Selected Excellence: Selling Seafood

(The point of interest is the sort of mirrored images of the two heads as the foreground leading to the focal point, which is the fisherman on the junk selling seafood. The photo would be even more intriguing if the fisherman had looked up. But the picture is good in its own right. Well done, Chris)

Again, Christopher Guy sent us some photos he had taken on his Sai Kung trip. The one posted above is a very interesting photo. Chris uses a LX3 and the images looks undoubtedly crisper than those of GX200.

As the shoot was not planned, any photographer could not afford a missed chance by waiting for the decisive moment to press the camera shutter. So Guy certainly did a great shot in terms of the composition.

Of course,no photo is without room for improvement. With the benefit of hindsight, the connection of the subjects in the photo will be better with the fisherman facing towards the lens. And if the camera could be pointed from further over the heads, the viewers may probably see the woman on the right holding money in her fist, adding a additional dimension to the story of the scene. But of course, these are all arm-chaired advice. Surely, Guy had all these in mind or the circumstances prevented him from implementing some better ideas for the photos.

(Junks along the pier in Sai Kung Town)

Guy wrote that he told the photos in the Sai Kung main town. Sai Kung is not only a great place to go on a photographic trip when you visit Hong Kong. It is actually dubbed the "Leisure Garden of Hong Kong" because it is where most of the scenic primitive countryside parks sit astride the hills, mountains and waters.

Sai Kung Town began its development as a market place about a hundred years ago when the area became a convenient gathering place for fishermen and villagers. Nowadays, Sai Kung Town is a mecca for seafood lovers, locals and tourist alike. On summer nights, a lot of people hire Kaitos or Sampan to catch cuttle-fish, a popular pastime for local residents.

(A fisherman delivers the seafood
to customers ashore)

Visitors can easily hire sampans and junks for leisurely trips through the beautiful island-dotted inland sea of Port Shelter or stroll around the regional market center of Sai Kung Town. You may wish to explore the back lanes, feast on seafood, visit the Tin Hau Temple and enjoy different delicacies at western style pubs and restaurants.

The hiking trails on the ridges fronting the beautiful Sai Kung sea are definitely highly recommended. A great number of Japanese hikers haing organised regular hiking trips said that they were highly impressed by the scenic trails. I hiked in Sia Kung for a couple of times and can testify to their impression.

Again, thank you, Chris

(Published with courtesy and copyright of Chris Guy)

A Real Hero

(Grip On Reality: This photo was taken on my way to work. I was walking past trucks parking on a cul-de-sac when the ropes caught my attention. The light was right, the colour was right and the criss-crossing pattern was perfect and I held up my GX200. People passing by checked me out and wondered what could be made out of such a boring scene. To me, the fun in photography is that the photographer makes something interesting out of what is not obvious to most at the scene. The ropes tied in knots somehow reminded people I know who are in the grip of the recession) You must have also known a friend or two, or even yourself, being baffled by the spiral downturn of the economy. Bank went bankrupt and the rich was faced with a shrinking wealth. A friend of mine has just had his salary cut by over 10% and some of his colleagues started to be shed. But, wait. Was this done really for the sake of continuing the business? Or is there a factor or greed in it? I wonder whether the

New Low Prices

The window shopping some hours ago has almost provoked my AgIDS illness. Just in case you’re in Hong Kong or are coming here, and have the money to burn (All in HK$/ body only): GX200 = $3,280 GRD2 = $3,380 LX3 = $3,180 G10 = $3,280 Prices are available form a gear shop on the 1st floor of the Mongkok Computer Centre. Besides these new low prices, I found that Wing Shing Photo (55-57Sai Yeung Choi St., MK Tel: 2396 6886/ 91-95 Fa Yuen St., MK Tel: 2396 6885) is offering a Sony A700 + Carl Zeiss Lens package for HK$9,980 (hopefully, a bargain will make it some hundreds cheaper).

Eye Contact

(Leica D-lux 5) The digital era may make it easier to end up with fave shots. Even lousy photos may be turned likable after a few clicks in the post-processing workflow. But if digital advancement or amendments have any bearing on the cultivation of personal style, no photographers will need to discover his or her own photographer’s eye. Undoutedly, this is out of the question. Only with a trained photographer’s eye can we give a thinking gaze and capture an eternal moment, in our unique style. Style is the soul of a great photo. A few posts have been written in GXG to touch on the topic of photographer’s eye. Instead of finding an answer, which would require academic discussions, the posts are intended to give my general reflections and spark interests in moving towards further exploration of the topic. The posts can be viewed after the links: 1) Photographer's Eye: Storytelling 2) Photographer's Eye: Little Show of Observing 3) Photographer's Eye: Sight-Worthy 4

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