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Some Leftover China Photos, And My Wife's Too

  

Category:  Photography & Art

By:  buzz-of-the-orient  •  12 years ago  •  16 comments

Some Leftover China Photos, And My Wife's Too

Unfortunately I feel that I must post photos here instead of on the Photography group, because few NewsTalkers look any further than this forum, so here it is. I surrender.

Although I have posted many of my photos taken in China elsewhere, here are some for NT. If there is enough interest I will repost from elsewhere to here.

1. In China there is the Good, the Bad, and in this case, the Ugly.

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2. Taken from the same place, the modern is starting to sprout among the ugly.

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3. Would YOU get on this ferry? The chicken wasn't chicken, and neither was I. Maybe another caption to this photo should be "Why did the chicken cross the river?"

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4. Electric clothes driers are a rarity here, but in this case a necessity.

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5. This is at the Kung Fu college at Shaolin Temple, where Kung Fu originated.

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6. This peddle-boat must have got lost.

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7. Warrior women of Kaifeng. Women fought to protect their nation.

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8. Stairs, stairs, everywhere there are stairs to climb.

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9. A lantern in the ancient village of Langmei

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10. Inside a scholar's home in the ancient village of Langmei.

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11. My Chinese Empress, my beautiful wife.

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And now, the next 5 photos were taken by my wife with her camera-phone.

12. This is a short walk from our home.

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13. This was taken in the same area.

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14. There are many statues like this throughout China

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15. A really nice restful spot nearby. So many apartment buildings are going up.

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16. And this is where we end up. Not for a while I hope.

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Perrie Halpern R.A.
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link   Perrie Halpern R.A.    12 years ago

Really nice shots Buzz! It's so interesting to see China from such a personal POV. Great Job!! Is the fog in the pictures smog?

BTW, I have a meta article about the groups going on right now. Please join in. I would like to improve either the groups or the blogs. The groups I have done all that I can, but the blogs can be made moreprominent.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   author  Buzz of the Orient    12 years ago

It's a very rare day when the air is really clear. The most useless thing I brought with me from Canada was my binoculars.

I have to teach now, but I'll try to get to the meta article this evening.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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link   Perrie Halpern R.A.    12 years ago

Ha! I forget sometimes that we are at opposite ends of the clock. I thought humm... kind of late for night school, LOL!

 
 
 
Steve Ott
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link   Steve Ott    12 years ago

I really liked the first picture. I tried to connect the roof angles together in my mind and make a slide. Isn't it interesting though how people still want green living plants in their home.

Thanks for the photos.

 
 
 
Arch-Man
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link   Arch-Man    12 years ago

Nice

 
 
 
Petey Coober
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link   Petey Coober    12 years ago

Judging by that river shot I guess a lot of people ride motorcycles and scooters .

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   author  Buzz of the Orient    12 years ago

You wouldn't believe how many people ride motorcycles and scooters and bicycles.

Holy Shit!!! I just noticed that I left the "h" out of "Photos" in the title. Sometimes the mind and the eye refuse to co-ordinate.

 
 
 
Larry Hampton
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link   Larry Hampton    12 years ago

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5. This is at the Kung Fu college at Shaolin Temple, where Kung Fu originated.

For real?!

THAT is ultra cool Buzz!


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And yes your wife is beautiful Buzz and good for you!

 
 
 
wmolaw
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link   wmolaw    12 years ago

Buzz:

Got to say, I love your posts and your photos. Know what else, I love that you share with us portions of your life, your real life, not your digital life.

Much appreciated.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   author  Buzz of the Orient    12 years ago

Sorry to take so long to respond, Tina, but I have a lot of difficulty connecting with thenewstalkers.

My wife really has nothing to do with the martial arts, but she does exercise a lot.

The paddle boat? It must have drifted there.

The ferry? After reading about so many Asian ferry sinkings I do have to say I experienced a little trepidation about boarding that one. Actually I was a passenger on the bus at the right of the photo, but nobody was allowed to be in the bus when it was on the ferry which did make a lot of sense to me.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   author  Buzz of the Orient    12 years ago

Your comment is much appreciated wmolaw.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   author  Buzz of the Orient    12 years ago

I'm a lucky guy, Larry. How did this response get down here?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   author  Buzz of the Orient    12 years ago

I'm a lucky guy, Larry.

Damn it. I tried twice to follow Larry's comments and my response kept ending up here.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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link   A. Macarthur    12 years ago

Buzz,

Sorry it took me so long to catch up with these.

Solid compositions all and a most interesting selection of subject matter.

I think most Americans have a mental picture of "China" -- these images have the combined impact of being both documentary and aesthetic.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   author  Buzz of the Orient    12 years ago

I so look forward to your comments, A.Mac, because theymotivate meto do more.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   author  Buzz of the Orient    12 years ago

I drink bottled water. I don't trust the tap water here.Many hotels provide water coolers or bottled water in the rooms.

 
 

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