07.26.09 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.
Posts Tagged ‘temple’
07.17.09 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.
Tagged china, culture, d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, nikon, shanghai, sigma 28mm f/1.8, temple, travel
06.28.09 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, though it did have its gems. I’ll get to that even more in a later post. Architecturally though, it’s far and ahead one of the more interesting, in China and worldwide. The World Expo (aka World’s Fair) is being held there next year, so a lot of construction is going on to get these ridiculous projects built. What I also liked was in the mornings, people would be out and about right outside the hotel doing tai-chi and dance aerobics, even playing badminton. There was a pedestrian only boulevard / plaza in front of the hotel where all this took place.
Tagged china, d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, nikkor 85mm f/1.4D, nikon 20-35mm f/2.8, people, shanghai, temple, travel
06.25.09 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 was rather pretty, but the city in general had that kind of vibe going for it.
Tagged china, forest, hangzhou, nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, nikkor 85mm f/1.4D, nikon, nikon 20-35mm f/2.8, people, scad, street, temple, travel
06.14.09 Flight to Xian
Day 6 of my trip. A mix of … well, pretty much every lens (majority with the 50 and 20-35).
Tagged china, d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, nikkor 85mm f/1.4D, nikon, nikon 20-35mm f/2.8, sigma 28mm f/1.8, temple, travel, xian
06.13.09 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.
Tagged beijing, china, d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, nikon, temple, travel
06.12.09 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.
Tagged beijing, china, d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, nikon, sigma 28mm f/1.8, temple, travel
06.11.09 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.
Tagged beijing, china, d700, nikon, nikon 20-35mm f/2.8, sigma 28mm f/1.8, temple, travel
06.10.09 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.
