Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You all look smart Howard! The apple never falls far from the cherry tree ... ;-) Thanks for sharing Amities Philippe Le 3 mars 15 ? 18:49, Richard Man a ?crit : > I see he inherits your beard :-) > > Thanks. Never get tired of HK photos > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:32 AM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> > wrote: > >> HI Luggers, >> >> Russell, my number one (and only) son came down from Tokyo with his >> girl >> friend, Kseniya, for a short weekend visit. >> Keniya is a Byelorussian lady who took her MBA in Japan - in >> Japanese - >> and presently works for an American company selling medical >> equipment - so >> not only is she beautiful but she's very smart too. >> Some pictures: >> >> We went up to the Peak on Sunday when there was a break in the >> weather - >> which has been misty and damp. Here's Russell and Kseniya taking a >> selfie. >> >> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/RussSelfieKsen.jpg.html >>> >> >> Here's the family, Esther, Kseniya, me and Russell at the lookout >> point on >> the peak. Later in the day we went across the harbour to the ICC >> building - >> just behind Kseniya's head in the picture - and had a drink in the >> Ozone >> Bar located at the 118th storey of the Ritz Carlton. >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/EKHRPeak.jpg.html >> > >> >> Here's a six panel panorama of Hong Kong harbour from the Western >> side of >> the Peak looking toward Kowloon. >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/6PanHarWes.jpg.html >>> >> >> And here is the view from Kowloon across the harbour looking back >> at Hong >> Kong Island and Victoria peak. >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/4PanOzone.jpg.html >> > >> >> This is a four panel panorama processed in CS 6. I took a lot of >> photos to >> make panoramas but window reflections from inside the bar made the >> assembly >> of the wider >> panos impossible. And there was no way to step outside on the 118th >> floor >> to view without glass in order to avoid the reflections. If there >> had been >> a way I would have, of course, despite the height and the wind at >> that >> altitude!! >> Ozone, at the Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong(118/F, International Commerce >> Centre, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, opened in March 2011, tops the >> list of >> the highest bar in Asia at 118 floors, beating out Shanghai Grand >> Hyatt's >> Cloud 9 (87 floors) and the Shanghai Park Hyatt's 100 Century >> Avenue (92 >> floors). (The highest bar in the world is At.Mosphere, on the 122nd >> floor >> of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai). Highest, in this scenario, means >> from street >> level, not sea level.) >> >> Please look large. >> C&C always welcome. All pictures taken with the Fuji XT 1 and the >> redoubtable 35mm 1.4 which is, at present, my favourite walk around >> kit. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE