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Hong Kong: Within The Immensity

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Collected here are eight of my finest shots from a lamentably brief stay in Hong Kong in January 2012.

Mong Kok Apartments
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 6.3
Shutter Speed
1/160 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
3200
Exposure Value
12.6 EV
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1800 × 1200
The view from the fire escape: beautiful desolation.
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 6.3
Shutter Speed
1/160 sec
Focal Length
35.0 mm
ISO
800
Exposure Value
12.6 EV
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1200 × 1800
Bamboo scaffolding.
Central Alleyway Scene
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5.6
Shutter Speed
1/125 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
800
Exposure Value
11.9 EV
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1200 × 1800
Exploring the alleyways of Central.
Kowloon Park
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 8
Shutter Speed
1/250 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
100
Exposure Value
14.0 EV
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1800 × 1200
Getting lost in Kowloon Park.
Tsim Sha Tsui Pipe Matrix
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 4.5
Shutter Speed
1/60 sec
Focal Length
35.0 mm
ISO
400
Exposure Value
10.2 EV
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1800 × 1200
A matrix of pipes in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Vertigo
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5.6
Shutter Speed
1/125 sec
Focal Length
20.0 mm
ISO
400
Exposure Value
11.9 EV
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1200 × 1800
The vertiginous view from the top of Dundas Square.
Mong Kok Nights
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 3.5
Shutter Speed
1/50 sec
Focal Length
22.0 mm
ISO
800
Exposure Value
9.3 EV
Download
1200 × 1800
Mong Kok at night.
Mong Kok Nights
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 3.5
Shutter Speed
1/60 sec
Focal Length
19.0 mm
ISO
500
Exposure Value
9.5 EV
Download
1800 × 1200
Neon lights of Mong Kok.

For more from this trip check out my letters from Mong Kok.

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Series: Hong Kong 2012

A series of posts about my first trip to Hong Kong in early 2012. This was my first trip to Asia and, as such, you should expect the writing and commentary to be relatively naïve.

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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex

I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.