Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jayanand, yes, a lot of Chinese, even the ones in Hong Kong, do not like to be photographed. On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits