Be Still, Busyness

^I like the wide perspective of this image with the blurry motions of passers-by.

The incessant preparations for the Christmas Party and presents have been going on for some time. What a paradox we are so busy preparing for a festival of peace!

As usual, I carried my camera around to the shopping, with the 19mm wide converter attached to it. If you are using a camera with the possibility to add on a wide converter like my 19mm one, I'll surely recommend you to go for one. It'll afford the images what I think a penetrating perspective into the scenes.

^Decorating the street is a character from the book of a famous Taiwan Cartoonist Jimmy.

At the same time, I looked for scenes to shot some photos about Christmas decorations for the monthly photo contest organised by ricohforum. Oh, if Hong Kong is the hub of anything, it is first and foremost the hub of Christmas decorations.

So despite the busyness, it is a season of peace. But if you are doing shopping, thinking about what food and presents to buy while looking out for a good scene for a proper photo for a contest, you'll very likely ending up in a fight with the one doing the shopping with you.

So I put down the camera and tried to have peace.

^A giant rabbit character from the works of the same cartoonist.

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A Real Hero

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Eye Contact

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