Going to Work and Back

^Going to work after the CNY is very stressful because one has been already too exhausted to keep the mind alert.

The hectic days of the Chinese New Year are not over yet while the working people returned to their workplaces today after the long weekend. Usually, the CNY ceremonial visits will go on until two weeks after the new year day.
^Echoing the first image.

I am really looking forward to the seventh day of the CNY for the chance to see lion dances in the business districts. Lion dances will be staged to inaugurate the new year for the businesses who normally take the seventh day as the time to resume the daily normality: making money.
^Checking out what the words on the clothes say is a great way of amusement on the road.

If you are in town, be sure to bring your camera then. Wander around the big malls to look out for the lion dances. Otherwise, you may call their building management offices to ask if and when such dances will be staged. The Langham Place which is accessible via a Mongkok MTR exit can be one of your choices. I saw the lion dance there last year around 5 to 6 o'clock.
^I wonder how well or badly the G11 sells. But lots of the Mainland Chinese comrades visiting Hong Kong use the G11, while many local young boys and girls use the GF-1 for shooting anything and everything that you will simply skip. The new pink GF-1 is ugly, but suits the market.

It's a long day. Back from work, I'm still working on the GXR final remarks.

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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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