[Leica] The Cruise

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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"
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> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 5:24 AM
> Subject: [Leica] The Cruise
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>
>> 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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