[Leica] Piper at the Ferry

[leica at ralgo.nl (bruce golding)]

Apart from the piper, a delight to re-visit HK. To see there are  
still places of peace within the hubbub of the metropolis.

Thanks, Howard.

B.

On 26-apr-2009, at 10:49, H&ECummer wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> The other night we took the Lantau ferry into Central for dinner  
> with a friend from London.
> The ferry was slow and late because of fog. When we stepped off the  
> ferry we thought we had been
> transported Brigadoon style to another time and place. The skirl of  
> the bag pipes drew us down
> the foggy pier to the Star ferry entrance and there in the night  
> was a young Chinese piper playing the pipes for
> the Celtic Society. Wonderful! The magic moment was recorded by  
> 100's of tourists. Why the Hong Kong Tourist Association
> doesn't play on this amalgam of East and West is beyond me!
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hong+Kong+Pix/ 
> Piper1.JPG.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cr97wk
>
> Taken with a Nikon D700 and Nikkor 50mm AF 1.4
> ISO 3600 1/125 @ f1.4
>
> Cheers
> Howard
>
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