[Leica] Forbidden City Panorama

[Bernard Quinn]

What architecture! This picture gives me a sense of what this place must be like in person. Vast. Stunning. Yet somehow harmonious.

Barney 

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> On Nov 16, 2014, at 6:20 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is a 15 vertical frame panorama of a section of the Forbidden City in
> Beijing, the former Imperial Palace and grounds, taken on a normal gloomy
> and smoggy Beijing day at around noon. This square is called the "Hall of
> Supreme Harmony Square", and is a part of the Outer Court, or Southern
> Section, and was mainly used for major public occasions during the Qing
> Dynasty like imperial weddings, coronations and investitures. On the left
> of the panorama is the "Gate of Supreme Harmony", and on the right, rising
> majestically over the square, is the "Hall of Supreme Harmony".
> 
> Taken with a Fuji XE-1 with the 56mm f1.2 lens
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/China/China-20141019-2327.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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