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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape Photography Locations => Topic started by: BernardLanguillier on November 15, 2006, 09:00:48 pm

Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: BernardLanguillier on November 15, 2006, 09:00:48 pm: Dear all,

I am just back from some vacation in China, Shichuan prefecture. I am not even half way through processing the 47 GB of images gathered during this trip, but there are already a few images online:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bernardlangui...57594364221841/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bernardlanguillier/sets/72157594364221841/)

Comments most welcome.

Cheers,
Bernard
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: jani on November 16, 2006, 07:06:37 am: Quote
Dear all,

I am just back from some vacation in China, Shichuan prefecture. I am not even half way through processing the 47 GB of images gathered during this trip, but there are already a few images online:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bernardlangui...57594364221841/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bernardlanguillier/sets/72157594364221841/)

Comments most welcome.
Bernard: mostly magical!

The ones that appeal most to me, are those from the clear water lake and its reflections, and the rice paddies. The colours and contrasts are stunning.

I'm not so enamoured of the birch against the water reflection, though.
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: Henrik Paul on November 16, 2006, 09:39:57 am: I, too, like my photographs this way. There's something in the tonalities that make me tick. Excellent photos all round!
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: kaelaria on November 16, 2006, 10:40:54 am: Wow - such a different landscape than we're used too - fabulous!
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 16, 2006, 11:07:51 am: Lovely work, as usual, Bernard. Thanks for sharing them.

Eric
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Post by: wolfnowl on November 16, 2006, 02:13:36 pm: Quote
Lovely work, as usual, Bernard. Thanks for sharing them.

What Eric said... me too!

Mike.
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: jule on November 16, 2006, 03:37:59 pm: Bernard...really beautiful. My favourite is Prayers Swirl.
Thank you. Julie
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: BernardLanguillier on November 16, 2006, 05:41:55 pm: Thanks heaps for your kind comments!

Cheers,
Bernard
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: chicken on November 17, 2006, 05:13:55 am: Great landscape and wonderful photographs!

As Sichuan is a bit larger than California (450'000 km2 according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan)), can you tell us a bit more about its highlights?

And how did you get there and around? As far as I've heard it's not easy to travel China on your own without the help of a local resident.

regards
Adrian
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: BernardLanguillier on November 17, 2006, 05:35:27 am: Quote
Great landscape and wonderful photographs!

As Sichuan is a bit larger than California (450'000 km2 according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan)), can you tell us a bit more about its highlights?

And how did you get there and around? As far as I've heard it's not easy to travel China on your own without the help of a local resident.

regards
Adrian
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Thanks for your comments. The images were taken over the course of 2 weeks in 3 main locations

- Jiuzhaigou,
- Huanglong
- Sukuunianshan

All 3 are located north of Chendgu. The 2 first ones are close to one another and easy to get to by domestic plane from Chendgu, while the 3rd one is 12 nightmarish hours of bus away from Chendgu, a bit less known and a lot less visited. It does offer pretty amazing Alpine views though with peaks up to 6200 m (18.500 feet). We only hiked up to 4100 m though (about 12.000 feet).

The only problem with travelling in Shichuan is the language barrier. Few locals speak any English, and we had mostly to get help from Chinese friends we knew in other parts of the country (Shanghai) through phone, or people we met by chance who could speak French, Japanese or English.

My friend and I being able to read some Japanese helped a bit with the Chinese characters on written signs, menus and documents, but is obviously of zero help as far as undertanding the Shichuan dialect.

Nonetheless, we encountered zero problem and the trip went per the plan although we had not planned it in a very detailed way.

Cheers,
Bernard
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: Andy M on November 17, 2006, 06:03:10 am: What were the situations regarding visas? And were you 'recommended' () by the visa department to have a guide?
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: erusan on November 17, 2006, 08:03:55 am: Wow.... really nice colors. Lots of interesting and engaging compositions, some of those water shots are really magical. Most of the images have a superb brilliance over them, you probably did a respectable job at the post processing as well.

With so much image material, what do yo udo to enjoy it? I mean, there was the essay of the guy with the print albums here the other day... Especially those huge panoramas, do they get printed / are they to be hung somewhere?

Thanks for sharing and reminding me to get out of the house now and then

Oh no.... rain tomorrow.
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: BernardLanguillier on November 17, 2006, 08:38:33 am: Quote
What were the situations regarding visas? And were you 'recommended' () by the visa department to have a guide?
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Visa was easy to get in Tokyo, and there was no recommendation to get a guide.

Cheers,
Bernard
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: Mark D Segal on November 17, 2006, 01:31:50 pm: Excellent photographs Bernard.
Title: China - Shichuan prefecture
Post by: BernardLanguillier on November 18, 2006, 10:06:36 pm: Quote
Excellent photographs Bernard.
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Hello Mark,

Thanks a lot for your kind words.

Regards,
Bernard