Xiapu beautiful seascapes

david-low · January 30, 2019

Comments and feedback appreciated.

These are seascapes as opposed to landscapes. They were shot in Xiapu, Fujian province (China), a hidden gem for photography. It offers different scenes throughout the 4 seasons and during harvesting time will have different scenario. I went there twice and feel like going again. Its never enough.

More pics can be viewed here
https://david-low.smugmug.com/Galleries/Travel/Xiapu-Fujian-Apr-18/

roaddog52 · January 30, 2019

An absolutely stunning set! It's hard to pick a favorite. Love the simplicity of 1 and 9.

Phil

denisegoldberg · January 30, 2019

This is a wonderful set!
I also love the simplicity of 1, that's my favorite!

david-low · January 30, 2019

@roaddog52 said:
An absolutely stunning set! It's hard to pick a favorite. Love the simplicity of 1 and 9.

Phil

Tks Phil,

Many of them are equally my fav. Personally I also don’t hv a preference of one over the rest. If given just one choice, it would be (1).

david-low · January 30, 2019

@denisegoldberg said:
This is a wonderful set!
I also love the simplicity of 1, that's my favorite!

@denisegoldberg said:
This is a wonderful set!
I also love the simplicity of 1, that's my favorite!

Tks so much Denise m. Glad u liked it

Stumblebum · January 30, 2019

Wow! Stunning work! Unique beauty!

kurzvorzwoelf · January 30, 2019

What an awesome set, David! And the other pictures on your site - to say "nice" would be an understatement :-) Very interesting compositions and processing, at every single of them. Most inspiring, thanks for sharing!

Cheers,
Can

Cornflake · January 30, 2019

Amazing photos. You started with remarkable subject matter, obviously, but the compositions are excellent.

kdog · January 30, 2019

Fantastic set. I've never seen anything like this. Thanks for sharing.

black mamba · January 30, 2019

Wonderful body of work. I didn't know that there are that many poles in the entire world.

Tom

david-low · January 31, 2019

Hi Guys.

Tks so much for the nice comments. Very much appreciated for complimenting and encouraging words. Most often I asked abt stupid technical issue in this forum. I’d say this the first major set of pictures I post since 2008 !

@Stumblebum said:
Wow! Stunning work! Unique beauty!

Thank you Stumblebum

@kurzvorzwoelf said:
What an awesome set, David! And the other pictures on your site - to say "nice" would be an understatement :-) Very interesting compositions and processing, at every single of them. Most inspiring, thanks for sharing!

Cheers,
Can

Thank you Kurzvorzwoelf. Pls feel free to roam ard my site.

@Cornflake said:
Amazing photos. You started with remarkable subject matter, obviously, but the compositions are excellent.

Thank you Cornflakes. I always try to compose the picture as best I could to make it interesting.

@kdog said:
Fantastic set. I've never seen anything like this. Thanks for sharing.

Tks kdog. You should take some time to make a venture there. Seeing is believing.

@black mamba said:
Wonderful body of work. I didn't know that there are that many poles in the entire world.

Hey Tom, Tks. I think still possible to count them.

torags · January 31, 2019

Wow great images...

I've never seen this number of fish farms and you have treated them superbly...

Nice work

Richard · January 31, 2019

Outstanding work. Bravo!

David_S85 · January 31, 2019

Just gorgeous images. I also checked out the rest at your site. So jealous of getting to see that area with real eyeballs, but thank goodness you captured these for us to see here.

david-low · February 1, 2019

@torags said:
Wow great images...

I've never seen this number of fish farms and you have treated them superbly...

Nice work

@Richard said:
Outstanding work. Bravo!

@David_S85 said:
Just gorgeous images. I also checked out the rest at your site. So jealous of getting to see that area with real eyeballs, but thank goodness you captured these for us to see here.

Thanks all guys for the nice comments.

If you have time, pls do make a trip there. Hope your location has org that conduct tour there. You may run into language problem but a picture paints a thousand words. They are perhaps the largest producer of kelps and seed weeds in the world.

Food there are so healthy. Lots of vege cooked in different style and lots of fish. No steak !

Awais Yaqub · February 1, 2019

these are wonderful and very interesting place.

david-low · February 1, 2019

@Awais Yaqub said:
these are wonderful and very interesting place.

Thank you Awais

Cavalier · February 1, 2019

Just WOW. Amazing set. Number 1 was my favorite until I saw number 9 - and then there are the rest of the beauties. I envy your eye, shooting, and post-processing talents. Incredible series of seascapes.

david-low · February 4, 2019

@Cavalier said:
Just WOW. Amazing set. Number 1 was my favorite until I saw number 9 - and then there are the rest of the beauties. I envy your eye, shooting, and post-processing talents. Incredible series of seascapes.

Thank you Cavalier,

Coincidentally 1 and 9 also my fav. And tks to photoshop that able to make photo under a dull weather pops.

sarasphotos · February 4, 2019

Wow, wowo, wow!!! These (as well as your other current sets) are fabulous! While I also follow the trend of liking 1 & 9, 2 (the reflection of the clouds on the water!) & 7 (those two colored "kites" in the rather monochromatic scene) both appealed to me very much as well. My least favorite of the bunch was #3 where I feel that the white vignetting is a little heavy-handed.

Thank you so much for sharing!

david-low · February 5, 2019

@sarasphotos said:
Wow, wowo, wow!!! These (as well as your other current sets) are fabulous! While I also follow the trend of liking 1 & 9, 2 (the reflection of the clouds on the water!) & 7 (those two colored "kites" in the rather monochromatic scene) both appealed to me very much as well. My least favorite of the bunch was #3 where I feel that the white vignetting is a little heavy-handed.

Thank you so much for sharing!

Thank you Sara and appreciate very much your comments and your personal view for #3.

That's what make tweaking a photo interesting, to what extend become acceptable or overdone.