A short trip to Hong Kong

[nit3ex]

Thanks TS for sharing, i'm going next week.

 

[zoossh]

Too many “suspicious” pictures… too many … lol

 

[zoossh]

Got Dino meh?

ok. I admit. I scroll back to post #1 ( to check teacup)

Edit:
is really got leh

Best that we dun talk about that

It may increase resistance to street photography as people may not like to be in the pictures after knowing they may get comments

 

[Travis_Touchdown]

moi went there... their mrt ish notch elderly / handicapped fwenly... all need to ownself climb upz / down stairs...

 

[RyanJ]

moi went there... their mrt ish notch elderly / handicapped fwenly... all need to ownself climb upz / down stairs...

You are right. It is quite unfriendly.

And as a visitor with family and young kid(s), luggages on stairs will kill, esp if stairs are wet from rain.

But I can see that things are slowly getting better. Compared to precovid, some stations now got lifts and toilets. Probably after a spate of ppl urinating and defecating in stations ....

 

[RyanJ]

Nice photos....hope you enjoy hkg trip.

Thx @Lchlch got back last night, back to the grind

Thanks TS for sharing, i'm going next week.

Have a safe fruitful trip.

If visiting theme parks bring own raincoats as a standby.

 

[woonwoonjiakbeehoon]

You are right. It is quite unfriendly.

And as a visitor with family and young kid(s), luggages on stairs will kill, esp if stairs are wet from rain.

But I can see that things are slowly getting better. Compared to precovid, some stations now got lifts and toilets. Probably after a spate of ppl urinating and defecating in stations ....

got so jialat ah? No public toilets in their MTR stations?

 

[RyanJ]

got so jialat ah? No public toilets in their MTR stations?

The last I was there was nearly 10 yrs back. I dun think all stations had toilets. The ones I saw this time round were really new.

 

[zoossh]

Dun think Japan is that user friendly to luggage wheels either. Used to think tw also but realized many places in Asia outside sg are worse

Europe also. Lots of cobble stones but maybe cos I always go old town

 

[RyanJ]

Sai Kung. Took a small green bus from Yau Ma Tei to the village. Quite abit of a ride, by taxi the fees will be spendy.

Area has gentrified much since the last I was there.

If only the plane were bigger.

Uni unkers. Exposed for the urchin and unfortunately overexposed the rest. Didn shoot raw.

Fresh catch, potential buyers would looking down from the pier platform.

Boy - "So many options, so little stomach space"

Decided to eat at 洪记

Small 龙趸鱼, jhj

Bamboo clams - pretty good, tender soft.

Lobster ee mee. Average

For some unknown reason got complimentary veg

Har gao cause my gal wanted.

Total bill was 700hkd.

They still charged us 3pax tea even though my kid didn have tea but soft drinks.. staff reasoned that unless it was agreed upon before sitting down, the tea price was some kind of per pax sitting down fee.

 

[IAmChiobu12M]

Very old setup probably got 10 yrs, current price probably less than half of 8k ..



Amen to this.



No leh. I can only read edmw posts with envy from one corner..



thx!

Camera more vivid colors than real life

Had dinner around 6pm at Plaza Inn, nested within Disney. Food was ok, portions not big, and naturally expensive.

1/4 roast goose + gu lu rou + garoupa fish slices + white rice and tea = 1027 HKD

By the time we came out at 7pm, the area in front of the castle was packed with people sitting.

Food in the theme park is generally expensive, if can bring own drinks and food, then go ahead. Everything uses chinese cleaver tok carrots.

Another single exposure take.

Tiagong from 2 staffs that an alternative place to take fireworks photo would be the Disney railway station near the entrance, from the train platform, can use a telephoto for a more compressed view.

All in all we did not buy any fast pass, and probably clocked >80% of the games. The rain might have helped dissuaded would be visitors from entering ..

So humble chiu are Andy Lau 20k elite leh

 

[Iyarash11]

is it a scary place? still got people go?

 

[unrealx262]

Ts can share your post processing pre set for lightroom?

 

[Aunt Dino]

Being plus size is really sad. Nobody gives a damn about the bui meimei in teacup.🥹🥹🥹

Every photographers only aim at capturing beautiful stuff.

Idk if she's a meimei or not, but I believe she is taking the ride with her daughter in front of her

 

[RyanJ]

So humble chiu are Andy Lau 20k elite leh

is it a scary place? still got people go?

Scary as in ?

They are generally not known for being polite, service staffs will likely not sugarcoat their words and do not bother with fake courtesies, may kenna queue cutting

( enountered one lady cutting queue, we told her people there is actually a queue, she said there was a gap so she filled it up .. )

If skin very thin easily bruised then HK is not a place to go, japan would be far better.

Ts can share your post processing pre set for lightroom?

I dun use LR, I use Photoshop.

I mainly shoot jpg, raw file sizes are huge and cumbersome for my workflow, raw only for fireworks actually.

Basic white balancing, Sharpening, Denoise, Clone stamp for those dust spots / rain spots. Color adjustment thru PS Adobe Camera Raw.

The latest Adobe Camera Raw filter has a new Ai Denoise for RAW which is frankly the best I have tried. I also bought Topaz products to run denoise and sharpening. Generative fill for cropping / rotation is very useful as well.

Idk if she's a meimei or not, but I believe she is taking the ride with her daughter in front of her

That is correct astute observation!

 

[lazyclimb]

thanks for sharing. looks like not much has changed since almost 10 years ago

the food pics are really good though

 

[Travis_Touchdown]

You are right. It is quite unfriendly.

And as a visitor with family and young kid(s), luggages on stairs will kill, esp if stairs are wet from rain.

But I can see that things are slowly getting better. Compared to precovid, some stations now got lifts and toilets. Probably after a spate of ppl urinating and defecating in stations ....

i found that place quite suffocating on the whole... place crowded... then everything very cramped... nothing fun also...

 

[sango65]

TS, is Hong Kong still crowded in tourists attractions?

Hong Kongers prefer going Shenzhen now, cos they say HK is super ex

 

[purplewave]

nice photos

 

[RyanJ]

TS, is Hong Kong still crowded in tourists attractions?

Hong Kongers prefer going Shenzhen now, cos they say HK is super ex

Alot more HK folks enter SZ.

I went for a day trip on a weekday, the customs were not too busy.

But weekends is no go, jammed packed with locals.

A taxi driver told us service is better in SZ, food cheaper as well. No reason not to go ..

nice photos

Thx!