Beijing - Old and New

[Collin85]

Came back from Beijing nearly two months ago but only just had time to start going through the photos. Here are some of the few I went through today!

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This is a small part of Beijing not too far away from the city centre (Tiananmen Square). All those old homes you see in the photo should be demolished within the next year or so in order to make way for high-rise residential apartments.

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Here's a shot of a few buildings in Beijing's CBD near dusk.

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A shot of the entrance of Beijing's new spectacular Terminal 3. This is what you'd see if you took the train to the airport. If considered an airport on its own, it would be the largest in the world; infact it would be larger than all of Heathrow's 5 terminals combined. It's a wonder that the Chinese managed to complete all of this in time before the Olympics (the construction only took 4 years - what a risky venture there). I also have aerial shots of the Terminal from the sky, incomplete and complete. I'm hoping to get those processed soon.

[Ziffle]

Collin,
Love the last one. Airports can be a haven for very interesting photographs....
What lens was used?

[BottomBracket]

Excellent photos Collin, well captured. I like the juxtaposition of rich and poor in the first photo.

[Collin85]

Thanks guys!

I know what you mean Pio - fortunately there were plenty of places in Beijing to compose shots comprising of both modern and the old China.

Ziffle, airports can be interesting indeed! I used the EF-S 10-22 at 10mm.

[saymour]

拍得真不错，画面很美，但是感觉一切都太安静了，或许这是你的创意，尤其是#3，画面色调偏冷，给人感觉很 干净，这种干净体现出一种新北京现代的气息。

[gary88]

That third shot is spectacular, what a sight.

[Collin85]

Thanks Gary!

Saymour, thanks for the comments. Yeah for the third shot I tinkered a bit in PP in order to purposely give the shot more of a cool atmosphere. I shot that during Beijing's harsh summer, so visually at the time the WB was definitely warmer.

[canonloader]

Great shots all around. Either #2 is some HDR, or someone is going to need to get their lungs scraped soon. The terminal is a fantastic shot, and makes me wonder if China really has 1.3 billion people. Where are they?

[Collin85]

Thanks Mitch! #2 is HDR indeed. As for where everyone is, the new Terminal is massive. As such, you never really feel crowded anywhere there! :D