Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Hi Luggers, > The other night we took the Lantau ferry into Central for dinner with > a friend from London. > The ferry was slow and late because of fog. When we stepped off the > ferry we thought we had been > transported Brigadoon style to another time and place. The skirl of > the bag pipes drew us down > the foggy pier to the Star ferry entrance and there in the night was a > young Chinese piper playing the pipes for > the Celtic Society. Wonderful! The magic moment was recorded by 100's > of tourists. Why the Hong Kong Tourist Association > doesn't play on this amalgam of East and West is beyond me! > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hong+Kong+Pix/Piper1.JPG.html > > http://tinyurl.com/cr97wk > > Taken with a Nikon D700 and Nikkor 50mm AF 1.4 > ISO 3600 1/125 @ f1.4 > > Cheers > Howard > May be is my screen but I see the pipe player a little dark. The light contrast with the background is strong. Regards. Felix