I spent a week in Hong Kong in late September. It was a pretty busy week, but I did have one evening free for photography. I went down to Mong Kok and spent a few hours there with my camera. Mong Kok is primarily a shopping and dining area that seems very popular with young people. Some parts reminded me of Myeongdong in Seoul and Ikebukuro in Tokyo, in the sense that it was dominated by young people. Most of the pictures here are from the shopping and dining areas on Sai Yeung Choi St. (西洋菜街) and Tong Choi St. (通菜街) which are east of Nathan Road. Tong Choi Street has a night market with a lot of stalls selling knick-knacks for tourists. Portland Street, to the west of Nathan Road, is pretty seedy. I hate to disappoint you, but I spent very little time on Portland Street, and only took a few pictures there. It didn't feel especially dangerous or threatening, but it wasn't exactly charming either.
Here is the gallery of Mong Kok photos:
http://www.canghuixu.com/China/Hong-Kong/Mong-Kok-Hong-Kong-China/14018611_o2vXV
Here is a selection of my favorites from the evening:
Here is a slideshow for your convenience, it may be easier to kick back and watch the slideshow than click through the gallery at the link above...
I had my GPS along, so the photos are geotagged, but the coordinates don't seem very accurate. I think because of the density of the buildings here, my GPS signal was pretty erratic, so a lot of the locations stamped into the photos seem to be off a little bit.
I took these with my Rebel T2i, which I acquired earlier in the summer as an 'upgrade' for my trusty old 20D. I continue to be really impressed with the high ISO performance of the T2i. I know a 5D Mk II or probably a 7D or 60D would be even more spectacular, but oh well...
The first few photos in the set were actually with the EF-S 18-135 IS. I wouldn't normally have thought of it as a night lens, but I did want to give it a try, and it did OK. It certainly had a lower 'hit rate' and I had to discard a lot more pictures than I did with the EF-S 17-55 f2.8 IS, which I put back on in the course of the evening. At least on the T2i, and presumably on the other new Canon crop sensor bodies like the 7D and 60D, it does seem like the EF-S 18-135 is OK for low light in a pinch, at ISO 3200, but I wouldn't want to rely on it. For some reason, the lens info isn't being displayed in the EXIF accessible via Smugmug, so I can't figure out how a visitor can easily determine which lens I was using.
The other highlight of the week was a dinner at Loaf On Cuisine (六福) in Sai Kung. That was one of the best meals I have had this year.
Please be sure to check out my selection of favorite Hong Kong photos.
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