Long Exposure Daylight Photography

small water fall image, long exposure and a HD filter.

Kap Shui Mun Bridge in Hong Kong

The Kap Shui Mun Bridge in Hong Kong is one of the longest cable-stayed bridge’s in the world that transports both road and railway traffic, with the upper deck for motor vehicles, and the lower deck for both vehicles and the MTR. It has a main span of 430 metres and an overall length of 750 metres. The bridge was completed in 1997 and connects Ma Wan and Lantau Island.

Luk Keng Village

remains of an old lumber factory near Sunny Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

Star Ferry in Hong Kong

 

The Star Ferry is the most popular public transport vehicle and a tourist attraction of Hong Kong. The Star Ferry Company Limited celebrated its 100 anniversary in 1998. The fleet of 12 double deck ferries shuttling on two routes at the Victoria Harbour between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Most of the ferries are built between 1956 and 1965.

The ferry ride is also well known as one of the world’s best value-for-money sightseeing trips. The one way trip costs 3 HKD , that round about € 0,25 or USD 0,40.

The Bounty

This replica Bounty, a three-masted European tall ship was built 1978 for the movie “The Bounty” with Antony Hopkins and Mel Gibson in 1983. Now it’s used since more than 10 years for private and corporate events in Hong Kong.

My Second Camera

Here is my second camera, a Voigtländer Vitomatic II a compact couplet range finder camera for 35 mm film. Made in Germany from 1960 until 1963. It was a real heavy weight in this time and I took my first slide images in 1975 with this camera.

 

Hungry Ghost Festival

The seventh lunar month in the traditional Chinese calendar is called Ghost Month and the 15th day of the month is Ghost Festival, sometimes called Hungry Ghost Festival or Yulan Festival.

Celebrated mostly in South China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and especially in Singapore and Malaysia. The Hungry Ghost Festival is taken very seriously by the Chinese, the gates of hell are opened to let out the hungry ghosts who then wander to seek food on earth.

This is the day when the spirits are in high gear. It’s important to give them a sumptuous feast, to please them and to bring luck to the family. Taoists and Buddhists perform ceremonies on this day to ease the sufferings of the deceased. This year it’s on the 14th August 2011 and I visited the Ghost Festival in Peng Chau one of the small islands in Hong Kong.

On the first day of the month, the Gates of Hell are sprung open to allow ghosts and spirits access to the world of the living. The spirits spend the month visiting their families, feasting and looking for victims. In Peng Chau, visitors can see small roadside fires, where believers burn fake money, which are also known as hell money and makes other offerings to the restless spirits and their ancestors. Some families also burn paper houses and cars to give to their dead relatives. The Chinese feel that these offerings reach the ghosts and help them live comfortably in their new world. Special food is often prepared to feed the hungry ghosts.

The ghost month is a bad time to do activities such as travelling, moving house, or starting a new business. Many people avoid swimming during ghost month, since there are many spirits in the water which can try to drown you.

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Long Exposure Night Photography

here some of my last long exposure images from Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei.

 

My First Camera

This is my first camera, a basic 6×6 cm roll film camera the AGFA ISOLA II. Made in Germany from 1957 – 1963. I made my first black & white images in 1970 with this camera.