teru 0 Posted April 17, 2009 Lower Ngau Tau Kok estate is one of the oldest public housing estates in HK and these food stalls are one of the more famous landmarks of the area. The estate is scheduled to be torn down in May 2009 so it's become quite a popular shooting spot. This photo was originally shot in color (to show off the colorful pans of food) but I converted to B&W because I felt it fit the old school feel of the environment. Link to comment
andrea-de-bonis 6 Posted April 17, 2009 this are note easy photos, to do. Is really difficult to have the elemnts that make the atmosphere, and nothing external. It's really diffult to find a correct point of wiew, and shoot a good moment. here you did, the woman, and the 2 boys, are all doing something related to the food, that is the center of the scene. so this photo works really very well. Link to comment
davidmccracken 2 Posted April 18, 2009 A good documentary shot. Your narrative reminds me of Vincent Yu's book 'Our home Shek Kip Mei.' If you haven't seen it, I suggest you have a look. I love how everyone is ignoring you. A truly great shot! Link to comment
teru 0 Posted April 20, 2009 Thanks. It wasn't an easy task to stay invisible, given the size of my D700 and large Sigma 24-70 lens, so what I did was prefocus the camera and then kept it out of sight until an interesting scene like this came up. I probably took the shot in under 3s. Link to comment
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