one day in my life
"lotus" (蓮)
Posted by hugo poon (hong kong, Hong Kong) on 22 March 2009 in Documentary & Street and Portfolio.
... Lin Heung Tea House, an old restaurant since 1926. (Lin Heung means the scent of lotus.)
A "lighter" image of the same scene: http://www.pbase.com/hpicckcy/image/110470976
Aberdeen Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
PS. Aberdeen Street is one of the earliest streets after the "colony of Hong Kong" was founded; it's named after George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (Wikipedia: a Scottish politician, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855).
I do not regard myself as a photographer. I'm merely a guy who enjoys capturing all the memorable scenes that I encounter in my everyday life. Perhaps, it's like a traveller hoping to record his memorable journey, but in my case, it's the journey of my life ... If I can record my encounters in such a way that they leave an image on the mind of myself and other viewers, it's a tremendous joy and some accomplishment...
In terms of photography, I'm trying to preserve the moments as my eyes see "something" and my heart feels it too. As such, I seldom feel interested in planned, arranged or manipulated photographs...
Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR
1/10 second
F/3.3
ISO 400
7 mm