O and I were feeling restless one night and decided to explore a little night life. To spice it up, O challenged me to a competition between his Voigtlaender Nokton 50mm lens verses my Leica Noctilux 50mm. We were looking for some nightlife action in Chinatown and what we found was a deserted plaza.
We had hoped that with the selling of property and the influx of new non-Chinese tenants who are turning the spaces into galleries, that Chinatown would be revived at night. Looks like it will take some time to get it as busy as Little Tokyo.
We love this place.
FYI- the Noctilux produces a softer image than the Nokton. Both have their own merits.
Great shots. One of these hip galleries is house in my late uncle's restaurant, the former Hong Kong Low, which was a landmark of "Old Chinatown." In some ways, it's sad to see Chinatown transformed to ghost town at night. It's undergoing an identity crisis it seems, still catering to the relentless "auntie shoppers" and dim sum crowds by day but having trouble drawing the foodies to go with the gallery scene by night.
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