Picture 335.jpg
by Travis99

Comment:
Niice shot! Who caught it, the young girl in front :-) ?

Bund Quick Snack
by B74A

Comment:
OK, thanks - so you are still here, but me going off now, about 1:25 am here ... moving into Shanghai folder then, thanks, Germaine!

Forbidden City Arches 2
by B74A

Comment:
Thanks :-)

It is a hallway, open to the left - I estimate there is about 300 feet to the wall at the end. See the shadows on the floor. Not visible here is that there are about 4 pillars on the left, between each arch.

From the forbidden city in Beijing, it should apparently hold 9999 "rooms", a room being defined by four corner "pillars".

If you look at //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=382278 all the way to the right in the picture, you can see a similar hallway, from the side (it is not the same, but there are several of them).


Message edited by author 2006-08-19 13:13:54.

See IMAGE_ID=382343 !
by B74A

Comment:
Done!

See


on

//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=382343

It is actually a quite tall building, and he was just standing there watching me and all the other "ants", I guess. Zoom makes it looks like it is 5th floor or so, but ty 30th floor or so. In most of Asia, China mainly I guess, bamboo is used for ... what is that called in English, what you put around buildings when you work on the exterior. Should work really well they say ...

Message edited by author 2006-08-19 13:02:23.

IMG_5499.JPG
by B74A

Comment:
I don't know if I could have adjusted it - I'll give it a try, but the difference between the shade and the hazy, yet sunny outside ... have just tried it with my limited capabilities and tools, can add shadows to make the colour more full, but then all the people become silhouettes in darkness. I'll send the original if someone would like to have a go at it?

Message edited by author 2006-08-19 12:53:43.

Forbidden City Arches
by B74A

Comment:
One of them had actually spotted me earlier on. I was waiting for the area to clear, so I could get a clean shot (see elsewhere in this series). This is a long hallway open to one side (the left seen from this end), I am even standing half way, where the rest of the arches are in line. So it is not a paiting, each arch is about 50 feet or so behind the preceding. See //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=382275 and the comments I made there ...

Message edited by author 2006-08-19 13:17:35.

Rain or Shine, Umbrella's fine
by B74A

Comment:
A bit hazy, so clos-ups are OK, but as you saw in another photo in the same series, objects need not be far away before the start getting greyed out by the haze (+35 deg celcius and somewhat humid).

Thank you for the comments on all the pictures :-)

And btw, note that it isn't raining, but many Chinese (mainly women) want to be more white in the skin, so they try not to get tanned (opposed to many of us caucasians!). Also, I guess it helps prevent them from sweating in the heat ...

Message edited by author 2006-08-19 12:45:51.

Office from below
by B74A

Comment:
Thanks :-) It's a good view from the office as well, but thick compund windows - not so good for clarity!

Dubai Rush Hour blues
by julesski

Comment:
Yeah, nice shot of on of the Ahbra taxi boats. Should cost half a dirham to cross, but when they see tourist/foreigners, they try to sell you a private tour ... often much faster way to cross the creek in Dubai than to get stuck in traffic, taking a cab ...

Exhibition Entrance
by B74A

Comment:

Originally posted by Germaine: Very powerful graphic. What do you suppose is in there?

Thank you, Germaine.

It said it was an art gallery of some kind, but I did not go inside. It is not so far away, so maybe I should go in and have a closer look?