Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1! Tina On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 2:19 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 > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com