Pretty picture, ain’t it.

Instead of shooting self-portraits I tried something different last Sunday. Using a suggestion from Digital Camera Magazine (one the many photography magazines I picked up while in England) I spent a couple of hours “messing about.” English magazine are expensive in Hong Kong, about three-times the cover price.  They would be more expensive in mainland China, if they were stocked.

With only 338 shots I managed to capture a few decent droplets. It was fun, and absorbing, it nothing else. Craig Ferguson has spurred my creativity. I spend a lot of time thinking about off-camera flash.

I’ll be offline for a few days. If I don’t respond to comments or emails it’s not because I stopped loving you.

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.
Benjamin Disraeli

Captured: October 18, 2008. on the Star Ferry, Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong.

Sometimes I lament the progress China has made. An economic powerhouse? Yes. A quickly developing nation of 1.4 billion? Yes.

In need of alleys, ugly shoes, and the associated bowling paraphernalia? Probably not.

This looks like a shot I would have taken in high school, when I spent hours in the darkroom, falling in love with the noxious odor of developer and fixer. Thanks to Alien Skin Software and their Adobe Photoshop plug-in -  Exposure 2 – digital images can be given traditional film profile and grain.

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Sai Wan War Cemetery, Chai Wan, Hong Kong. The cemetery holds the British and Canadian dead from the Battle of Hong Kong.

July 11, 2008.

Sunday, at the bus stop.

Captured: June 8, 2008.

Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.

Captured: May 31, 2008.