Some are calling the man ‘king of the storm’, but photographer Elson Li hopes his images convey risk of such behaviour.

A man sits on a bench on the Tseung Kwan O promenade as the waves approach during Ragasa. Photo: Elson Li

Post photographer Elson Li did not expect to see anyone when he arrived at the Tseung Kwan O promenade, where raging waves were crashing into the coast as Super Typhoon Ragasa reached its closest point to Hong Kong.

But a man sitting alone on a bench facing the sea, with the Tseung Kwan O Cross Bay Bridge in the background, caught his eye.

It was 6.30am on Wednesday, when the highest-level No 10 hurricane warning signal was in force.