Mount Huangshan

[tomcat]

Just return from Mount Huangshan. These are some of the pics taken during the trip.

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Flower Growing Out of Writing Brush-Shaped Rock

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Pen Rack Peak

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Flying Over Rock

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[tomcat]

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Lion Peak and Reservoir

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Lotus Peak

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Lovers' Locks at the Lover's Pine Tree

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Meterological Station at the top of Bright Summit Peak

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[yymun]

very nice and sharp pics! could l know what len did u use and the f-stop(F22?)

[agentmonkey]

this might seem like a dumb question but, is Mount Huangshan some kind of shaolin area? or is the place where the water margin story took place..

[tomcat]

Originally Posted by yymun very nice and sharp pics! could l know what len did u use and the f-stop(F22?)

Thanks.
These were taken with Zukio Digital 7-14mm, 11-22mm, and 40-150mm lenses. Almost all were taken at f-stop of f/9.0.

[tomcat]

Originally Posted by agentmonkey this might seem like a dumb question but, is Mount Huangshan some kind of shaolin area? or is the place where the water margin story took place..

Huangshan is reputedly the most beautiful mountain in China. The Huangshan scenic area is located in the south of Anhui Province and is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as an exceptional cultural and natural site.
The mountain referred to in Water Margin is actually Mount Liangshan which is located in southern Shandong Province.

[Incastasman]

very nice and sharp pics!.. great compose

[agentmonkey]

Originally Posted by tomcat Huangshan is reputedly the most beautiful mountain in China. The Huangshan scenic area is located in the south of Anhui Province and is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as an exceptional cultural and natural site. The mountain referred to in Water Margin is actually Mount Liangshan which is located in southern Shandong Province.

ack, shows how ignorant i am nice series though ! hope to be able to visit the mountainous regions of china someday when i'm older

[CKW]

No pix with fog, or sunrise pix?
Thanks for sharing.

[hotdrive]

so nice....thanks for sharing...

[tomcat]

Originally Posted by CKW No pix with fog, or sunrise pix? Thanks for sharing.

Actually, fog is aplenty at this time of the year at Huangshan as could be seen in the background of most of my photos. But I think you meant 'sea of clouds' as could be seen in many Huangshan pictorial books. This it seems is however not a very common occurence. According to Huangshan guide, the 'sea of clouds' phenomenon usually occurs only just after a heavy rain. So unless we stayed at Huangshan for many days, most tourists usually don't get to see the 'sea of clouds' unless they were lucky.

As for sunrise pix, the forecast for good sunrise was only 20%, so we decided not to wake up at 3.00am and hike for half an hour for nothing at those odds. In any case, most of us were too tired after the long hike and climb to the top of Bright Summit Peak and probably could not have gotten up even if we had wanted to. Also, we needed to reserve our energy anyway for the half an hour hike/climb to the cable car station early that morning for departure from Huangshan.