Shaxi, China

NiepceNiepce Registered Users Posts: 82 Big grins
edited March 18, 2010 in Journeys
Hello everyone,

I just wanted to share with you some shots from Shaxi, Jiangsu Province, a stone's throw away from Shanghai (where I live).

Shaxi is a very quiet little water town, pretty much free from tourists, but unfortunately its historical center is being destroyed at an alarming rate to make way for new shopping malls. A phenomenon all too common in China...

Anyway, here goes:

#1 Shaxi's main 'street' (HDR 3x1 EV exposures)
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#2
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#3 Street scene (HDR 3x1 EV exposures)
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#4 A doorway (HDR 3x1 EV exposures)
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#5 A house being demolished (HDR 3x1/2 exposures)
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C&C welcome, but just so you know my hard disk crashed while I was in the middle of the development... I lost the RAW files, and I am not quite satisfied with some of the PP results... :cry

The full gallery is there.
Jeremy

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Comments

  • KianKian Registered Users Posts: 56 Big grins
    edited March 13, 2010
    the thing that strikes me is how is NOBODY in the pictures, i mean, its CHINA! Iam sure there has to be some people walking around in the day...eek7.gif
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  • NiepceNiepce Registered Users Posts: 82 Big grins
    edited March 13, 2010
    Kian wrote:
    the thing that strikes me is how is NOBODY in the pictures, i mean, its CHINA! Iam sure there has to be some people walking around in the day...eek7.gif

    Bien vu ! :D

    The thing is, these pics were taken on the morning of Spring Festival eve. This is a very important family time for Chinese people, so everybody was at home and the streets were deserted.
    Besides, some shots were taken in abandoned parts of the city.

    Here is another pic with some (very little) activity:
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    Jeremy

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  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2010
    Hi Niepce. Welcome to DGrin!

    Just thought I'd drop in wave hello to another Shanghainese. Ni hao wave.gif
  • kdgrapeskdgrapes Registered Users Posts: 22 Big grins
    edited March 14, 2010
    Welcome!
    Ni hao from me as well! Thanks for posting these...it's amazing how places emptied out for the Spring Festival.
    Ken Grapes

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  • NiepceNiepce Registered Users Posts: 82 Big grins
    edited March 15, 2010
    Ni men hao, fellow Shanghainese ! wave.gif
    Jeremy

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  • wirehuntwirehunt Registered Users Posts: 79 Big grins
    edited March 17, 2010
    Some very nice shots here, and good use of hdr. thumb.gif
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  • Chrissiebeez_NLChrissiebeez_NL Registered Users Posts: 1,295 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2010
    must be nice to have these kinds of sceneries in your backyard :D nice shots, like how most of the HDRs turned out all natural looking thumb.gif

    what do you do in china?
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  • NiepceNiepce Registered Users Posts: 82 Big grins
    edited March 17, 2010
    Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:
    must be nice to have these kinds of sceneries in your backyard :D nice shots, like how most of the HDRs turned out all natural looking thumb.gif

    what do you do in china?

    Thanks. I wish I could show you the originals to see before/after HDR...

    Anyway, I think we all have nice sceneries in our backyards. It's just that what is exotic to you might look plain to me, and vice versa...
    Jeremy

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2010
    Seems like interesting place, same is case with historical monuments in Pakistan. Nice HDR effect will love to see more.
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  • StefanLStefanL Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited March 18, 2010
    Nice pictures!

    I like your use of HDR. I suppose the colours are quite subdued in the originals, but you have not pver-processed the HDR´s DR wise.

    In my taste, HDR´s get boring pretty quickly. I´ve seen too many taken to the very edge...

    My favourite is nr. 1. Great composition.

    /Stefan
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