Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/26

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Subject: [Leica] Piper at the Ferry
From: felixmaturana at telefonica.net (FŽelix L—opez de Maturana)
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:18:02 +0200

>
> 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