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Post by Bailey on May 7, 2019 10:28:04 GMT
Qingming Historical Area is a preserved area of Wuxi, China. It runs along China's ancient Grand canal. Most of the buildings (small businesses and homes) and the Qingming Bridge (1st photo) were built ~600 years ago.
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Post by hmca on May 7, 2019 11:56:03 GMT
Interesting pictures, the color is beautiful!
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Post by Bailey on May 8, 2019 0:45:45 GMT
Thank you hmca.
I have uploaded two more photos. In the first one, we were having lunch upstairs in one of the small restaurants along the canal when I heard something coming up the canal outside. I quickly grabbed my camera and stuck my head out the window next to our table and took a series of burst shots as the boat passed by underneath. This shot was the keeper.
I took the second photo as we walked over one of the bridges crossing the canal.
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Post by Bailey on May 11, 2019 10:17:41 GMT
I was about to take a photo of this shop front when I noticed in the corner of my eye this man approaching.
I waited until he walked into the frame and then took a series of burst shots. This is the best one where he stands out the most.
I assume he is a local. I wonder where he was going. Home perhaps? And what was he carrying in the bag? Food for his family maybe?
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You won't find this on most tourist maps. This is one of the lanes behind Qingming Historical Area in Wuxi, China. It is lined with small family run shops and cafe's/small restaurants. This area is about 500 years old with many businesses passed down through family generations. The man on the right intrigued me. He appeared to be one of the business owners. He was just standing there watching people pass by.
(Enlargement is clearer) I took this photo while we were walking around Nanjing Temple in Wuxi. This shot was a bit tricky. I wanted to take a photo of these two locals just sitting there having a rest, waiting for someone or perhaps something else. They had a serious look on their face and didn't speak at all to each other. I couldn't really hide the fact I wanted to photograph them when they saw my camera pointed at them. But they didn't seem to mind. A couple of minutes after I took the photograph they just got up together slowly and casually strolled away.
I am not sure what the man in the black jacket in the background was doing - looking at bags, spying???
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Post by Bailey on May 12, 2019 9:06:10 GMT
While wandering around the Qingming Historical Area in Wuxi, we came across this "thing" outside one of the shops. Luckily for me, Mrs B said she wanted to go have a look in one of the nearby shops which gave me some extra time to figure out how to photograph it.
While I was thinking up different ideas, at least 10 people passed by and took just a straight on "snaphot" with their smartphones (left image). But like any good photography tutorial will tell you, if you see a crowd taking a photo of something all from the same spot you may as well save time and just google the spot and you will find a photo taken from the same spot. To create a unique image you need to find a different spot/angle to take the photo from which not many other people would have done.
So I decided to go to one side of the thing and take a photo from low down and angled up (right image).
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Qingming Bridge in Wuxi, China
This bridge is one of the oldest structures in Wuxi, built around 600 years ago.
Here it is framing a few of the buildings along the canal that have also been preserved.
In the background you can see buildings from present day Wuxi.
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In this image taken at Qingming Historical Area in Wuxi, China, the path of the canal and its left bank help lead the eyes through the scene. This part of the city, built around 500-600 years ago, has been preserved.
In the background you can see some apartment and CBD buildings from present day Wuxi.
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Mother and son feeding fish in a pond I took this photo while were in Wuxi, China. We were wandering through a park in the CBD when we came across this fishpond with people feeding fish. They had what appeared to be a child's milk bottle attached to the end of a pole. The fish came up to feed from the bottle. I don't know what was inside the bottles.
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Post by jackscrap on May 15, 2019 1:52:53 GMT
Thanks for sharing, Bailey. There's a lot of interesting details in these shots, if only I could read Chinese.
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Post by Bailey on May 15, 2019 12:42:55 GMT
No problem and thank you Jackscrap  |
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Post by Bailey on May 24, 2019 13:32:11 GMT
This is another of the many family businesses lining the canal in the Qingming Historical Area in Wuxi.
This particular one was established in 1628 and passed down through the family's generations. You might be able to see the year in the sign above the entrance.
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