[Leica] The Cruise

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Good ones here, Jayanand. I particularly like Red which is nicely composed, 
but all that smog/fog must have been disappointing. Not that I'm likely to 
travel that far at the moment but it would make one question the need to 
travel all the way to China just to inhale that stuff!!! Over here in 
Ireland, we seem to be very lucky with the air we breathe compared to other 
parts of the world. Long may it continue.

Douglas


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" 
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Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 5:24 AM
Subject: [Leica] The Cruise


> 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
>
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