*Sanctuary*
Holga + JCH400
This is possibly my favourite place in the Hong Kong Catholic Cemetery in Happy Valley. It’s melancholy and beautiful, the tomb framed by those two tree trunks. I love the softness of the Holga in this context.
Lit Crosses
*Lit Crosses*
Holga + JCH400
Massive light leak on this one, but I think it works really well. Burnt sky plus light leak for the win!
The Column
*The Column*
Holga + JCH400
After a ten year long hiatus I’ve given toy photography a new try, and I like the results a lot more than I did ten years ago. Guess I didn’t have the confidence to realise that sharp isn’t an end unto itself. I did a fair few of these shots in the Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley, and I love the mood.
Buddhist Trio
*Buddhist Trio*
Fuji GW690iii + Rollei RPX400
I was quite taken by these three statues and the sign above their heads. I kind of wich I hadn’t cut down the base of the statues, but my angle of view wasn’t wide enough. Still, there’s a serenity here that I find quite striking.
Sweeping the Nun’s Shadows
*Sweeping the Nun’s Shadows*
Fuji GW690iii + Rollei RPX400
I’m not actually sure that these female figures represent Nuns, or if they are female Bodhisattva, but I liked the alignment of statues casting shadows, and the leaning broom breaks that alignment nicely.
Nature takes back
*Nature takes back*
Fuji GW690iii + Kodak Portra 400
I never really had the opportunity to do much urbex, and I don’t suppose it’s qualified as urbex when it’s a few houses from an abandoned village on a jungle island, but I quite enjoyed our short trip to Yim Tin Tsai and while the village was both more recent and smaller than what I expected, I still found it fascinating.
HK Verticals
*HK Verticals*
Fuji GW690iii + JCH400
HK is a vertical city, but that’s not something I find easy to capture on camera. It’s harder to frame and often the frame cuts don’t convey the sense that these scrapers go one forever. That’s one reason I really like this shot, which I think does convey the verticality, probably in large part because of the high vantage point.
Graffiti Jumble
*Graffiti Jumble*
Fuji GW690iii + JCH400
The backalleys of Central are a treasure trove for graffiti lovers, which is not what you’d necesseraly expect of this otherwise affluent neighbourhood. I regularly roam the area, and quite often find that black and white is just as interesting as colour despite the polychromatism of the original.
Harbour Regatta
*Harbour Regatta*
Fuji GW690iii + Kodak Ektachrome E100
This was only the second time I shot Kodak E100, a mythical and long discontinued slide film that Kodak brought back to market a couple of years ago. I have to say that on the whole it’s not for me. Very very limited exposure latitude and brutally unforgiving. I’m sure some can do great things with it, but I can’t. Of a whole roll I shot from the Wan Chai Ferry observation deck before and during sunset, this is the only shot I like. But I do like it, and it highlights a side of Hong Kong that few outside the city know about!
Above the City
*Above the City*
Fuji GW690iii + Fuji Provia 100
Recent walks up Braemar Hill have revealed to me some amazing views of Hong Kong. This shot was taken in medium format on a slightly hazy day with slide, which explains both the vivid colors and the limited dynamic range, but I quite like it nonetheless.
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