China Town - the crowds

[Red Dawn]

Hi

my chinatown pics are from an earlier trip there in late Jan, i think sometime after food street was opened. Wanted to capture the crowds, but apparently, on the day i went, it was a weekday, and not considered as crowded as on weekends.....but oh well, nebermind ;P

As early as 6 something, pple started streaming into the streets of Chinatown, particularly food street, for dinner....

pple.........

pple...........

and more pple!!!!!!!

 

[Red Dawn]

Hi

along food street, there are 2 different modes of dinner - one open air style, by the road side, eating hawker centre like food, and the other, in posh restaurants just beside the street. Which would you choose?

 

[rty]

Hi Reddawn, nice shots. Is it a 20mm F1.8 lens? Handheld or tripod?

 

[Red Dawn]

HI

The crowds just kept coming..........

....and coming......

and many were left waiting for seats for some time

some stalls are more crowded than others, however...

 

[Goose]

Nice pics... u have captured the mood of the place very well!!

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by rty
Hi Reddawn, nice shots. Is it a 20mm F1.8 lens? Handheld or tripod?

Hi

those with motion trails are all on tripod, ISO 100 long exposure. As for lens, i use both the Sigma 20mm f1.8 and the Canon 35mm f2 - the shots you see here are from both.......

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by Goose
Nice pics... u have captured the mood of the place very well!!

thanks!

 

[Red Dawn]

Hi

more pple...

 

[Goose]

any flash used in the last pic??

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by Goose
any flash used in the last pic??

nope....it was pretty bright around that area.....
i didn't use flash at all for this whole series....

this shot was taken by holding my camera high above my head - well i did prefocus, made sure exposure will be correct, and aim through viewfinder before raising the camera up slowly....to get a better vantage point for capturing more pple.....

 

[Goose]

Originally posted by Red Dawn


nope....it was pretty bright around that area.....
i didn't use flash at all for this whole series....

this shot was taken by holding my camera high above my head - well i did prefocus, made sure exposure will be correct, and aim through viewfinder before raising the camera up slowly....to get a better vantage point for capturing more pple.....

Oic... I'm not sure if my G2 can put off such a shot without flash. I think the highest ISO the G2 can go is 400, but there will be lotsa noise present in the pic.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by Goose


Oic... I'm not sure if my G2 can put off such a shot without flash. I think the highest ISO the G2 can go is 400, but there will be lotsa noise present in the pic.

a great noise combater is to convert it to a black and white photo A G2 with ISO 400 should be able to do just as well there - in fact, mabe even better with the swivel LCD - you can take pics without being so obvious!

 

[StreetShooter]

Don't know which thread to post in.

Good stuff, this Chinatown series. Brilliant colours.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by StreetShooter
Don't know which thread to post in.

Good stuff, this Chinatown series. Brilliant colours.

thanks for the compliment!

 

[mpenza]

Nice photos!!!

Were you one of the photographers stationed on the 2nd storey of the food centre on New Year's Eve? I saw quite a number of guys shooting from there....

 

[Blitz]

Originally posted by mpenza
Nice photos!!!

Were you one of the photographers stationed on the 2nd storey of the food centre on New Year's Eve? I saw quite a number of guys shooting from there....

I think that's a fav spot cos can take from high spot. Saw quite a number myself too when I was taking pics there 2 weeks back

 

[ckiang]

Originally posted by Blitz


I think that's a fav spot cos can take from high spot. Saw quite a number myself too when I was taking pics there 2 weeks back

When I was there with Red Dawn, we are the only ones there.

Regards
CK

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by mpenza
Nice photos!!!

Were you one of the photographers stationed on the 2nd storey of the food centre on New Year's Eve? I saw quite a number of guys shooting from there....

nope wasn't there on new yr's eve....was there in late jan.....