Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking. I always thought that Indian metros were too polluted, but China was an eye opener to what the future holds if we do not mend our ways. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I love the people pictures, and Drizzle. The yellow air is truly scary. > > 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 09 Nov 2014, at 17:43, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Our cruise on the Yangtze ended in what is the world's largest city by > > population, estimated at 32 million people, China's wartime capital, > > Chongqing. We just had half a day there before we caught a flight to > Xi'an, > > so did very limited sightseeing. My first impression as we made for the > > pier was a city with way too many bridges across the Yangtze, including > > this one - finished but unused and not opened to traffic for some strange > > reason. It was dreary, overcast and drizzling throughout our stay, and > the > > smog had turned the atmosphere into a funny (probably mildly sulfurous) > > yellow: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1223.jpg.html > > > > The only tourist place we visited was a renovated centuries old complex, > > the Huguang Guild Hall, where migrants from South China lived and worked > > during the Qing Dynasty, the final one, which ruled China from 1644 to > > 1912. It was a majestic complex, but it was hard to say which bits were > old > > and which were reconstructed: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1229.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1238.jpg.html > > > > As is usual with me in these old places with dozens of virtually > identical > > rooms, I got bored and went back to photographing people: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1804.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1809.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1817.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1840.jpg.html > > > > The only other place we visited in Chongqing was the zoo, which is one of > > the premier breeding centres for the critically endangered Giant Panda. > > Normally, I hate posting animal photographs from zoos, but I figured that > > chances of any of us of seeing a Giant Panda in the wild was precisely > > zilch, so I went ahead anyway - it was feed time when we landed up, and > > they were enjoying their brunch of bamboo: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1792.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1798.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 >