Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love the people pictures, and Drizzle. The yellow air is truly scary. 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 09 Nov 2014, at 17:43, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Our cruise on the Yangtze ended in what is the world's largest city by > population, estimated at 32 million people, China's wartime capital, > Chongqing. We just had half a day there before we caught a flight to Xi'an, > so did very limited sightseeing. My first impression as we made for the > pier was a city with way too many bridges across the Yangtze, including > this one - finished but unused and not opened to traffic for some strange > reason. It was dreary, overcast and drizzling throughout our stay, and the > smog had turned the atmosphere into a funny (probably mildly sulfurous) > yellow: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1223.jpg.html > > The only tourist place we visited was a renovated centuries old complex, > the Huguang Guild Hall, where migrants from South China lived and worked > during the Qing Dynasty, the final one, which ruled China from 1644 to > 1912. It was a majestic complex, but it was hard to say which bits were old > and which were reconstructed: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1229.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1238.jpg.html > > As is usual with me in these old places with dozens of virtually identical > rooms, I got bored and went back to photographing people: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1804.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1809.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1817.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1840.jpg.html > > The only other place we visited in Chongqing was the zoo, which is one of > the premier breeding centres for the critically endangered Giant Panda. > Normally, I hate posting animal photographs from zoos, but I figured that > chances of any of us of seeing a Giant Panda in the wild was precisely > zilch, so I went ahead anyway - it was feed time when we landed up, and > they were enjoying their brunch of bamboo: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1792.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1798.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 >