[Leica] The Great Wall of China

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Susan,
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Susan Ryan <skalte at icloud.com> wrote:

> the last two are my favorites as well, the first for content, the second
> for composition.
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> Sue
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> > On Nov 30, 2014, at 11:23 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Nathan, Thanks for looking
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> > wrote:
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> >> I love the last two with their subtle tones.
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> >> Cheers,
> >> Nathan
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> >> Nathan Wajsman
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> >>> On 24 Nov 2014, at 08:18, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> So I come to the last day of our trip, with a visit to the Mu Tian Yu
> >>> section of Great Wall of China which is 70 km from Beijing. It is a
> >>> beautifully restored section of the wall running along a mountain
> ridge,
> >>> and is accessed via a cable car. Why an Emperor, however paranoid,
> would
> >>> build a huge defensive wall on top of a very steep mountain ridge is
> >> beyond
> >>> me, but there it is! A last observation is that it makes sense to do
> the
> >>> typical tourist circuit starting in Shanghai, and ending at Beijing,
> >>> because the quality of  the experience of the places visited increases,
> >> and
> >>> climaxes well in Xi'an followed by Beijing. The journey in the reverse
> >>> direction would be an anticlimax, I feel.
> >>>
> >>> On our way, we visited a cloisonne factory on the outskirts of Beijing,
> >> and
> >>> had a tour of the place:
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2828.jpg.html
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2821.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> The Great Wall of China, Mu Tian Yu Section. Even here, surprisingly,
> in
> >>> the countryside, with all the greenery, there were no birds to be seen
> or
> >>> heard:
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2415.jpg.html
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2424.jpg.html
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2869.jpg.html
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2890.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> People on the wall:
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2431.jpg.html
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2447.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Two studies of a section of the wall - one a wider view than the other,
> >> and
> >>> with human content as well:
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2884.jpg.html
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141020-2456.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Please see LARGE
> >>>
> >>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Jayanand
> >>>
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