Category : China

Star Ferry, Hong Kong

An evening spent on Kowloon Peninsula’s quayside overlooking Hong Kong’s rightly famous Victoria Harbour. A scene to inspire a photographer or a painter!

Buddha in the mist.

Ngong Ping on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island is home to the Po Lin Monastery and the Tian Tan, or “Giant” Buddha.

Dreary days in Hong Kong.

Overcast skies, persistent drizzling rain, and unexpectedly low temperatures.

Monsters in a pit.

To hell with realism.  Digital image processing helps create an apocalyptic,  Orwellian vision.

Overlooking Hong Kong Harbour

late afternoon looking across Hong Kong Harbour.   The humid weather makes for a hazy,  “watery” sunset.

China revisited.

late afternoon looking across Hong Kong Harbour.   The humid weather makes for a hazy,  “watery” sunset.

Lake Karakul 2001

Lake Karakul in China’s Xinjiang Provence provides some excellent reflections of the towering Pamir Mountains.

The boy with the coal cart

An exercise in digital processing.   Colour negative film to toned monochrome using Silver Efex Pro.

Islamic China

Islamic China

China is not as racially and culturally homogenous as some think. Officially there are 56 national minorities in China with about 13 in Xinjiang …

The bell tower, Xian

The city of Xian in China is best known for its amazing terracotta warriors,  however there are other interesting things to see there including the bell tower