Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jay, Montie, Sonny, Luis, Douglas Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 5:08 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > 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" > <psm-1857 at googlegroups.com> > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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