Tag: Hong Kong

 
 
Shooting Flashless at the Aquarium

Shooting Flashless at the Aquarium

When Donna and I were in Hong Kong, we took a ferry from Kowloon Bay to Hong Kong Island to visit a water park. While there, I had an opportunity to try some painfully low light photography at one of the aquarium attractions. The aquarium had several viewing levels that progressively got lower. The shot [...]

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| October 30, 2010 | 2 Comments
Tian Tan Buddha at Po Lin Monastery

Tian Tan Buddha at Po Lin Monastery

It may not look like it but the giant Buddha pictured here is 112 feet tall, weighs a half-million pounds and cost upwards of $68 million to build. I had to race up hundreds of stairs with my camera gear in tow in oppressive humidity to get this shot. As you can see the sun [...]

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| October 20, 2010 | 4 Comments
Pick your Fish at Po Toi O

Pick your Fish at Po Toi O

After buzzing around the Hong Kong area all day with my friend Alex we made our way to the Clear Water Peninsula in Sai Kung for a dose of messy Chinese food for dinner. I did not call it that, my local friend Alex did. If you check out the Chinese opera post a few [...]

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| October 2, 2010 | 4 Comments
Tales from the Road – Chinese Opera at Po Toi O

Tales from the Road – Chinese Opera at Po Toi O

The people sitting below the brightly lit sign in the shot above are watching Chinese opera in a bamboo tent! My friend Alex, who has lived in Hong Kong since childhood said that the community of the Po Toi O hosted the production. Po Toi O is a small fishing village at the southern edge of [...]

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| September 20, 2010 | 0 Comments
Tales from the Road – Junk in Hong Kong Harbor

Tales from the Road – Junk in Hong Kong Harbor

It is unbelievably hot and humid in Hong Kong today so am glad we did not have any plans to go out for a long sight seeing excursion. I shot this during the brief period we went out this afternoon. There aren’t many of these junk boats in the Hong Kong Harbor anymore. This one, [...]

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| September 19, 2010 | 3 Comments
Tales from the Road – Hong Kong Harbor

Tales from the Road – Hong Kong Harbor

After getting getting my business done in China over the past few days, Donna and I made our way over to Hong Kong Island this evening. The goal was to get sunset and twilight shots of Hong Kong Harbor from the Peak Sky Terrace. After a short tram ride to the Terrace, we staked out [...]

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| September 17, 2010 | 4 Comments

The ADNW Painting Challenge