*Mindscape*
Canon EOS300 + Ilford FP4+
Model: Nathalie
This something I’ve tried recently, to focus not on a texture from up close but on a landscape shot with a central tree. Unfortunately it’s virtually impossible to find a lonesome tree in Hong-Kong, so I had to wait to be in France this summer to even take the shot. I like the result, though framing is really tricky…
*The Headtree*
Fuji XT2 (XPAN) + Ilford FP4+
Model: N.
As I was preparing the upcoming exhibition of my work at the Blue Lotus Gallery in HK, me and the gallery owners went through my entire body of work on the Photosynthesis project, and this particular photo came up that for some reason I had previously overlooked. I think I was so focused on textures at the beginning that I didn’t pay enough attention to this one. Looking back, not only is it beautiful but it’s also a precursor of things to come, when I started to use the tree outlines a lot more.
*Warmth over Quarry Bay*
Fuji GW690iii + Fuji Provia 100F
While a recent discovery, the trails around Braemar Hill have been a fixture of our last six months. The combination of wilderness with the dense city down below is quite unique, and gives you a vantage point on the city that is rather prettier than the city is on the ground. I’m thinking I should go back there at night to do long exposures, but in the meantime, this is a pretty cool view !
*Jungle Stairs*
Fuji GW690iii + Fuji Provia 100
There’s something about the stairwells that you find on trails all around Hong Kong that I just love. Even if for the most part they are concrete stairs that shouldn’t blend in with their surroundings, I find that the creeping grass and vines make them blend anyway.
*Trickle*
GW690iii + Rollei RPX 25
One of the best things about Hong Kong is how close it is from the city to the jungle. You can litterally be in the middle of nowhere (or seemingly so) withing minutes of leaving one of the largest metropoli in Asia. A few weeks ago me and my friend Matthew went up Braemar Hill via the river with tripods and RPX 25. I did some slow shutter photos
*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.
*Stairs in the Wild*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Fujicolor C200
A lot of the hiking paths on Hong Kong Island have stairs here and there (indeed some are nothing but stairs) and they usually jar with the wild surroundings, but the gentle curve of this particular set of stairs seemed appropriately wild itself…
*Waterfall Abstraction*
Fuji GW690iii + Fuji Neopan Acros II
When I headed out to the Silvermine Waterfall I had my GW690iii loaded with Acros film and a tripod. I normally aim for exposure times higher than 1/30s and lower than 1s for moving water as I find that anything more tends to make the water look too supernatural for lack of a better word. Metering of the local scene however limited me to 1/30s here, and probably 1/15s or 1/10s would have been better to direct the waterflow. Still, I like the results, verging on the abstract.
*Local Buddha*
Fuji GW690iii + JCH400
On our second trip to the Silvermine Waterfall I spotted this guy who was sitting just under the flow, with his T-Shirt on his head. That was my first shot at the waterfall. Shallow depth of field because the light was fading, but I really quite like the result. I suppose it’s a street shot in nature, of sorts.
*Banyan Roots*
Fuji GW690iii + JCH400
While I often share photos of Hong Kong, they are mostly urban. But rural Hong Kong is a thing too, one that I have not photographed enough. Here are the roots of a massive Banyan tree in Lantau. I didn’t have tripod, so the depth of field is really shallow, but I like how it makes the background jungle on the left of the frame look. Still, probably something to revisit with a tripod.
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