Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful trip and pictures, my favorites are these ones: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141013-470.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141014-1090.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141014-1479.jpg.html Cheers Lluis El 31/10/2014, a las 06:24, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> escribi?: > After Shanghai, we took a flight to Yichang a town on the Yangtze, to > board our ship for a cruise of the Yangtze, to the Three Gorges Dam > and into the reservoir to Chongqing. The river was shrouded in a heady > mix of Fog and Smog throughout the three days we were on board, making > for low visibility, and a sameness to the vistas around that made > photography difficult. > > At Yichang, we had a few hours to spare, and nothing to see in this > nondescript town, so the tour guide (surprise, surprise) took us to a > shop specializing in embroidery, which to be honest, was very good: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141012-258.jpg.html > > Then we boarded the "Yangtze Explorer", and this is what it looked > like from our cabin balcony: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141013-286.jpg.html > > The next morning we were off to our first excursion, "Tribes of the > Three Gorges", which was a totally staged costume drama disguised as a > walk. I got this kid at the pier as we disembarked: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141013-509.jpg.html > > As with all tourist attractions in China, you enter and exit by > running the gauntlet of trinket and food shops: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141013-506.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141013-500.jpg.html > > I feel the colour red is an important compositional tool in China, > especially as everything around you is enveloped in smog, making > things look distinctly gloomy: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141013-470.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141013-349.jpg.html > > A couple of young pretty guides: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141013-426.jpg.html > > The ship's paparazzi at work: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141013-453.jpg.html > > Then we went on - towns would come and go out of the fog/smog: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141014-1303.jpg.html > > A detail from the dramatic Qutang Gorge: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141014-1090.jpg.html > > Finally, Coco, a staff member on the boat: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141014-1479.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