Hong Kong
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To round off our several weeks of round the world travel, myself and
Greg finished up in Hong Kong, one of my favourite cities in the world
and one which I hadn't visited for 12 years. It had changed a huge
amount, yet was somehow still quite familiar.
Although this is the most common shot of Hong Kong, that's no reason
not to take it, so we headed up to the peak (Victoria Peak) on the
tram nice and early.
If you haven't been on the tram, do it. If you have been on it once, never ever do it again; the queues are hideous. At the top, we scouted the best location on the viewing platform and set up our tripods. We spent hours up there watching the light change and also trying to get our cameras in the right position. To get the railing out of the way, you need to extend the tripod neck out, but go too far and there is a huge channel of wind that will probably take your head off, let alone shake your camera a bit.
The Hong Kong skyline is fantastic from here. You can see buildings like The Bank of China, the International Finance Centre and the new and huge International Commerce Centre. In fact, the latter was almost next to our hostel. For those of you that know Hong Kong, our hostel was in the magnificent grandeur that is the Chungking Mansions. Yes, we're that fancy. At least it's opposite Tsim Sha Tsui Station (which I had to keep pronouncing for Greg).
I want to say a big thank you to my uni friend Bex, who took us out every night we were there, lent us money and showed us a fantastic time. We saw some of the most awful going out streets in the world (Lan Kwai Fong), but also found some amazing places like a little speakeasy we ended up in one evening / morning.
My company has an office in HK and it's very tempting to move out there one day for a while...
Details
Canon EOS 5D Mark II / ISO 200 / f7.1 / 17-40mm @ 25mm / HDR
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Eddie 11uisma, Miroslav Petrasko (blog.hdrshooter.net), Michael Mehl, bettpi, and 254 other people added this photo to their favorites.
TheFella (11 months ago | reply)
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danichro (11 months ago | reply)
Superb!
Dominic (The Scootographer) (11 months ago | reply)
Wow, amazing shot
Greg Annandale (11 months ago | reply)
Looking great! Loving those clouds. Wish I'd been there.
Blunders500 [ www.markblundellphoto.com ] (11 months ago | reply)
Superb image - looks like the trip was awesome.
Liping Photo (11 months ago | reply)
Amazing sky & fantastic night city view !
Noro8 (11 months ago | reply)
Great view, Nice shot...!
Tobias Knoch (11 months ago | reply)
Awesome one!
tonybill (11 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous capture
nmcdonald83 (11 months ago | reply)
Epic shot!
Christopher.F Photography (11 months ago | reply)
Sweet shot, I so want to go there to shoot so bad!
I Prahin | www.southeastasia-images.com (11 months ago | reply)
It's the standard HK view - unfortunately 1000's similar on Flickr!
counteragent (away indefinitely) (11 months ago | reply)
I dropped my tea! Damn this is good!!
gimmeocean (11 months ago | reply)
Excellent work, Conor! Big fave! What a spot to standing in for hours!
romvi (11 months ago | reply)
wonderful view!!
PhotoArt Images (11 months ago | reply)
S E N S A T I O N A L shot Conor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
michael.veltman (11 months ago | reply)
Amazing capture, great scene and perspective
planet_us (11 months ago | reply)
Fantastic image!
m|s (11 months ago | reply)
Lovely shot
Jo*DNo (11 months ago | reply)
Beautiful night catch !
brian.ball60 (11 months ago | reply)
Great work mate
matt_frankel (11 months ago | reply)
Incredible vantage point. Amazing view. Great work
Tobymutz (11 months ago | reply)
an awesome night-time cityscape view
& interesting sideline story too!
Rhiaphotos (11 months ago | reply)
It's just amazing! Great view, lights and sky capture.
Danger 80 (11 months ago | reply)
Fantastic shot Conor, yes it's a common shot, but how can you not get it while in HK?! I know what you mean about Lan Kwai Fong, it may be awful, but we had a fantastic night out there! Would love to know where the speakeasy is for our next visit!
- Dave Morrow - (11 months ago | reply)
this view never gets old! love it
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AnnuskA - AnnA Theodora (11 months ago | reply)
that's an amazing view
wonderful night capture, great colors too
I hope I'll be able to visit Hong Kong one day
Tankado (11 months ago | reply)
Looking great !!!
Congrats.
Hans Maso (11 months ago | reply)
beautiful shot!
...arpi... (11 months ago | reply)
fantastic shot! love the clouds
japzky (11 months ago | reply)
beautiful cityscape.. night lights too..
luis_souto (11 months ago | reply)
amazing shot!
Sangy23 (11 months ago | reply)
You know I adore this shot!! Beauty!!
Richard Beech (rdb75) (11 months ago | reply)
Wow, this is beautiful.
jaime salazar alzate (11 months ago | reply)
What a beautiful capture ...great job !!!!!!
Photocre8 (11 months ago | reply)
Gosh Connor, this is a wonderful night capture!
davidnc82 (11 months ago | reply)
Amazing view! Great mood and composition
Simon Cresdee (11 months ago | reply)
Brilliant work
Eric Rousset (11 months ago | reply)
Great view mate
Rob-tography (11 months ago | reply)
Awesome. I'd love to have seen what that view looked like 200 years ago
rosejones1uk (11 months ago | reply)
Wow, this is awesome, wonderful nightlight captured
nina's clicks (11 months ago | reply)
Wow! This is stunning!
malopo (11 months ago | reply)
great capture!!
Chiradeep. (11 months ago | reply)
Marvellous View of The Cityscape.
Prometheus-BD (11 months ago | reply)
What a spectacular night shot!!!! Awesome indeed!
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odin's_raven (11 months ago | reply)
brilliant work conor first class treatment
rhyspope (11 months ago | reply)
Such an amazing skyline! Fantastic shot!
Lee's Dynasty (Sorry! Travelling and Not online, b (11 months ago | reply)
Ha! i had forgot about Lang Kwai Fong, was an awful place. But met a couple, who are now, good friends there!
Great view! Really well captured, very well exposed and plenty of distance (Not too cloudy!)
I hope you got to see the Symphony of Lights during your time in HK. The view from the peak and the light show from the harbour Is actually the main reasons i regret not traveling with a camera my first time round. HK is a very nice city
kat's_pics (11 months ago | reply)
Wow, I'm so jealous of your travels! I'm glad you're able to show us all these photos though... You do an amazing job of capturing the beautiful scenes that some of us would never get to see! :)
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Chiar@Love [ON-OFF] (11 months ago | reply)
Stunning shot!!!!