Hong Kong Photo Travel Diary Vol.2
Kowloon area edition

The main attraction around Tsim Sha Tsui is the Hong Kong Polytechnic University , designed by Zaha Hadid.
It is an architecture that arouses the desire to take pictures with her unique straight lines and curves intertwined well.
Since the stairs were narrow, I was able to take pictures with an ultra-wide-angle lens that emphasized the perspective and gave a sense of depth.

The guy in the picture is Hong Kong Instagrammer Timmy ( @timmy727 ).
I love Nishino Kana, and she visits Japan many times for her concerts, and she travels more than me to various parts of Japan.

This is the Jockey Club Arts Center, a renovated building with the aim of providing offices and studios to support the future of Hong Kong art.
The slanting shadows of the beams that support the glass roof were very impressive.

I wanted to take a picture with a composition that I often see on Instagram, but unfortunately I couldn't take a picture because a fence was set up to prevent entry, probably because it became too famous.

but!
We were lucky enough to find another good place, so let's just say goodbye!

There was a place that was a courtyard, and the shadow of the beam was falling diagonally. There is no choice but to shoot "that"! smile

I asked Candy to tilt her body to match the angle of the shadow. You have a strong core!

Next is the media center of the popular Hong Kong Private University (Run Run Run Creative Media Centre) .

It's a little far from the station, and it's in the middle of the mountain, so I had to walk about 1km on the slope.
The building has a very unique shape and is also a popular place for Instagrammers.

Again, I used the Wide Lens to shoot.

If you turn your iPhone upside down and point the lens just above the ground, you can reduce the proportion of the ground and emphasize the building.
This is an image that takes advantage of the characteristics of the Wide Lens, showing the contrast between the scale of a large building and a small person.

● Choi Hung Estate

The end is here!

This is the courtyard of the housing complex called Choi Hung Estate, which is popular for its colorful outer walls and basketball court.
I found out when I went there, but this is actually the rooftop of the parking lot.
Hong Kong, which has little land, makes effective use of limited space in this way.

Just in time there are two uncles playing basketball.
I thought that if I got too close, I would get nervous and my hands would go crazy, so I used a tele lens to shoot the moment.
*Shoot missed lol

At that moment, a woman's voice suddenly called out from behind, "Excuse me?"
A college student girl from Thailand asked me, "Can you take a picture for me?" Jump power! That tight smile! smile

If you shoot a jump photo like this from below, it will look like you're flying higher than you actually are!

● Choi Hung Market

There was a market near Choi Hung Estate, so I went there, and it was a place with a unique atmosphere!
The most shocking thing is the figure carrying the dismantled pork without a shirt. smile

Arranged randomly? Stacked? An old man looking for pork with tongs.
Different countries have different customs.

In the market, I shot with the Tele Lens on. The Tele Lens is useful when it is difficult to get close to the subject due to crowds.

When you wander around the city, you can encounter a "good moment" in a scene of everyday life or what is this!?

It had stopped raining, but there were people who were so absorbed in their smartphones that they didn't notice, a tree growing from the wall full of vitality, a cat watching the city through the glass window, and the names of the pots written on the photo.
Since I can encounter things like this, I try to wander while feeling the atmosphere of the city, instead of deciding exactly how to travel.
Before I knew it, I was walking about 20km a day. smile

I took the subway from To Kwa Wan, headed east, somehow got off at Kowloon Wan Station, and then walked east until I was exhausted.
There was a building with an atmosphere that seemed to have a market, so I decided to enter.

There is an uncle who is shirtless and chopping pork!
The unused parts of the meat are piled up in the shopping basket under the desk and overflowing on the floor. Lol And red lighting to make it look delicious here too!
This style seems to be standard in Hong Kong.

After leaving the market and walking for a while, I found a good photo spot.
Isn't it a place you've never seen on Instagram!
A red taxi passing between high-rise apartments with light blue accents on white.
There are stairs in just the right places, and I was able to balance high, low, middle, and high places.

● Kwun Tong

I took some good pictures and let's go next.
Head to a place called Kwun Tong .

It is an area with a lot of people and traffic because it is an old industrial area and prosperous, and it is the center of transportation, commerce, and administration in East Kowloon.

Because it is an industrial area, I saw many people carrying large amounts of luggage on carts and loading and unloading cargo.

In various places in this city, I saw a lot of job recruitment papers pasted on the walls.
I live a life immersed in digital things, and when I see analog things like this, my tension rises.

However, it seems that it will be difficult to find a job that meets your conditions from among these...

How was the Kowloon area?
We have introduced a lot of things, from famous spots to local places where tourists don't often set foot.

Next time, we will take the train from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, China, and visit various places, so please look forward to it!