Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I meant huge of course, the hue is grayish :-) On Oct 23, 2014 5:31 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > China is hue, so Doug Herr would have plenty of subjects to photograph, > just not in cities. > On Oct 23, 2014 1:25 PM, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >> Your email contains a salutary lesson for some people here in Ireland who >> think nothing but opportunities beckon in China. No doubt they do, but >> there's seems to be a bit of a downside: Doug Herr might have trouble >> finding subjects.... >> >> Anyway, it has to be Eye Contact for me. >> >> Douglas >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" < >> jayanand at gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" < >> psm-1857 at googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 5:46 PM >> Subject: [Leica] Hong Kong & Shanghai >> >> >> Neela & I have just returned from our maiden trip to China, which kicked >>> off in Hong Kong and ended in Beijing, following the tourist trail about >>> which a friend of mine, who travels often on business across the length >>> and >>> breadth of China, calls "Showcase China". In many ways I found China >>> fascinating, and full of contradictions. The infrastructure is amazing, >>> but >>> quite a bit seems wasteful - Chongqing, for example seems to have a >>> modern >>> suspension bridge across the Yangtze every kilometre or two, and all the >>> cities I visited had many unoccupied completed residential skyscrapers, >>> and >>> plenty of half finished ones where no work was apparently going on. The >>> cities are spotlessly clean, but the air pollution has to be seen to be >>> believed - we did not see the moon and stars during the whole trip save >>> for >>> the first night in Shanghai. Amazingly, there are no birds or even >>> insects >>> visible in the cities at all - dead from the air pollution, I suppose. >>> In >>> fact, I just saw two wild birds on the whole trip - which included four >>> nights on a boat on the Yangtze! Again, the way the historical sites are >>> preserved and protected, and the same time designed to be tourist >>> friendly, >>> in places like Xi'an and Beijing, is just very well done. Local guides >>> spoke surprisingly frankly to us about the pros and cons of life there, >>> and >>> gave valuable glimpses of personal history to emphasize the points made, >>> and were not scared of criticizing Mao, the wasteful infrastructure >>> spending or laws like the "One Child Policy" either. Most were college >>> graduates who had majored in "Tourism English"! >>> >>> Anyway, here are some pictures from Hong Kong and Shanghai. All >>> photographs >>> with the Fuji X100S or Fuji XE-1 with either the 35mmf1.4 or the 56mm >>> f1.2 >>> lens mounted: >>> >>> *Hong Kong* >>> >>> Occupy Central - the few days we were there, the students seem to have >>> gone >>> home - the protests restarted the day after we left: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China- >>> 20141008-034.jpg.html >>> >>> Bird Garden: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China- >>> 20141008-079.jpg.html >>> >>> Conversation: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China- >>> 20141008-572.jpg.html >>> >>> Shopkeeper: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China- >>> 20141009-626.jpg.html >>> >>> *Shanghai* >>> >>> Pudong (Grain deliberate) a three vertical frame panorama: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China- >>> 20141010-190.jpg.html >>> >>> The Bund at Night: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China- >>> 20141010-165.jpg.html >>> >>> The Bund in Sunlight: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China- >>> 20141011-716.jpg.html >>> >>> Cigarette Break: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China- >>> 20141011-718.jpg.html >>> >>> Smartphones: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China- >>> 20141011-721.jpg.html >>> >>> Selfies: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China- >>> 20141011-743.jpg.html >>> >>> Eye Contact: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China- >>> 20141011-875.jpg.html >>> >>> Pei Pei: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China- >>> 20141011-797.jpg.html >>> >>> Please see LARGE >>> >>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >