Chinese New Year's Day in a Chongqing Park - a Photo Essay
Chinese New Year's Day in a Chongqing Park - a Photo Essay
Finally, the temperature reached 15 degrees Centigrade and the sun was shining somewhat through the mist. One of Chongqing's nicknames is "The Misty City" and it is well named. We decided to spend the afternoon at the Chongqing Garden Expo Park which is close to downtown, and it took a 3/4 hour Uber ride to get there. Well, what we discovered is that this park is so huge, with a lake and so many different gardens (which is why they call it the Garden Expo) that I'm sure we saw only a fifth at most of what was there. As well, because it was a holiday and the first warmish day of the winter, it was pretty crowded. Anyway, it was an opportunity to use my new camera and I took a lot of photos. If you have a little time to relax and watch the show to see a little bit of China, here are more than 50 pictures of what we saw.
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44. It is the year of the Chinese Zodiac dog, so you will be seeing a lot of dogs in the photos coming up. Although there were a lot of Dalmations here, there weren't 100.
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48. As you can see in the misty distance, the park is close to downtown.
49. Is that a dog or a duck?
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51. A photography gaff I should have been more careful of. Had I moved a little more to the left to take this photo, it would not have the power line tower in the background.
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53. To see a lot more, it's necessary to spend a day at the park, so there are meals for purchase.
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Hope you enjoyed your tour of the park.
Very good job, Buzz. Surprised me again, I just pictured fireworks over a park from the title, but I wasn't disappointed in the least.
Also, I think you mislead people with your titles on purpose and get a big laugh out of it.
By the way Buzz, would you mind if I steal your pics? Would like to keep this set. AND the title.
Steal away, nightwalker. I don't copyright my photos - they're free to share with all mankind. Think of me as a Dr. Jonas Salk who refused to patent the polio vaccine because it was the humanitarian thing to do, to share it free with everyone.
I loved the tour of the park....It's huge and it has it's own bakery...Perfect..
Very nice Buzz. I like all the bright colors in public spaces. That is something we don't see much in the U.S.
Another excellent, unique, content and visually rich photo essay by Buzz that sets NT apart from other sites!
Keep 'em coming, Buzz!
I take you're enjoying the new camera...
Thanks for the tour.
It's the best camera I've had since my 35mm film Canon F1 SLR, and packs as much in as that camera and all the lenses from 24mm wide angle to the heavy big 300mm telephoto I had, but this camera extends from 24mm to 720mm - twice the range, has a Leica lens, takes videos, and so many other functions from fully automatic to fully manual it boggles my mind, and the camera is a little more than half the size of the SLR.
Although I'm sure he would rather remain anonymous, I would not have been able to afford a really good camera like this one without the birthday gift from a certain newstalker.
That person will appreciate your online thanks, I'm sure.
Very nice Buzz. I love the way the Chinese handle color.
Regarding number 6, I see that ducks are pretty much like humans; one female with four males fluttering around her.
Reminds me of a line used by the comedian Jeff Foxworthy. When the Olympics were held in Atlanta and they released the doves, Foxworthy said that there were 19 guys with shotguns waiting out in the parking lot to bring home some dinner.