Blog Marco - China Day 4

Chinese Army Formation at the Forbidden City

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:50:16 -0800

Chinese army formation within the Forbidden City.

Actually I don't know if these men were from the Chinese Army, for all I know they could be just security guards from the local security firm.

Taken with a Nikon D70 with (18-70mm f3.5-4.5) kit lens.

Entrance to Forbidden City

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:48:01 -0700

Me and Gerard in from of the entrance to the Forbidden City.

View of the Entrance to Forbidden City from Tiananmen Square

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 01:46:58 -0700

Taken from within Tiananmen Square - the view of the entrance to the Fobidden City and the building with the world famous portrait of Chairman Mao.

Photo is tilted a bit - could have been rectified with photoshop - but who cares?

Taken with a Nikon D70 with (18-70mm f3.5-4.5) kit lens.

Synchronised Cycling in Beijing China

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:58:51 -0700

Synchronised Cycling in Beijing China

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:57:47 -0700

Synchronised Cycling in Beijing China

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:56:46 -0700

Synchronised Cycling in Beijing China

Chinese Acrobatic Team jumping through hoops

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:55:34 -0700

Does this look easy to you? In actual fact these rings were rotating, in the jumper had to time his launch to successfully execute this maneuvre.

If you look closely at the base of the rings you will notice a cord. I think that the cord powers a servo motor that rotates the rings.

Power Rangers - in China!

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:54:12 -0700

Doesn't this look cool? It has a sort of Power Rangers look to it.

Taken with a Nikon D70 with 50mm f1.4 lens. Taken at the Chinese Acrobatics Theatre in Beijing, China.

Chinese Acrobatic Circus Act - Spectacular!

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:52:54 -0700

This photo was taken at a performance in Beijing. This troupe was very talented. In this particular photo the man was simultaneously balancing on a board which was resting on a pipe which was elevated about a metre off the ground as well as trying to catapult three bowls onto the bowl(s) on his head from the board he was balancing on.

And don't forget about the masked women who surrounded him. (!)

Taken with a Nikon D70 with 50mm f1.4 lens. We were seated on the second level - the balcony seating and it was about 20-25m? away from the stage. This image was cropped to focus on the subject. The camera was probably set to the f1.4/f1.8 range.

Tiananmen Square - Red Flags with Yellow School children

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:45:06 -0700

A picture taken within Tiananmen Square with an official building in the background. The Red Flags and the School kids wearing yellow is a nice combination isn't it?

Taken with a Nikon D70 with (18-70mm f3.5-4.5) kit lens.

Chinese Propaganda Noticeboards, nah they're just Newspaper boards...

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:42:56 -0700

Shot this in a moving tourist bus with my trusty f1.4 D70. I noticed that in every two blocks in Beijing, they had these boards that people can come and read the newspaper.

All I had to do was time the shot, as I was expecting another board to come and pan with the motion of the bus to minimise motion blur.

Tiananmen Square Portrait

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:52:44 -0700

Portait of me within Tiananmen Square.

Taken with a D70 with (18-70mm f3.5-4.5) kit lens.

Temple of Heaven Gardens in Beijing

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:06:59 -0700