In order to write cohesively alongside my pictures from my Hong Kong trip, I organized my pictures into “themes”. Unsurprisingly, I ended up with leftovers for which a theme was harder to discern. These I christened as random buildings around Hong Kong.
As is my wont, I experimented heavily while taking these pictures. Since all the subjects weren’t moving, I made extensive use of my tripod and slow shutter speeds. I’ll comment about a few of the pictures.
The Landmark, a very posh mall. I half expected to get kicked out as I methodically set up my tripod and positioned myself for this picture. It took me around 30 minutes to do this, as I was trying different heights, perspectives, etc. I really loved the space, the decor that is so suggestive of decadence, and the “open air” fine dining restaurant.
These night pictures were “OK” on their own, but it is here I started to notice a strange “light bleeding” effect when I had the shutter open too long. I theorized that if I used a really slow shutter speed the pinpoint lights would go to bright white, but I would also be able to see more of the darker objects such as the buildings. In practise, the lights not only turn white, but also turn the pixels next to the lights brighter as well. Some web searching found the technical explanation, which I shan’t repeat for the respect of my readers’ sensibilities, but my takeaways is that I can’t be slopping with shutter speed just because it’s dark.
