Velebit - Apr 10, 2005 1:22 pm - Voted 10/10
Some inspirationGreat atmosphere and beautiful shot Nelson!
Nelson - Apr 11, 2005 8:57 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Some inspirationThanks Aleksandar. I was glad for the clouds and rain, as it was more evocative of those works of art we had often seen. Some people we were with might have preferred bright sun, but I was happy to see it like this.
Corax - Apr 11, 2005 5:52 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Some inspirationI agree. I liked it much more when there was fog around. It added the mystique you've seen so many times on the paintings.
Nelson - Apr 12, 2005 9:30 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Some inspirationCorax, I checked out your amazing website for some photos of this region but did not find any. Well, that's OK, I always get pulled in to your site and wind up someplace else. You have done some amazing travels, though getting gassed in Pakistan and run over by a bus in India would not be high on my list! Good luck on your next adventure. By the way, we spent several days bicycling in this area, including biking back to Guilin from Yangshuo (in a misty rain). That was a good time.
Corax - Apr 12, 2005 10:18 am - Voted 10/10
Re: Some inspirationThanks!
All the content on my website is from journeys done by bicycle. I travelled in the areas around Guilin and Yangshou as "normal" traveller and therefore there are no photos to be found on the site. I hope I can find time one day to make a mountaineering site and possibly also a site with photos from non-biking trips.
brenta - Apr 12, 2005 2:37 pm - Voted 10/10
I like..... how you can move your gaze from foreground to background: each one frames the other and both give a great sense of depth and remoteness.
Nelson - Apr 12, 2005 7:33 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: I like...Thanks brenta. As you can see the lighting was flat and diffused, typically not the best for a landscape scene, so composition was critical. We were on a moving boat when I saw the alignment ready to happen, and managed to fire off a couple of shots. Of course the dramatic nature of the scene compensated for the flat lighting.
I wonder if contrast masking would have helped the image! :-}
jazamoo - Jul 28, 2006 7:28 pm - Hasn't voted
paintingsfunny thing is, those mountains do resemble the paintings. i'd always wondered about the crazy looking clouds...
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