Hello from Shanghai

[Greytop]

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Impressed by that night shot Ian, definitely one for the album

[Ian]

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It's much clearer tonight. I don't know whether the misty glow in the original makes it better or not? This was taken using an Olympus Pen E-PL3 instead of the Nikon J1:



Ian

[Autumn]

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The boy on his phone sitting on a broken air conditioning unit amused me. No fear of heights.

[Ian]

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The clouds (and pollution) certainly seem to have been picked up nicely in the picci.

I'm loving your pictures, all of them bringing J ballard (Shanghai Jim) to mind for me. Although the book is infinitely more detailed, it was there on the banks of the Bund where he was separated from his family.

I believe the opening scenes of Empire of the Sun were also filmed on Nanjing Road, at the end of the road near the Bund; the place where he was separated from them.

Thanks for uploading the automatic loo to flickr too. Very hygienic.

Pol

Basically in the last 15 years or so there has been a massive boom in the city and most of the skyscrapers in the picture were not there 15 years ago. The Waldorf Astoria on the Bund where we are staying used to be the Seaman's or Shanghai Club in the 'colonial' days and is on the side of the river that has many more old buildings from that era. The opposite side where all the skyscrapers are was, I'm told, largely farm land until just a few decades ago.

Ian

[Ian]

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One point about the loo I have just noticed....
the loo door is transparent and there are 2 wash basins

Yup, quite a few hotels now include two washbasins in the bathroom His and hers! The loo door is glass but it's like a shower door, so it's quite hard to see through in reality

Ian

[Pol]

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Basically in the last 15 years or so there has been a massive boom in the city and most of the skyscrapers in the picture were not there 15 years ago. The Waldorf Astoria on the Bund where we are staying used to be the Seaman's or Shanghai Club in the 'colonial' days and is on the side of the river that has many more old buildings from that era. The opposite side where all the skyscrapers are was, I'm told, largely farm land until just a few decades ago.

Ian

I'd love to go there but it's never going to happen. I suppose it must be very crowded and very noisy these days, masses of people and masses of traffic.

I'm loving your pics though. I imagine the river cruise must've presented you with wonderful photo opportunities.

Pol

[Ian]

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Here's another batch of Nikon V1 shots:


It looks like an alien spacecraft, but this is a pleasure cruise boat taken last night. I like the menacing dark form of the cargo ship behind it


Resting in the park.


Lighting incense at a Buddhist temple.


Buddhists praying with incense.


Buddhist temple.


Very few people here (apart from policemen) are reluctant to have their photos taken - so refreshing!


Photo accessories vendor.

All these images are taken using the Nikon V1 with either the standard kit zoom or tele zoom, mostly using full auto mode, and then the camera JPEGs were cropped and tweaked in Lightroom 3.5.

Ian

[Ian]

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The boy on his phone sitting on a broken air conditioning unit amused me. No fear of heights.

Pretty sure he was an engineer fixing the aircon unit. He had a harness and safety tether, but it was funny that he was on the phone up there

Ian

[Pol]

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You've got some superb people shots amongst this latest batch! I especially love that picci of the little chap with his mother (last but one) .. and 'resting in the park' is such a great candid.

Pol

[Graham_of_Rainham]

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How many of you guys are out there

I've seen a similar image by Adam Scorey



Yours are much better of course...

[Pops]

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Love the 2 guys resting on the bench.
The one on the right seems to have a strange design on the soles of his shoes, look like cog wheels

[Ian]

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We went to a Canonese reastaurant last night and one of the attractions (besides the excellent food) was a Chinese opera performance:



The Nikon V1 has performed very well here, I feel.

Ian

[Ian]

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How many of you guys are out there

I've seen a similar image by Adam Scorey



Yours are much better of course...

Naughty naughty, Graham, the picture isn't our copyright, tsk. Luckily for you I grovelled to Adam last night and he's cool about it.

Adam is Group Editor, Photography Monthly & Professional Photographer

Ian

[Pol]

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We went to a Canonese reastaurant last night and one of the attractions (besides the excellent food) was a Chinese opera performance:

The Nikon V1 has performed very well here, I feel.

Ian

I agree about the V1 performing very well for you. I love this Chinese opera picture and the colours, detail and clarity are consistent with the other pics you've posted from it. A very impressive selection imho.

The finer details on this restaurant picci are amazing. Every fold, every shadow, every detail showing beautifully and the colours are fantastic - as are the skin tones as far as I can see.

Pol

[Pol]

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I agree about the V1 performing very well for you. I love this Chinese opera picture and the colours, detail and clarity are consistent with the other pics you've posted from it. A very impressive selection imho.

The finer details on this restaurant picci are amazing. Every fold, every shadow, every detail showing beautifully and the colours are fantastic - as are the skin tones as far as I can see.

Pol

And I've just been looking at the exif for this restaurant (opera) picture and have to say it's even more impressive considering - ISO 900, no flash.

Heck, even the long feathers on the head-dress of the chap on the right are visible in such excellent detail - clearly defined against the folds and colours of the backdrop.

Pol