Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love the cat and policeman series!! Tina On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 1:17 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Jet lag grabbed me by the throat while we visited the GZH Cultural Park. > Friends walked through the Museum of the Thirteen Hongs that featured items > from Canton?s early trading days. I?m sure there are epic stories about how > much of this was saved from the ravages of the Cultural Revolution. A > passport was needed to enter (if you?re a foreigner) and I didn?t have mine > with me. So I strolled the grounds while others toured. > > I found this broom quite pleasing. The design is completely typical. We > saw them everywhere. > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-fvV6s27/A> > > I love this decorative tradition that we saw virtually everywhere: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-SGhsvLs/A> > > The grounds served a propaganda role with messages from the state > inscribed everywhere, sometimes with real cultural dissonance: > > This one says (essentially) ?Don?t take bribes.? Of course it does. I?d > have chosen exactly this figure for that message: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-Fm5RTRK/A> > > This one urged civility and the respect of elders: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-j3j2S78/A> > > I enjoyed the feel of it immensely: > > > And then there was a young policeman, a student policeman I gather, in a > uniform for someone of a much sturdier frame. > > He came across a very pregnant kitty soaking up the sun. What would > happen? Cat and spectators wondered! > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-SbbZnV8/A> > > There was a greeting: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-QJkVv7r/A> > > And then: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-48bB88r/A> > > The young man carefully removed fleas. When he walked to the shade the > kitty followed and the nit-picking continued for perhaps a half-hour. > > Just a quiet afternoon in the Cultural Park. > > Most of these were shot with a Sony NEX-6 I borrowed from my wife. > > Enjoy! > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html