Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]as with everyone I think these are wonderful photographs and really capture the scale, shapes and lights of nighttime HK?the first one has an almost Blade Runner quality to it! > On 7 Feb 2016, at 16:56, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > Beautiful work, Howard. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 2/7/2016 9:09 AM, H&ECummer wrote: >> Hi Luggers, >> While in Hong Kong we were hosted by our son?s investment banker friends >> to drinks and dinner at the China Club, owned by Sir David Tang, >> and housed in the 13 - 15th floors of the old Bank of China building. >> There is a terrace on the 15th floor and we sat out for drinks and I made >> the following three vertical panos of the views to the north, south and >> east from the Bank of China. >> >> First some information on the China Club: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Club >> >> And here are the panos: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hong+Kong+2016/Lippo3panW.jpg.html> >> >> This one is looking East from the 15 floor balcony of the China Club >> located in the old Bank of China building. The new Bank of China >> building, designed by Chinese American I.M. Pei, >> is to the right of the picture and the Lippo Centre - left centre of the >> picture used to be called the Bond Centre after the Australian >> entrepreneur who built it. Alan Bond >> went to jail for financial skulduggery which resulted in his bankruptcy. >> Released from prison he died after open heart surgery. >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hong+Kong+2016/3PanVertIFCW.jpg.html> >> >> This is the view to the North - with the IFC (International Finance >> Centre) on the left side and across Hong Kong Harbour the ICC >> (International Commerce Centre) >> in Kowloon. Both buildings were built by Sun Hung Kai Property - owned by >> the Kwok family. The two Kwok brothers have been quarrelling over the >> control of the company since their >> father died in 1990 and they are ruled by their matriarch mother. The >> youngest son, Thomas, is serving 5 years in jail for bribery to the >> former Hong Kong Chief Secretary - who is also in jail for accepting the >> bribe. >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hong+Kong+2016/3PanMidlevelW.jpg.html> >> >> And this is the view to the south - looking up toward the Mid levels - >> where we used to live. In the far left corner is the cupola of the Court >> of Final Appeal - which started out as the French Mission >> Building in the early 1900?s and in the lower centre of the picture is >> St. John?s Cathedral - which has the distinction of sitting on the only >> freehold land in all of Hong Kong. All other land is long term leasehold >> - following old UK practice. >> >> The panos were taken with the Fuji XT1 and the 35mm f1.4 lens, hand held >> and assembled in CS6. >> >> Please view large - C&C always welcome. >> >> Howard >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information