Photographer's Note
The Li River takes a sharp bend to the right here, and the resulting erosion has sliced one of these amazing mountains neatly in half.
As can be seen, we did get some clear weather while there.
This area is famous for its karst limestone landscapes. Many Chinese landscape paintings feature the somewhat unreal mountains near Yangshuo and Guilin. Naturally, cruising on the river is a "must do" for tourists, and a major local revenue source, since farming in this soil is not exactly lucrative.
Yangshuo itself is very much a backbacker hangout with dozens of cheap hotels and a variety of resaurants serving both very good Western food and questionable stuff the locals think to be Western food. Rice noodle lasagna just doesn't make my top ten list.
ChrisJ, electro76, Kenny10pin, digi-mom, Rupes, omritoppol, rosie, Jean-Luc, MarekP marcou esta nota como útil
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gringofil
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(0) 2004-04-22 5:27
Now, see, you DID get nice weather while in Yangshuo! :-) This is very nice as landscape shots go. Compo is perfect and the clounds make the hills stand out even more. If I were you I'd be tempted to run this through Contrast Masking to get a bit more detail on the left hand edge of the shot. Anyway, really well done.
ChrisJ
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(171172) 2004-04-22 5:29
Fantastic landscape here, & the white caps / rapids on the water are an added tonal variation. And blue sky ! A genuine rarity in these parts.
The alternation of rocky, green, rocky, green in the line of peaks in this image is also a great bonus.
electro76
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(460) 2004-04-22 10:50
Un très bel endroit que vous nous faites découvrir, merci. Very good shot and composition, I like these mountains a lot!!!
Kenny10pin
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(19301) 2004-04-22 11:09
Lovely pic here, I like the details of the mountains and how you took them, the water is nicley presented, in Chinese we call this SAN SHUI, mountain and water, great elements of Feng Shui
digi-mom
(1064) 2004-04-22 13:54
I like the scenery here, and your angle and capture is really nicely done, to show size and scope from the water level. The colors are beautiful. Thanks for posting this.
Rupes
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(913) 2004-04-22 18:15
Really beautiful this mountains...and very empressive!Good composition with the river,sky and mountains.
Well done.
jhonny_blue
(4956) 2004-04-24 5:32
Beautiful composition of a wonderful place Ian !
It´s very good !
Congratulations !
omritoppol
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(826) 2004-04-24 16:06
Ian, it's a great landscape picture, the lighting is just perfect with some shadows and direct sunlight. I also enjoy it's sharpness and the note helps. Well done!
(Now I wouldn't even swim here in the day time :-))
taivo
(1843) 2004-04-27 7:14
Another great photo of Yangshou! As I said in one of my previous comments, your photos of this area really encourage me to go there asap. The location is well chosen as from here you get a nice scene of light and shadow.
rosie
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(119) 2004-05-08 0:36
Yes this is very beautiful. I like the blue sky and the mountain and the water. Very peaceful and amazing this view here. I like very much. Good shot!
Jean-Luc
(5488) 2005-05-07 4:14
Cette vue est remarquable et elle me rappelle mon séjour en Chine et plus particulièrement la promenade sur la rivière Li.
Malheureusement ce jour là il pleuvait. Toutefois l'environnement nous avait paru mystérieusement beau.
Nice picture Ian!
MarekP
(4750) 2005-05-07 19:23
Nice landscape, Ian. I admire sharp details of the rocks, even though they are quite distant. It's really outstanding place. Thanks for sharing it.
Photo Information
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Copyright: Ian McAllister (ianmcall)
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- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2000-07-00
- Categories: Natureza
- Camera: Kodak DC260
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Date Submitted: 2004-04-22 5:23
