Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]During the whole month that we spent in China, I only had one person get slightly miffed that I was taking photos and that was a Tai Chi instructor in a park. Everybody else seemed very happy that I wanted to take their photos. The people were wonderful! http://tinamanley.smugmug.com/Asia/China/China/i-tBzzDTh Tina On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 1:43 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > Hi Jayanand, yes, a lot of Chinese, even the ones in Hong Kong, do not like > to be photographed. > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Luis, Tina > > Thanks for looking. > > > > One is always more comfortable in one's home environment than as a > > itinerant traveler, especially without any means of communication - > nobody > > knows English there, and I do not know Mandarin! So I tend to capture > what > > I can, a trifle uncomfortably, because I have no idea what the reactions > > could be, or what the culture allows and because of that I am always wary > > of getting too close - which is the basic problem with travel photos, I > > feel. For example, I remember trying to photograph a bunch of people > > playing Mah Jong once in a small town, and being roundly admonished by > the > > local guide, because the players believe that such acts bring bad luck, > and > > if they had seen me, things could get ugly.... > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 11:49 PM, Lluis Ripoll < > > lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Jayanand, > > > > > > I missed these ones, Selfies is a good capture, it made me smile, also > > > smartphones. Nice colors combination in The Bund on Sunlight and > > Cigarette > > > Break, I like too Bird Garden. Nice set, but your usual sets from > Chenai > > or > > > Wildlife are better for me. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Lluis > > > > > > El 25/10/2014, a las 14:31, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> escribi?: > > > > > > > the bund skylines look very sifi > > > > > > > > you capture the metallic quality very well over the flower wall > > > > > > > > ric > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 24, 2014, at 11:07 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj < > jayanand at gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Douglas, Richard, Jay, Nathan > > > >> Thanks for looking > > > >> Cheers > > > >> Jayanand > > > >> > > > >> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Nathan Wajsman < > > photo at frozenlight.eu> > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Selfies and Pei Pei for me, I think. > > > >>> > > > >>> 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 23 Oct 2014, at 18:46, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > > > >>> gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> 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 > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> 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 > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com