永利街 Wing Lee Street

  

因為一套獲獎電影 “歲月神偷”令好多人都認識了永利街,

這裡是該電影的拍攝地點, 一個充滿70年代舊香港味道的小街。

從上環碼頭往禧利街方向, 步行15分鐘左右就可到達永利街,

由樓梯街步行上永利街是一條長長的石級, 有點像澳門一些石級小街,

感覺很特別。其間會經過麼羅上街, 一個賣中式紀念品的地方,

這條街也很有特色, 十分值得參觀, 之後會到文武廟, 再上石級就會到達永利街。

這一帶給我的感覺就是進入了過去的香港, 成市裡的一個大博物館,

所以永利街等小街道的建築真是值得保留的, 因為這裡最能代表香港過去的文化和回憶!

 

 

Many people were awared of the Wing Lee Street because of a award-winning movie "Echoes of the Rainbow".

Here is the film location, a full of 70's Hong Kong street characteristic. From the Sheung Wan Ferry Pier,

 on the way of Hillier Street, walk about 15 minutes you can reach to the Wing Lee Street.

Walking on the stairs of Ladder Street to Wing Lee Street is a long rock steps,

it's a bit like the rock steps in some side streets of Macau, its make me feel very special. 

Here is a Upper Lascar Row through the streets during our destination, a place to sell Chinese souvenirs,

this street is also quite distinctive, and well worth for visiting. Followed the steps to the Man Mo Temple,

and then climb the stairs will arrive to the Wing Lee Street.

This area gives me the feeling like going to the past of Hong Kong, like a large museum in the city. 

So, these old  buildings of Wing Lee Street and other small streets are really worth to preserve its,

because this is the best representative of the Hong Kong past culture and memories!

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永利街 Wing Lee Street

My dream lens Canon 135mm F2 L

On the 22nd of May I bought my second professional Canon L lens - the 135mm F2 L prime lens.

I am very satisfied with my first L lens, the Canon 24-70mm F2.8 L zoom lens. It provides a wide

 angle for landscape shots and it takes very nice portrait shots as well.

 However, I also wanted to have a telephoto lens that could take snap shots of people from a distance.

A zoom lens with a wide aperture is too heavy for me to carry so I have been looking

for lighter but good quality wide aperture prime lenses for nearly 6 months now.

After much research I found that the Canon 135L is one of the top 10 lenses in the world

and it is also one of the top three Canon lenses for taking sharp clear photos!

Therefore I bought one. I found it to be a very good lens for taking portrait shots.

I took many and I was very impressed with the quality of the photos.

The first day I used the 135L, I could feel its fast focus and I could see the sharpness

and clarity of the images. Some of the reviews about the lens commented on this point.

Most of the pictures I took were with the wide-open F2 aperture,

and it creates a fantastic smooth, creamy bokeh in the background.

The sharpness is nearly as good as my Canon 24-70L lens using the wide-open F2.8 aperture.

If you are using the F2.8 aperture the picture is sharper than most of the zoom lenses.

To give you an idea of what I am talking about, some of the pictures I have posted are
the original ones with the same pictures cropped. As you can see the pictures are very sharp
 and clear and I don’t think therefore that I need a zoom lens under 200mm.



在5月22日我買了我的第二支佳能專業L鏡頭 - 135mm F2 L 定焦鏡頭。我很滿意我的第一支L鏡頭，

佳能24-70mm F2.8 L變焦鏡頭。它提供了一個廣角的景觀，以及很好的人像照片。

不過，我也想有一支長焦距鏡頭，可以從一個遠距離拍攝人像照。

擁有大光圈的變焦鏡頭對我來說太重了，所以近6個月我一直在尋找一支輕便而優質的大光圈定焦鏡頭。

經過一番研究，我發現佳能135L是世界十大銘鏡頭之一，也是佳能三大最銳利和清晰的鏡頭！

所以我買了它。我發現這是一個很好的鏡頭，以拍攝人像照片。我拍了很多照片，
照片的質量令我非常印象深刻。在我用135L的第一天，我能感覺到它的快速對焦，
我也可以看到照片驚人的銳利度和清晰度。一些鏡頭的評論也提到這一點。

大部分的照片是我在全開F2光圈拍的，並得到光滑，奶油味，夢幻般的虛化背景。

清晰度幾乎和我的佳能24-70L 變焦鏡頭在F2.8光圈時一樣的好。如果您使用的是F2.8光圈，
照片的銳利度已經比大部分變焦鏡頭好。為了讓您們更易了解我說的，在我張貼的照片會有一些
是原有照片和裁剪照片在一起的。正如你可以看到照片都是非常銳利和清晰，

因此我認為我不需要200mm以內的變焦鏡頭了。

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Pompeii 龐貝古城 (Part II)

Pompeii 龐貝古城 Part II

Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian

 region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompeii. It was destroyed and completely

buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days in 79 AD.

The eruption buried Pompeii under 22 meters of ash and pumice, and it was lost for nearly 1,600 years

 before its accidental rediscovery in 1592. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily

 detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire.

There were many fascinating stories to listen to and things to see and if you have

the opportunity to see it, I recommend you do so!

龐貝古城是一個破壞了和部分埋藏了的羅馬城市，它就在現代的意大利境內的

那不勒斯地區附近。在公元79年，它被維蘇威火山跨越兩天徹底的災難性火山爆發所摧毀

並長期的埋藏著。火山爆發把龐貝城掩埋在22米的火山灰和浮石下，

它是失去了近1600年才在1592年偶然下重新被發現。

從那時起，它的發掘提供了羅馬帝國全盛時期一些非常詳細的生活細節。

這裡有許多引人入勝的故事，可以聽和看到的東西，如果你有機會來看，我建議你都這樣做！

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