Winter JiuZaiGou

[vincent9999]

Went to JiuZaiGou by joining a local tour @ ChengDu during CNY. It's a very rush trip as we only got one full day to explore JGZ. Due to heavy snow, tourist can only take bus from one spot to another spot.

5 Flowers Sea

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Pearl Shoal

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#7 Reaching out


#8 Five Colors Sea

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Icefall

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C & C are welcome

[stan chung]

It's beautiful! Did you use a tripod to get the slow shutter shots of the water? Some of the snow look blue!
Such a nice contrast in weather! Clear blue sky and snow starting to melt. Very nice captures.

[wranger]

Nice pics

[Zeddy]

I love the blueness in the ice.

[qing02051981]

Snow!!! Must be very cold there.

[tomcat]

Jiuzhaiguo in winter is truely a different place.
However I feel that your shots are too 'zoomed in' as in too closed up on the ice, calcified branches in the lakes etc. There should be more wide-angles shots posted so that the viewers can see how grand and beautiful the water and landscapes at Jiuzhaiguo are.

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by tomcat Jiuzhaiguo in winter is truely a different place. However I feel that your shots are too 'zoomed in' as in too closed up on the ice, calcified branches in the lakes etc. There should be more wide-angles shots posted so that the viewers can see how grand and beautiful the water and landscapes at Jiuzhaiguo are.

actaully i partly agree with you. i think it will be great to have a variety of even more close-up view as well as very wide views. his is not too zoomed in, and rather is quite in between.

[zoossh]

on the other hand, it is a little too dim for my taste although i see that some parts is already burned out. overall i think exposure for #4 and #5 is just right, the rest is too dark in my perception.

[vincent9999]

Originally Posted by stan chung It's beautiful! Did you use a tripod to get the slow shutter shots of the water? Some of the snow look blue! Such a nice contrast in weather! Clear blue sky and snow starting to melt. Very nice captures.

Yes I did use the tripod for slow shutter shots

Originally Posted by wranger Nice pics

Thanks

Originally Posted by Zeddy I love the blueness in the ice.

I was quite amazed by the blueness too

Originally Posted by qing02051981 Snow!!! Must be very cold there.

Morning quite cold, around -8 to -10 degree celcius, but afternoon is ok

[Clown]

it's nice but do you have wider shots of the landscape?

[vincent9999]

Originally Posted by tomcat Jiuzhaiguo in winter is truely a different place. However I feel that your shots are too 'zoomed in' as in too closed up on the ice, calcified branches in the lakes etc. There should be more wide-angles shots posted so that the viewers can see how grand and beautiful the water and landscapes at Jiuzhaiguo are.

hmm, actually I only bring a 17-35 lens (with 1.5x crop factor). But becoz we can't walk by ourself (most the wooden walking path was full of snow and shut by the authority), and with very limited time, most of my wide angle shots are quite bad

Originally Posted by zoossh actaully i partly agree with you. i think it will be great to have a variety of even more close-up view as well as very wide views. his is not too zoomed in, and rather is quite in between.

Originally Posted by zoossh on the other hand, it is a little too dim for my taste although i see that some parts is already burned out. overall i think exposure for #4 and #5 is just right, the rest is too dark in my perception.

Ya, lack of experience to shoot snowy scene, still don't know how to optimize the exposure

[zoossh]

nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8?

[vincent9999]

Originally Posted by zoossh nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8?

bingo