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China: A person, place, or thing
The portfolio I submitted for the course I was, er, “taking.” Based it on the idea of using nouns to illustrate the country.
Shanghai returns
Finally, back with the China pics. Most of these are from an “ancient” Shanghai “suburb.” It was rather nice actually. And while it was a suburb in the sense it’s 30 minutes from the city, it’s still not what you’d consider a Western style enclave or anything.
First days of Shanghai
Shanghai was a mixed bag in terms of favorite places I’ve been to. It’s a giant city – second largest in the world – but once you get past the surface, which looks like a culturally vibrant and crazy place, it’s really all about business. The arts scene was highly commercial, in a bad way, [...]
Hangzhou
One entry for Hangzhou. The least culturally vibrant of the places we visited in China. I’d associate it with the equivalent of the American upper middle class suburb, in the sense the architecture and environment reflected a concern with money and artificial beauty, rather than quirkiness and the embrace of organic culture. The temple area [...]
Flight to Xian
Day 6 of my trip. A mix of … well, pretty much every lens (majority with the 50 and 20-35).
Final day of Beijing
A short(er) post this time. It was a rainy day. Went to another temple in the morning, this one is the Summer Palace. All built around a small lake. Beautiful. Shot entirely with the 50 1.4 on the D700.
Day four
In Beijing still, first set is from a temple, then we went to an arts district, and finally walked around at night. 28 1.8 predominantly, 50 1.4 at night.
A few more from day 2
Some extras I neglected to put up. This was from the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Very pretty and great for infrared. Mix of 20-35 2.8 and 28 1.8.
Great Wall and Olympics
The third day of my China trip. Most images with the D700 and 20-35 2.8 or 28 1.8, a few with the D200 and 70-300 VR.
