China Travel
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Chinese New Year
February 3rd is Chinese New Year. All day and all night you hear the sound of fireworks as every house in the area sets of firecrackers and such like. The above photograph captures a set of boxes containing mortars which are firing into the nights sky.
Saturday, 25 December 2010
Christmas in China
Christmas in China is a breath of fresh air compared to the over commercialised western business. It goes off much more quietly, but not silently. They have all the usual Christams trees, lights and tinsel. However, where as in the west, these items start appearing in October, in China, it is constrained to just the week or two before the big day. The picture above shows how Chinese tradition has merged with western. Wooden wish tokens from traditional Chinese religions are used to decorate a western style Christmas tree.
Sunday, 19 December 2010
Climbing to the top of Hong Kong (and an interview on NPR) by Stuck in Customs via Flickr and Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike License.
Sunday, 12 December 2010
The Wormhole in Shanghai
The Wormhole by Stuck in Customs via Flickr and Creative Commons Atribution, Non Commercial, Share Alike Liciense
Sunday, 5 December 2010
Shanghai Urban Urban Urban
The new Lupu bridge in Shanghai is the worlds longest arched bridged. While most traffic travels along the bottom, level, part of the bridge, there is a walk way that goes over the top of the arch and is open to tourists. This affords some excellent views of the Shanghai city, the Huang Pu river and the myriad of skyscrapers surround this location. The soon to close Shanghai Expo site can be seen from here, though not in this shot. To make this image, Jakob Montrasio has used a HDR technique. While many people over do HDR and create photo disasters, on this shot is has worked perfectly. The HDR has emphasized the texture of the city creating the perfect urban jungle look.
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