Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand, Yes, this is true, and we don?t know how can react other people from a different culture. Cheers Lluis El 26/10/2014, a las 03:40, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> escribi?: > Luis, Tina > Thanks for looking. > > One is always more comfortable in one's home environment than as a > itinerant traveler, especially without any means of communication - nobody > knows English there, and I do not know Mandarin! So I tend to capture what > I can, a trifle uncomfortably, because I have no idea what the reactions > could be, or what the culture allows and because of that I am always wary > of getting too close - which is the basic problem with travel photos, I > feel. For example, I remember trying to photograph a bunch of people > playing Mah Jong once in a small town, and being roundly admonished by the > local guide, because the players believe that such acts bring bad luck, and > if they had seen me, things could get ugly.... > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 11:49 PM, Lluis Ripoll < > lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Jayanand, >> >> I missed these ones, Selfies is a good capture, it made me smile, also >> smartphones. Nice colors combination in The Bund on Sunlight and Cigarette >> Break, I like too Bird Garden. Nice set, but your usual sets from Chenai >> or >> Wildlife are better for me. >> >> Cheers >> Lluis >> >> El 25/10/2014, a las 14:31, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> escribi?: >> >>> the bund skylines look very sifi >>> >>> you capture the metallic quality very well over the flower wall >>> >>> ric >>> >>> >>> On Oct 24, 2014, at 11:07 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Douglas, Richard, Jay, Nathan >>>> Thanks for looking >>>> Cheers >>>> Jayanand >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at >>>> frozenlight.eu> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Selfies and Pei Pei for me, I think. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Nathan >>>>> >>>>> Nathan Wajsman >>>>> >>>>> Alicante, Spain >>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>>>> >>>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >>>>> >>>>> YNWA >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 23 Oct 2014, at 18:46, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Neela & I have just returned from our maiden trip to China, which >> kicked >>>>>> off in Hong Kong and ended in Beijing, following the tourist trail >> about >>>>>> which a friend of mine, who travels often on business across the >> length >>>>> and >>>>>> breadth of China, calls "Showcase China". In many ways I found China >>>>>> fascinating, and full of contradictions. The infrastructure is >> amazing, >>>>> but >>>>>> quite a bit seems wasteful - Chongqing, for example seems to have a >>>>> modern >>>>>> suspension bridge across the Yangtze every kilometre or two, and all >> the >>>>>> cities I visited had many unoccupied completed residential >> skyscrapers, >>>>> and >>>>>> plenty of half finished ones where no work was apparently going on. >> The >>>>>> cities are spotlessly clean, but the air pollution has to be seen to >> be >>>>>> believed - we did not see the moon and stars during the whole trip >> save >>>>> for >>>>>> the first night in Shanghai. Amazingly, there are no birds or even >>>>> insects >>>>>> visible in the cities at all - dead from the air pollution, I >> suppose. >>>>> In >>>>>> fact, I just saw two wild birds on the whole trip - which included >> four >>>>>> nights on a boat on the Yangtze! Again, the way the historical sites >> are >>>>>> preserved and protected, and the same time designed to be tourist >>>>> friendly, >>>>>> in places like Xi'an and Beijing, is just very well done. Local guides >>>>>> spoke surprisingly frankly to us about the pros and cons of life >> there, >>>>> and >>>>>> gave valuable glimpses of personal history to emphasize the points >> made, >>>>>> and were not scared of criticizing Mao, the wasteful infrastructure >>>>>> spending or laws like the "One Child Policy" either. Most were college >>>>>> graduates who had majored in "Tourism English"! >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyway, here are some pictures from Hong Kong and Shanghai. All >>>>> photographs >>>>>> with the Fuji X100S or Fuji XE-1 with either the 35mmf1.4 or the 56mm >>>>> f1.2 >>>>>> lens mounted: >>>>>> >>>>>> *Hong Kong* >>>>>> >>>>>> Occupy Central - the few days we were there, the students seem to have >>>>> gone >>>>>> home - the protests restarted the day after we left: >>>>>> >>>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141008-034.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Bird Garden: >>>>>> >>>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141008-079.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Conversation: >>>>>> >>>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141008-572.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Shopkeeper: >>>>>> >>>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141009-626.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> *Shanghai* >>>>>> >>>>>> Pudong (Grain deliberate) a three vertical frame panorama: >>>>>> >>>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141010-190.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> The Bund at Night: >>>>>> >>>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141010-165.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> The Bund in Sunlight: >>>>>> >>>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141011-716.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Cigarette Break: >>>>>> >>>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141011-718.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Smartphones: >>>>>> >>>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141011-721.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Selfies: >>>>>> >>>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141011-743.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Eye Contact: >>>>>> >>>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141011-875.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Pei Pei: >>>>>> >>>>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141011-797.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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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