2020 Octoberfest - Phil K - Nikkor Z 85/1.8S - Day 31 Oct 31 Finale added!

Phil K · Oct 17, 2020

Day 17

Today I went further from home and took a walk along the harbourfront boardwalk. There were many people today walking, jogging, walking dogs, and some are fishing. It started to feel autumn with cooler weather, but unfortunately today was a bit cloudy and grey.

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NEF Said · Oct 17, 2020

Phil K said:
Day 17

Today I went further from home and took a walk along the harbourfront boardwalk. There were many people today walking, jogging, walking dogs, and some are fishing. It started to feel autumn with cooler weather, but unfortunately today was a bit cloudy and grey.

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I like the composition.

Terri French · Oct 17, 2020

You were able to come up with a nice photo. I like being able to see some of the details in the skyline. The fisherman with the mask shows the times we live in.

Palouse · Oct 17, 2020

There is more thana bit of global solidarity in that shot (17), knowing that on the other side of the planet people are coping exactly how we do. The heavy grey overcast adds to it. The fisherman, jogger and walker are proverbial rays of light!

Phil K · Oct 17, 2020

NEF Said said:
I like the composition.

Terri French said:
You were able to come up with a nice photo. I like being able to see some of the details in the skyline. The fisherman with the mask shows the times we live in.

Palouse said:
There is more thana bit of global solidarity in that shot (17), knowing that on the other side of the planet people are coping exactly how we do. The heavy grey overcast adds to it. The fisherman, jogger and walker are proverbial rays of light!

Thank you! The boardwalk is about 15min drive from home and I go there often to jog or just walk around.

Phil K · Oct 18, 2020

Day 18

Early Sunday morning, guy waiting for bus.

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Terri French · Oct 18, 2020

Loves your glimpses into Hong Kong life.

jbailey930 · Oct 18, 2020

As Teri just said, the last two are very good street shooting examples. Maybe a slight crop on the fisherman to exclude the sidewalk behind him. Cheers!

NEF Said · Oct 18, 2020

Conveys the solitude of the moment very well.

Minuteman3 · Oct 18, 2020

Catching up ... love your shots around town. It's been more almost thirty years since I was there!! (So long, as a matter of fact, I still have my British Crown colony passport stamp!!) Nothing looks familiar!!

Also really like the shots of Yoda ...

Ken

Phil K · Oct 19, 2020

Terri French said:
Loves your glimpses into Hong Kong life.

jbailey930 said:
As Teri just said, the last two are very good street shooting examples. Maybe a slight crop on the fisherman to exclude the sidewalk behind him. Cheers!

NEF Said said:
Conveys the solitude of the moment very well.

Minuteman3 said:
Catching up ... love your shots around town. It's been more almost thirty years since I was there!! (So long, as a matter of fact, I still have my British Crown colony passport stamp!!) Nothing looks familiar!!

Also really like the shots of Yoda ...

Ken

Thank you very much guys. When we can travel again, you can consider coming here and nearby Asian countries to have a look.

Phil K · Oct 19, 2020

Day 19

Sunny Bay. It was in the past a quite remote place on Lantau, our largest outlying Island, for storage of floating logs. The business was in decline some 20 years ago and now there are only a few villagers living there, and these are the only remaining floating huts. To reach the huts, you need to walk on the floating logs. It was in the morning and I am facing east and I think B&W is better suited for the backlighted scene.

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Terri French · Oct 19, 2020

Phil K said:
Day 19

Sunny Bay. It was in the past a quite remote place on Lantau, our largest outlying Island, for storage of floating logs. The business was in decline some 20 years ago and now there are only a few villagers living there, and these are the only remaining floating huts. To reach the huts, you need to walk on the floating logs. It was in the morning and I am facing east and I think B&W is better suited for the backlighted scene.

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Thank you for the background info and the interesting photo. I agree that B&W suits it well.

Palouse · Oct 19, 2020

Nice gritty feel; so perfectly captured in B&W. Great leading line.

jbailey930 · Oct 19, 2020

The BW conversion makes this a timeless image. Very interesting description of the island too.

NEF Said · Oct 19, 2020

Phil K said:
Day 19

Sunny Bay. It was in the past a quite remote place on Lantau, our largest outlying Island, for storage of floating logs. The business was in decline some 20 years ago and now there are only a few villagers living there, and these are the only remaining floating huts. To reach the huts, you need to walk on the floating logs. It was in the morning and I am facing east and I think B&W is better suited for the backlighted scene.

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Well shot and very interesting story about life there. Thanks for sharing!

acnomad · Oct 19, 2020

I'm way behind in following your excellent thread.

Phil K said:
scones

Wonderfully captured. I'm sure they tasted as good as they look.

Phil K said:
ceiling lamp in my girl's room and I like the shadows on the wall

Excellent use of shadow and light.

Phil K said:
Yoda again

Why not? A beautiful feline portrait in perfect lighting.

Phil K said:
harbourfront boardwalk.

I love the way the background defines this image.

Phil K said:
guy waiting for bus

Just the right mood for this great street photograph.

Phil K said:
Sunny Bay

A great high key solution to tricky light.

Phil K · Oct 20, 2020

Terri French said:
Thank you for the background info and the interesting photo. I agree that B&W suits it well.

Palouse said:
Nice gritty feel; so perfectly captured in B&W. Great leading line.

jbailey930 said:
The BW conversion makes this a timeless image. Very interesting description of the island too.

NEF Said said:
Well shot and very interesting story about life there. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you. B&W is much better than the original colour one.

Phil K · Oct 20, 2020

acnomad said:
I'm way behind in following your excellent thread.

Wonderfully captured. I'm sure they tasted as good as they look.

Excellent use of shadow and light.

Why not? A beautiful feline portrait in perfect lighting.

I love the way the background defines this image.

Just the right mood for this great street photograph.

A great high key solution to tricky light.

Thank you Andy for your kind comments.

Phil K · Oct 20, 2020

Day 20

Another early morning street photo. I tend to wake up much more earlier than most people, but still there are already people working.

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