Chasing the dragon

There are no public holidays in Thailand for Chinese New Year, which is strange given that much of the population is of Chinese origin. Still, any excuse for a parade and there was a dragon confusing Russian tourists in Walking Street last night.

The dragon stopped at assorted establishments to bring good luck and to load up on twenty baht notes. It spent a suspiciously long time in Living Dolls and had to be assisted on the way out.

Apart from the main dragon, there were some mini-dragons demonstrating various levels of enthusiasm.

First time I had tried the onboard flash with the GX1 and it did a reasonable job.

The street was very busy and I soon became tired of chasing the dragon. So I took up residence next to a lamp post and tried some more people shots. The GX1 impressed with its tracking focus and high ISO capability; bet this poor Sony owner wished he had one:

ISO 500

ISO 1250

ISO 800

ISO 2500

ISO 2000

Comments 🔗

2012-01-24 | TheSon says

Are you doing noise reduction in LR? The ISO 2000 shot looks pretty clean.. anything shot that high on the GF would be a grainy mess.

2012-01-24 | Spike says

44 LR noise reduction; but they do clean up really well. It’s a huge improvement over the GF1.