Bashang Grassland 坝上草原 - Day 1

[ZeroDivine]

Went to Bashang grassland 坝上草原 for 5 days. It's located at the border of Hebei and Inner Mongolia. The temperature is very cold at night(about 12 degrees) but at daytime it's quite warm(25deg). A nice scenic place, and closest grassland to Beijing.

[arowana]

got rainbow, wide angle....

[ZeroDivine]

decide to post day 2 pics here as well

1.Morning sunrise from Beigou 北沟


2.Misty morning clouds the mountain range


3.Early morning light casts long shadows on the trees

[Hosea]

All very scenic and beautiful colors with good compo.well done.
Must be a great experience staying overnight here
Btw,did u pp much on #1 & morning sunrise pix?

[zcf]

nice photo, definitely more than post card quality.

[Ramius75]

wow, most excellent picture. What camera & lens u using ?? :good:

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by arowana got rainbow, wide angle....

thanks Arowana
the weather there is magnificent.. once there is a rain, rainbow comes out everywhere. I saw at least 2 rainbow the first day I arrived there

[CKW]

I must give a big WOW.
The first pix is very good. Well done!

Do share more with us.
This is a nice place, and a heaven for photographers.

Thanks for sharing.

[ZeroDivine]

4.This type of flower is one of the minority flowers in the grassland



5.The vast grassland and flowers



6.Single tree



7.The sheeps at 乌兰布通草原



8.The sheeps 2

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by Hosea All very scenic and beautiful colors with good compo.well done. Must be a great experience staying overnight here Btw,did u pp much on #1 & morning sunrise pix?

Thanks Hosea for the comments
Yes indeed the trip is reall enjoyable, though alittle tiring. Don't feel like going to school anymore after I came back
For pic #1 I did some pp like color balance, saturation, burn and dodge. For sunrise pic I have to merge two exposures, one exposed for the sky and the other the foreground otherwise the foreground will all just be black . Does it work?

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by zcf nice photo, definitely more than post card quality.

thanks zcf and Ramius75 for the kind comments

Ramius 75: using a Nikon D70 with Sigma 10-20mm and 70-300mm lens

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by CKW I must give a big WOW. The first pix is very good. Well done! Do share more with us. This is a nice place, and a heaven for photographers. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks so much CKW
Indeed this is a heaven for photographers, with such beautiful pastures, nice skies and herds and cattles.

[CKW]

Originally Posted by ZeroDivine Thanks Hosea for the comments Yes indeed the trip is reall enjoyable, though alittle tiring. Don't feel like going to school anymore after I came back For pic #1 I did some pp like color balance, saturation, burn and dodge. For sunrise pic I have to merge two exposures, one exposed for the sky and the other the foreground otherwise the foreground will all just be black . Does it work?

Why not use an ND filter?
I tried using it in Yuanyang, looks ok.

[nuts]

Fantastic pics! Great scenery is one thing, but you've captured it well! Well done!

How did you get there? By private vehicle? And how long?
Is this place difficult to get to on your own? ie. public buses/trains etc?
What about accommodation options?
Sorry for so many questions, love going to such places
Thanks!

[maxmax]

great place, great picture

[Big Kahuna]

Originally Posted by zcf nice photo, definitely more than post card quality.

Yeah...I agree...its like crouching tiger hidden dragon....10/10 from me

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by CKW Why not use an ND filter? I tried using it in Yuanyang, looks ok.

I have the cokin one, but it vignettes with the Sigma 10-20 until abt 12-13mm focal length. Also while I brought the cokin, I forgot to bring my adapter ring.. so all my cokins are rendered useless . Had to resort to this method to bring out tthe foreground detail.

[eikin]

nice work

[ZeroDivine]

Originally Posted by nuts Fantastic pics! Great scenery is one thing, but you've captured it well! Well done! How did you get there? By private vehicle? And how long? Is this place difficult to get to on your own? ie. public buses/trains etc? What about accommodation options? Sorry for so many questions, love going to such places Thanks!

Thanks so much nuts, I still envy you can travel to many parts of the world. Wish I have the opportunity

This trip I went with a group of local Beijingphotographers from www.jiankou.net , didn't know any one of them but a local Beijing friends introduced me to this trip. I paid 1200rmb which included everything from transport to accomodation and breakfast/lunch/dinner.Stayed at a decent 'backpackers' hotel, with simple amenities. We drove 8 hours from Beijing in a mini bus.

The good thing about the this trip is that since they're all seasoned photographers and know the routes well already, we get to stay longer and explore 1 part of the grassland at one time. The trip organiser will be organising one more next month 19th July. Actually he told me that he goes to Bashang 4 times a year. I am sure if you wish to join them you can login to their webby and look into the forum under 'activities subthread'.

[Leonardo]

Really nice series of pics.

I really like the first one with the rainbow, the #1 & #3.
Indeed great job. Particularly I like the vibrant color and richness of life.
It's like they can "talk" about the place.

Those pics doed do justice to this gorgeous place. Thanks for sharing.