[Leica] The Cruise

[ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)]

I very much like the small town and mountain (there's a sensor dust spot 
that needs cloning out)

the umbrella/ red, and boat bowls me over!!!

ric


> On Oct 31, 2014, at 1:24 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 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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