Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gotta love that last series, Adam.? Nice shots, all of them. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/14/2018 12:17 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote: > Jet lag grabbed me by the throat while we visited the GZH Cultural Park. > Friends walked through the Museum of the Thirteen Hongs that featured > items from Canton?s early trading days. I?m sure there are epic stories > about how much of this was saved from the ravages of the Cultural > Revolution. A passport was needed to enter (if you?re a foreigner) and I > didn?t have mine with me. So I strolled the grounds while others toured. > > I found this broom quite pleasing. The design is completely typical. We > saw them everywhere. > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-fvV6s27/A> > > I love this decorative tradition that we saw virtually everywhere: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-SGhsvLs/A> > > The grounds served a propaganda role with messages from the state > inscribed everywhere, sometimes with real cultural dissonance: > > This one says (essentially) ?Don?t take bribes.? Of course it does. I?d > have chosen exactly this figure for that message: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-Fm5RTRK/A> > > This one urged civility and the respect of elders: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-j3j2S78/A> > > I enjoyed the feel of it immensely: > > > And then there was a young policeman, a student policeman I gather, in a > uniform for someone of a much sturdier frame. > > He came across a very pregnant kitty soaking up the sun. What would > happen? Cat and spectators wondered! > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-SbbZnV8/A> > > There was a greeting: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-QJkVv7r/A> > > And then: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-48bB88r/A> > > The young man carefully removed fleas. When he walked to the shade the > kitty followed and the nit-picking continued for perhaps a half-hour. > > Just a quiet afternoon in the Cultural Park. > > Most of these were shot with a Sony NEX-6 I borrowed from my wife. > > Enjoy! > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >