Town that they took Crouching Tiger Hidden Drangon

[HKFEVER]

Last Trip to China. 1DMKII 24-70mm L.

[HKFEVER]

Couple more pictures. 1DMKII, 24-70mm L

[HKFEVER]

Another couple pictures, 1DMKII, 50mm 1.4

[HKFEVER]

Some more pictures, 1DMKII, 70-200 IS

[HKFEVER]

Last 2 pictures, 1DMKII, 24-70 L & 70-200 + 1.4XII.

[Columbus Photo]

Awesome! Very very cool!

[pyterps]

I really like these and wish I could take a trip to this place.

[Dimitry]

Those last two pictures are absolutely fantastic!

[Mills]

Very interesting, love the last two especially. Forgive my ignorance, these places look very old. How old are they?

[rohitkumar]

amazing pictures, where in China??

[D Boone]

Thats pretty great... Very interesting photos!

[stoneylonesome]

Very nice series, thanks for sharing.

[HKFEVER]

Very interesting, love the last two especially. Forgive my ignorance, these places look very old. How old are they?

This is the town that CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON took place, if you watched that movie, you may recognize the water pond scence of the 4th picture.

I think those building is roughtly over 500yrs old. The followings are couple of picture that took by 1DMKII with 24-70 L.

[HKFEVER]

Very interesting, love the last two especially. Forgive my ignorance, these places look very old. How old are they?

Couples more with 300D + 85mm 1.8.

the 1st one is OK, the 2nd one looks like hell.

[HKFEVER]

Those last two pictures are absolutely fantastic!

How about these 2 with 1DMKII, 24-70L + 70-200 f/2.8 IS + 1.4XII hand held? Early in the morning up.

[HKFEVER]

2 more with 300D 85mm 1.8

[HKFEVER]

Last on in the mountain. 300D with 85mm 1.8.

[ynnad777]

I really enjoyed the scenic shots the ones of the canyons and the sky. You clearly have a talent.

[HKFEVER]

I really enjoyed the scenic shots the ones of the canyons and the sky. You clearly have a talent.

Thank you, I just happened to be there with camera. Simply point and shoot.

Those are the first time that I went on trip with DSLR instead of MF.

Did anyone see the quality different between 1DMKII w/L lenses and 300D with 85mm f1.8? Personally I can see the different and it difference a lot.

One more thing, I also found 1DSMKII has more creamy picture (more DR) than 1DMKII.

Is my eye or brain has problem?

[HKFEVER]

amazing pictures, where in China??

The province (state) is ANHUI and the village (county) is Si Xian.

We are going to LHASA this summer, anyone want to joint us?

[griff2]

I really like these two images:

http://www.griff2.co.uk/pictures/chinese_image2.jpg


http://www.griff2.co.uk/pictures/chinese_image.jpg
For me, although there are obvious differences between the two camera/lens combinations, my own personal preference is for the second of the two images.

[HKFEVER]

I found 300D is more forgiving in lens, may be because 300D always shoot within lens' sweet spot.
The physical lenght of the lens also affect the handheld.

The first one:
- 1DMKII
- 24-70mm, f/2.8L @34mm AV3.5, TV1/60
- White Balance Mode, Auto
- AF Mode, One-Shot AF
Parameters Settings
Tone Curve Standard
Sharpness 3
Contrast 0
Color Matrix
1Standard
Color Space sRGB
Color saturation Standard
Color tone 0

2nd picture:
- 300D
- 85mm f/1.8,
Shooting Mode
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/50
Av( Aperture Value )
1.8
Metering Mode
Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation
-1/3
ISO Speed
400
Lens
85.0 mm
Focal Length
85.0 mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
RAW
Flash
Off
White Balance Mode
Daylight
AF Mode
AI Focus AF
Parameters Settings
Contrast Standard
Sharpness Mid. High
Color saturation Standard
Color tone 0
Color Space
sRGB

[Clint204]

Awsome pics! Always wanted to go to Mainland China. Thanks for posting the pics

[onBit]

what time of the year did you visit huangshan ? just returned from a very rainy cloudy trip =(( saw enought to warrant a return visit though.

[bsmith6280]

i much prefer your landscape photographs--your contrast and colors are absolutely beautiful! it looks like your portraits and cityscape images are a little underexposed. Overall--fantastic...I want to go there :)

[Dorman]

#6, 9, 13, 14 are simply awesome. I do think a number of the images could benefit from some sharpening. The shots from your 300D and from your 1 series look equally good.

[Double Negative]

Wow... What a great collection of images. Lovely scenery and locations.

[nickfink]

These pictures are AMAZING! They take my mind to a whole new world, very nice work!

[Jakkin]

Great pictures, but some of them are really soft and noisey anyone?

[dr_richt]

Great series of photos!!! Its hard for me to pick out my 1 favorite. They each offer something different.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

[athomefun]

Really enjoyed this series of shots, hope to see more of that area

[onBit]

Here is another view of the main square of the town in Hongcun China. The flowing water supply, a fire prevention invention, has been flowing for 600 years non-stop.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/402690223_c0bc95e308.jpg

[onBit]

In the area about 1 hour drive are the "mystery caves", (actual chinese name).

1700 year old mystery caves near Huangshan China. How and why caves were built is still unknown. There are 35 caves in all but only 2 are currently excavated for visiting. This cave is large, about the size of 4 basketball courts. Included in the cave are beds, streams, rooms, bridges.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/403930721_57c66170c2.jpg