The following photos were done during the shootout with Cristi, a Ricoh camera user from London. He lent me his GRD which was set to the B&W setting at ISO 1600. As a GX200 user, I found myself fumbling for the zoom button without success. As I shoot primarily in colours and seldom shoot in such a low night situation, I was quite unaccustomed to the setting until almost ten shutter clicks or so. After the shootout, I agreed with Cristi that the ISO1600 was exceptionally useful in such a situation for B&W; he simply skipped ISO 400/800. The noise gives a wonderful film-like grainy look to the images which I like a lot.
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(Can't Get My Eyes off You: The sungalsses kiosk owner is busy counting the money)
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(Look Up, Look Down: A tourist buying some hair accessories)
A brief note about the Temple Street night market: it starts from Yaumatei to Jordon. If you walk leisurely without stopping, it will take you some 30 minutes to finish it. The lesser known facts about the market are the porn shops alongside the walkway and the Nepalese / Thai shops selling exotic Asian items. Look for them not on the main market aisle but along the walkway on both sides of the street. If you try to take photos involving the porn shops, please be forewarned that they are mostly operated by gangsters.
(Illegal Parking: A passer-by sat on the carts to soothe his sore legs)
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(Sigh, Wrong Way: Some Putonghua speaking tourists was heard discussing which the right way was)
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