Temple of Heaven - Beijing, PR China

chisiang · 3rd January 2005

Just came back from freezing Beijing. Too cold to go anywhere, but the blue sky was a rare catch cos most of the time Beijing is quite polluted.

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chisiang · 3rd January 2005

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chisiang · 3rd January 2005

tOGGY · 3rd January 2005

Good catch of the rare deep blue of Beijing! Enjoy your pics esp the dancer. She seems to be enjoying herself a lot.

user111 · 3rd January 2005

a bit too contrasty and saturated. but otherwise generally well taken

Pro Image · 3rd January 2005

Originally Posted by user111

a bit too contrasty and saturated. but otherwise generally well taken

I don't think it's too contrasty or too blue. I m China currently too and the photos that's coming directly from my camera is the same as the one chisiang is having. I just went to Japan for a assignment just couple of weeks back and the skies are the same as what i encountered in China.

Usually in winter, skies tends to be more deep blue and almost cloudless. When I was in Australia, this happends to same too. I m not sure whether chisiang use asy polarizer but my photos turn out to be the same blue and contrast as chisiang. I am using a D70 as well.

chisiang, great stuff BTW, and i can vouch that the lens here are much much cheaper than Singapore but only thing it's local China warranty.

any more photos to show?

hwchoy · 3rd January 2005

is it over PS or over compression? I can see some artifacts especially on #4 and #5. But I enjoyed the pics very much, thanx.

Clark75 · 3rd January 2005

Great shots!

chisiang · 4th January 2005

Originally Posted by hwchoy

is it over PS or over compression? I can see some artifacts especially on #4 and #5. But I enjoyed the pics very much, thanx.

The artifact is the result of compression. Tried my best to balanced between file size and quality.

chisiang · 4th January 2005

Originally Posted by user111

a bit too contrasty and saturated. but otherwise generally well taken

Using Custom curves (fuji velvia) thus explains the contrast and saturation.

chisiang · 4th January 2005

ok... here's somemore...

Coolant · 4th January 2005

That's what ppl say: a picture is worth more than 1000 words

The artifical feeling of the blue is caused by the compression of RAW file and you wouldn't expect too much on a JPEG format

300D · 4th January 2005

Gotta love the blue.....

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tOGGY Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 522	Good catch of the rare deep blue of Beijing! Enjoy your pics esp the dancer. She seems to be enjoying herself a lot.

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user111 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,719	a bit too contrasty and saturated. but otherwise generally well taken

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hwchoy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Tampines, Singapore. Posts: 1,938	is it over PS or over compression? I can see some artifacts especially on #4 and #5. But I enjoyed the pics very much, thanx.

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Clark75 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Leith Road Posts: 126	Great shots!

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Coolant New Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 22	That's what ppl say: a picture is worth more than 1000 words The artifical feeling of the blue is caused by the compression of RAW file and you wouldn't expect too much on a JPEG format

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300D Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Still looking Posts: 55	Gotta love the blue.....