the esplanade along the shore overlooking HK Island where you will get great shots of Victoria Harbor.But bring a longer lens for better shots. Perhaps the best way of getting great shots is to the pay the HK$3.00 (about $0.40 Australian) and go on a Star Ferry across the harbor. Its the best $0.40 I have spent in my life.
I also spent a bit of time poking my nose into alleyways behind the main thoroughfares as I found this was a good way to find interesting shots too.
Oh and by the way if you are so inclined go to The Peninsula hotel for "high tea". You will be able to take some interesting photos of people indulging in an old and rather quaint but nice tradition and get to soak up the ambiance of one of the world's great hotels - all for about $30.00 Australian or US. But get there around 1.30pm as it starts at 2.00pm by which time there is invariably a line up of 20-30 people making for a potentially long wait.
Enjoy your stay.
I just took a 35mm, a 50mm and a 75mm (the first being Leica Summicrons and the latter a Voigtlander). I prefer slightly longer lenses but I am sure your wider lenses would come in useful in the crowded situations you find on the streets. I found that things were so fast moving I often ended up shooting with the G11 in any event as it was just easier. It also handled night time shooting well. But I also missed some shots due to the shutter lag. So swings and round-abouts!
I stayed in a hotel (MetroPark on Waterloo Road) near Mongok. which is up above Tsim Sha Tsui where many of the tourist shops are located on and around Nathan Road. Mongkok is more "real life".
My advice to any photographer is seek out places like Mong Kok for street shooting as the streets are totally busy from about 11.00am to 11.00pm and provide great photo ops. If you are buying stuff you will also tend to get better prices here too although inevitably the best prices tend to be found on eBay. I found the people to be orderly and quiet and the streets clean. Apart from myself and the friend I was traveling with I never saw anyone drunk and the streets are safe at all hours. Best of all in places away from Tsim Sha Tsui you will not get continually hassled by touts trying to sell you copy watches and cheap suits as they do along Nathan Road. (Honest to God they are like mosquitos and will not leave you alone. I felt like buying a T shirt labeled "No I do not want an effing copy watch or cheap tat suit " But I suppose that;s small downside for an otherwise great location.
The other area for photographers of course is the esplanade along the shore overlooking HK Island where you will get great shots of Victoria Harbor.But bring a longer lens for better shots. Perhaps the best way of getting great shots is to the pay the HK$3.00 (about $0.40 Australian) and go on a Star Ferry across the harbor. Its the best $0.40 I have spent in my life.
I also spent a bit of time poking my nose into alleyways behind the main thoroughfares as I found this was a good way to find interesting shots too.
Oh and by the way if you are so inclined go to The Peninsula hotel for "high tea". You will be able to take some interesting photos of people indulging in an old and rather quaint but nice tradition and get to soak up the ambiance of one of the world's great hotels - all for about $30.00 Australian or US. But get there around 1.30pm as it starts at 2.00pm by which time there is invariably a line up of 20-30 people making for a potentially long wait.
Enjoy your stay.
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