Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Susan, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Susan Ryan <skalte at icloud.com> wrote: > the last two are my favorites as well, the first for content, the second > for composition. > > Sue > > > > > On Nov 30, 2014, at 11:23 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >