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JinJiang River: Chengdu, China.
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Chengdu is China's best kept secret. There is SO much here to savour. This is the JinJiang River, which wanders thru Chengdu, which is a city of over ten million. The mistiness is a Chengdu Winter norm, the city certainly suffers from air pollution but you can drive far out into the countryside and find this exact same misty quality, which I found totally entrancing. This was a long exposure using my Gorillapod SLR (With my normal Manfrotto ball head attached.) wrapped around the railing you see there. I put a small S curve on this, plus two points of amber and two points of blue, that's it. Honestly, if you ever get to China you just gotta get yourself to Chengdu. I only saw the city and one Mountain (Which almost killed me.) and I'm going to have to return for all the glories scattered willy nilly across the whole Sichuan Province.

Enjoy.

Mikel.

PS, yes, Panda's are immanent.

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.snapshooter87
02/04/12 2:49 PM GMT
One moody image, Mikel. It's obvious why you're enjoying it.
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::cynlee
02/04/12 3:16 PM GMT
Believe me, I would love a trip to China. I am sure there is a plentitude of sights considering the vast size of this country. I do like seeing some of it through your lens though, Mikel. Thanks for posting these. I heard that Shanghai has alot of air pollution too. I wonder that they are considering a way to deal with it.
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::vangoughs
02/04/12 5:24 PM GMT
Simply Spectacular!!
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.Heroictitof
02/04/12 6:48 PM GMT
Even the river has been manipulated by man, that's very artificial and ... breathtaking my friend !
The mist color is outstanding Mikel !
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.Tedi
02/04/12 8:43 PM GMT
Very beautiful and impressive. Nice colors and bright lights. Lovely capture.
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.ovar2008
02/04/12 9:07 PM GMT
A very nice night scene.
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.mesmerized
02/05/12 12:27 AM GMT
Beautiful colors and capture.
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::Starry173
02/05/12 8:15 PM GMT
What an image!!! Faved.
Tom
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::Foxfire66
02/06/12 2:19 PM GMT
What a Great Shot Mikel!
Love the colors and the mist. Very nice composition.
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.icedancer
02/08/12 6:42 PM GMT
Oh I really like this and love the beautiful soft colours and reflections
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.Hukka55
02/10/12 7:43 AM GMT
It's so serene. Never been to Chengdu, but I've visited Shanghai and Hong Kong, and even with those little short stays I can vouch for the mystic feel that is present in all of China. Somehow one can feel the ancient.. calmness that exudes from the place.
Certainly also from the people, who seem so calm even with the hectic life all around them. A great shot, print-quality - this would look nice as a bigger print on any wall.
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"We, the Dreamers, are thus alike. For our dreams we will fight, and we'll write the future history less bloody than the past, with our dreams we'll build a peace to last!" -Hukka
::RL
03/02/12 4:01 PM GMT
Very peaceful, thanks for sharing.
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