Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I love the last two with their subtle tones. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 24 Nov 2014, at 08:18, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > So I come to the last day of our trip, with a visit to the Mu Tian Yu > > section of Great Wall of China which is 70 km from Beijing. It is a > > beautifully restored section of the wall running along a mountain ridge, > > and is accessed via a cable car. Why an Emperor, however paranoid, would > > build a huge defensive wall on top of a very steep mountain ridge is > beyond > > me, but there it is! A last observation is that it makes sense to do the > > typical tourist circuit starting in Shanghai, and ending at Beijing, > > because the quality of the experience of the places visited increases, > and > > climaxes well in Xi'an followed by Beijing. The journey in the reverse > > direction would be an anticlimax, I feel. > > > > On our way, we visited a cloisonne factory on the outskirts of Beijing, > and > > had a tour of the place: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2828.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2821.jpg.html > > > > The Great Wall of China, Mu Tian Yu Section. Even here, surprisingly, in > > the countryside, with all the greenery, there were no birds to be seen or > > heard: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2415.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2424.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2869.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2890.jpg.html > > > > People on the wall: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2431.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2447.jpg.html > > > > Two studies of a section of the wall - one a wider view than the other, > and > > with human content as well: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2884.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2456.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 >