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Splash, Splatter, Sprinkle

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This is a public holiday in Hong Kong.  I went to this kids' paradise in Tung Chung, a gateway town sitting next to the international airport island (Note: Taking about the airport, I have just heard that there is a confirmed case of the H1N1 swine flu.  The infected person is a Mexican.  I have yet to watch the news after this).

A big crowd gathering around a fountain place heaved into sight when I walked towards the railway station. Initially I thought to myself that there must be a performance by some busker.  I was wrong.

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It was the kids playing in the fountain place which drew the crowd to watch and take photos, now including me.

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This fleshy boy played like crazy (above).

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And when the splashes paused, he simply rolled on the floor (below).  His parents were very likely not around because the usual Chinese parents would be alarmed by the dirty act and intervened to stop him.

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Then the fountain started up again and some expats unleashed their kids to join in the water party.
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There were two things that concerns me when taking these pictures.  First, it was the wate splashes which could easily get into the lens and camera with the blowing of the wind.  It is rather windy in Tung Chung because the town is actually at a seaside location.

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The second concern was how I could capture the atmosphere.  I had two way to tickle this.  The MY1 mode of the Gx200 is set to exactly the same of the manual mode, except for the MY1 being at 72mm and the manual mode at 24mm.  The MY1 mode also uses the infinite focus, which is different from the manual mode's.  These settings afford me a quick swift from one focal length to another to capture the decisive moment.

Of course, for most of the time I kneeled on the floor which brought the frame from the eye level of the spectating adults to that of the partying kids.  This gave a sense of being there instead of being away.

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At the end of a session, one of kids asked her parents,"Dad, why don't the adults come and join us?"

That was a very good question.  Adults are boring people, aren't we?  We just watched or took pictures.

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Anyway, I enjoyed taking photos of the kids.  Well, I admitted that it was very tempting to go in the fountain place.

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I took some photos of these little twin girls before I left for the railway station, smiling to myself how good it was to be kids.

Comments

Marco said…
Kids love these water places and the pictures show this very well.
Nevin said…
Yes, the kids were like crazy there. Watching them playing is the best thing to kill time too.

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