by David Clarke | Mar 7, 2016 | Hong Kong, Places
The village of Mui Wo on the south side of Lantau Island is only a short hop from HK’s international airport and a 30-minute ferry ride to the bustle of Central on HK Island. However, it’s such a contrast from the rest of HK that it’s hard to believe you’re in the same place. One of the reasons for this is that vehicular traffic on Lantau South is restricted to residents only, and in the villages behind Mui Wo, vehicular access is even more restricted. The upshot is that everyone uses bicycles, with flocks of them descending on the ferry pier in the morning rush and leaving it on the commuters’ return in the evening. At any given time, there are several thousand bikes chained up at the pier and around the village. As we found, it’s one thing to dash to the ferry, grab a cup of coffee and head for Central; it’s another to remember where you left the bike on your return several hours later.
by David Clarke | Mar 6, 2016 | Birds, Hong Kong, Places, Wildlife
One of a contented flock of Java sparrows at the excellent aviary in Hong Kong Park, Central, Hong Kong.
Canon G3X ISO 1000 1/160 at f/7.1
by David Clarke | Mar 5, 2016 | Hong Kong, Places
Many of the thousand of high-rise buildings in Hong Kong are glass clad, giving myriad reflections of other buildings and nearby scenery, the colours varying with the tint of the glass. This building was in Central District.
Canon G3X ISO 400 1/100 at f/7.1
by David Clarke | Mar 3, 2016 | Hong Kong, People, Places
Apparently people pay money to do this.
Canon G3X iso400 1/800 f5.6 @220mm (600mm equiv). Cropped slightly in LR
by David Clarke | Feb 25, 2016 | Hong Kong, Places
Thirty years ago, Tung Chung Wan was a sleepy village on the north coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Then along came the new airport …
This block is one of many in present-day Tung Chung, a bustling new town of around a quarter of a million people a stone’s throw from Chek Lap Kok, HK’s international airport.
We nearly stayed in an airbnb in one of these, but in the end chose a more rural, bicycle-only village on Lantau’s southern side – half an hour on the bus from Tung Chung and another world. Long may it remain.
Canon G3X 24-600 equivalent optical zoom ISO800 1/800 at f8, 153mm equiv.
by David Clarke | Feb 12, 2015 | Hong Kong, Places
This Hong Kong version of the London Eye is currently (February 2015) attracting many visitors, along with the fairly wild fairground alongside it. The fairground is temporary, but perhaps the ‘Eye’ will be around for longer. For now, it certainly adds an additional perspective to the already stunning backdrop of Central, Hong Kong Island.
Canon 40D with Canon 10-22mm EFS 3.5-4.5 lens at 10mm. ISO 500 1/25 at f3.5. Frame as taken, exposure tweaked minimally in LR
