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Awesome Pics of China

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Cohen, Feb 20, 2006.

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  1. Cohen

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    They need a few McDonalds on that countryside
     
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    despite the coloring/filters used, the pics look awesome.
     
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    same same - some definite enhancement, but you can't argue with results.

    Looks like Yunnan province. Beautiful.
     
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    This has been making rounds on the internet for a while. The over-satuation of colors reveal it's photoshoped. I imagine the pictures were taken with GND and warming filters to begin with, otherwise it's difficult to achieve such clean results in photoshop. Great images regardless.

    How did he get that bath tub shot?
     
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    anyone know where I can get higher res versions of these.... they would make great backgrounds
     
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    Send him an email. His address is here: http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~fj102/
     
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    and some starbucks...
     
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    Damn, those look like something straight out of a Myst game.
     
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    I believe many of the pics were taken in Guangxi province (strictly speaking, Guangxi is an Autonomous Region).
     
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    I've beem meaning to ask you this. In your trip, did you ever go to Ladak? If so, how was it?
     
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    Great pics!

    Its too bad a lot of places like those are going to be drowned by the 7 Gorges Dam.
     
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    I like the natural beauty as much as the next guy, but I don't think I can live in a place with out running water and electricity.

    On the other hand, the fact that Shanghai has become a concrete jungle makes me kinda sad too.

    I just hope the modernization would leave places in these pics alone, with maybe a 3+ star hotel for the tourist to use when they visit.
     
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    does this remind anybody of Farcry??
     
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    Uhhh... ummm... does anyone see some IRONY oozing out of this statement...? :D
     
  17. SamFisher

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    Yup - spent about two weeks there and climbed a mountain.

    Pretty cool - not unlike Tibet at all. Kind of crowded though.
     
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    Those pictures make me want to throw a bunch of stuff in a suitcase and leave this town.
     
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    I doubt he will give you if he is the photographer. He would be better off having them copyrighted and sell them.
     
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    Shanghai was formed as a delta plain of the Yangtze River. Environmental concerns aside, I can't think of one geographical feature in that part of the region that has been altered by high degree of modernization in Shanghai and its vicinity.

    I gather you meant the Three Gorges Dam. The major river system in Guangxi province has no relation to the tributaries of the Yangtze River. The readers can rest assured even if the project of Three Gorges Dam is screwed up, it's extremely unlikely to have impact on these spectacular scenes captured in the photos. On the other hand, the Three Gorges Dam is bound to affect the ecosystem and many local cultures, among other things, along the Yangtze River, and may irreversibly alter the historical relics and the sheer beauty of the Three Gorges.
     

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