Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Ric, Montie, George Thanks for looking. The Great Wall is close to Beijing, so it is yet to come. Shopper is my usual B&W conversion - there were too many distracting colours in the shops in the background, so WHAM, convert to B&W. Use a bluish-green filter in Silver Efex Pro to accentuate the lips, and that is it! Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 8:20 AM, George Lottermoser < george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > informative captions > + > beautiful photographs > and > Shopper - stopped me for the longest time. > Stunningly beautiful subject > superbly captured > > a note off the iPad, George > > On Nov 13, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > I like Shopper, but then again you probably guessed that :-) > > > > You're improving my knowledge of China. X'ian looks fascinating and has > well over eight million people living in it - twice the population of > Ireland! > > > > 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: Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:35 PM > > Subject: [Leica] Xi'an > > > > > >> The next stop was Xi'an, the home of the Terracotta Army. The Army was > >> buried to protect the founder of the first dynasty in China. Emperor Qin > >> (of the Qin Dynasty), near his burial mound, from enemies he might > >> encounter in his afterlife around 210 BC. The figures are 10-15% larger > >> than life size, as befits a ghost's army, and the detail on their > bodies is > >> quite amazing. In due course, everybody forgot about it, until a farmer, > >> digging a well under his lands in 1974, stumbled upon it. The walls had > >> fallen on the army, grave robbers had stolen the weaponry, and flooding > had > >> ruined the figures as well, leading to a painstaking and gargantuan > >> reconstruction task. There is enough still hidden here to keep > >> archeologists busy for a century more, I think - there are supposed to > be > >> 60 pits around, full of the emperors help for the hereafter, and only > 4-5 > >> have been dug up, fully or partially. The Emperor's necropolis has not > been > >> opened as yet for fear of what oxidation would do to the things inside. > The > >> Terracotta Army is very well documented, so here are a few shots from > the > >> three pits open to the public, giving an idea of what is there: > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1854.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1954.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1884.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1966.jpg.html > >> > >> The museum and grounds are wonderfully laid out and maintained for both > >> maximum safety for the contents, as well as ease of viewing for the > hordes > >> who pass by every year: > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1992.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2023.jpg.html > >> > >> Xi'an, surprisingly has a big Muslim population, and is home to The > Great > >> Mosque and its lovely green grounds. Luckily, on the day we went, there > was > >> a funeral service going on someone important in the community, so there > >> were quite a few people around.: > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2580.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2062.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2596.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2050.jpg.html > >> > >> Surrounding the mosque was an enchanting covered market, selling, as > most > >> such markets do, utterly flimsy, cheap and useless stuff: > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2617.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2622.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2635.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2565.jpg.html > >> > >> Everybody was zipping around the bazaar in electric vehicles, either > bikes > >> or tuk-tuks: > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2657.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2077.jpg.html > >> > >> Finally, people shots to end the first day in Xian: > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2063.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2067.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2028.jpg.html > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2098.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 >