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The Beautiful Beijing Airport This is a place where I never had trouble with a tripod. I didn't need any special permission... everyone just left me alone. I think that in China everyone is basically scared to death of the authorities, so this means the authorities don't really need to do much in the way of diligent "enforcement." And, there seemed to be no rules against photography, so it was easy to go hog-wild in this beautiful airport.This is another good reason to take your tripod with you on the plane... If it is checked down below, then there's nothing to do but eat Chili's Express or, the Chinese equivalent, KFC Express. (Yes, KFC is ALL OVER Asia for some reason...but some of you probably know this already!)- Trey RatcliffRead the rest of today's entry here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Walking Across the Old Bridge While in China, one of the small towns I visited had several little low walking-bridges across the river. It was the sort of river that was too shallow for boats, but good for fishing and washing clothes. This one was in a residential and commercial area. Many of the women wore colorful dresses and walked back and forth across... it all seemed very nice and peaceful so I grabbed an image. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Night Settles In Feung Huang There is a general poetic peace when it begins to go dark outside and the town comes alight with shopkeepers and villagers come out to turn on the lights. If you look around, you can see them popping on, one at a time, like little fireflies coming out to play for the evening. This area is no different, and it's made even more magical by the little river that flows through the middle of it all. And then you are faced with all these nice decisions... where to eat? where to drink? where to find an inn for the night? - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Fingers Above River This was one of those Tour-de-France days when I burned about 10,000 calories. I carried my equipment all up and down this valley in Zhangjiajie... up and down each side, traversing the entire length several times, took very few breaks, and ended up sleeping like a baby. That wasn't a complete sentence... I know this. This is just about the same area where I encountered a snake later that night. It was black and gnarly and did nothing to lift my spirits. I'll finish that snake story next time I post a photo from this region... I don't really want to think about it until then! - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Entering the Neo-Opera This is a truly beautiful building. I sometimes feel like I am cheating... when the colors and textures and lines are already there, it just makes for such a pleasant shooting experience. But, when times are easy like this, it reminds me of when the situation is a non-stop struggle to get a good shot. I guess, like everything, it comes in waves... - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Shopkeeper in Beijing on Steps I carry around two cameras so I can get things like this. I keep my main body affixed to my tripod with whatever lens fits the bill. This is either a the 14-24 or the 28-300. I keep my second camera with a prime -- either the 50 or 85 prime. I was taking photos of the festive street at dusk, and I noticed this shopkeeper out taking a rest. I've always admired how people can rest in this position. I can only sit in that position for about 15 seconds before I scream in agony and my patellas pop off at a hyperspeed tangent. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Evening at the Summer Palace I didn't make it to the Summer Palace until my final evening in Beijing, and I was graced with a delicate sunset. This place is also called the "Gardens of Nurtured Harmony" and it rests on top of "Longevity Hill", a very Chinese-folk-sounding name. What is kind of interesting is that this entire area was manmade, and the huge hill was built out of dirt when they excavated the man-made lake! It is a truly beautiful place, as you can plainly see. I could not have asked for a better place to explore on my last night in China. - Trey Ratcliff Read more (and check out a new TWIT Photo Webcast) here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Deep Indigo Night Usually once it gets dark outside, I give it another half hour or so before I go restaurant-hunting. I like experimenting with new food while processing a few photos... It's one of the greatest things... I usually have a table all by myself, and I get quite a large one so I can lay out all my stuff. I order all sorts of quirky foods, and I have a diet that would make Walter from Fringe happy. But this night, there was so much strange ambient light that I decided to shoot for a few more hours. I worked my way up and down the waterside to find interesting sights. In these situations, I usually try to have at least one of my exposures be 30 seconds. That means the other four exposures are 15s, 8s, 4s, and 2s. That makes a good 59 seconds per session. I usually have my earphones on and I keep one finger on the tripod so I can feel the shutter click. I can tell immediately if my settings are off by the vibrations. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
High-Tech Dining in Beijing Beijing has some of the funkiest restaurants in the world! I think that some of the interior designers and architects really take some risks to do all sorts of things with lighting, textures, and styles. It doesn't always work, but I think it works pretty well here.This restaurant was right next to the opera (see my blog post on "Amazing Opera Discovery in Beijing"). This was also built inside one of the old imperial bans in this old sector of Beijing.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

The Beautiful Beijing Airport


This is a place where I never had trouble with a tripod. I didn't need any special permission... everyone just left me alone. I think that in China everyone is basically scared to death of the authorities, so this means the authorities don't really need to do much in the way of diligent "enforcement." And, there seemed to be no rules against photography, so it was easy to go hog-wild in this beautiful airport.

This is another good reason to take your tripod with you on the plane... If it is checked down below, then there's nothing to do but eat Chili's Express or, the Chinese equivalent, KFC Express. (Yes, KFC is ALL OVER Asia for some reason...but some of you probably know this already!)

- Trey Ratcliff

Read the rest of today's entry here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

This is another good reason to take your tripod with you on the plane... If it is checked down below, then there's nothing to do but eat Chili's Express or, the Chinese equivalent, KFC Express. (Yes, KFC is ALL OVER Asia for some reason...but some of you probably know this already!)

- Trey Ratcliff

Read the rest of today's entry here at the Stuck in Customs blog." href="javascript:openLB(1380711979,'',XLarge,'',954,768);">The Beautiful Beijing Airport This is a place where I never had trouble with a tripod. I didn't need any special permission... everyone just left me alone. I think that in China everyone is basically scared to death of the authorities, so this means the authorities don't really need to do much in the way of diligent "enforcement." And, there seemed to be no rules against photography, so it was easy to go hog-wild in this beautiful airport.This is another good reason to take your tripod with you on the plane... If it is checked down below, then there's nothing to do but eat Chili's Express or, the Chinese equivalent, KFC Express. (Yes, KFC is ALL OVER Asia for some reason...but some of you probably know this already!)- Trey RatcliffRead the rest of today's entry here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

The Beautiful Beijing Airport


This is a place where I never had trouble with a tripod. I didn't need any special permission... everyone just left me alone. I think that in China everyone is basically scared to death of the authorities, so this means the authorities don't really need to do much in the way of diligent "enforcement." And, there seemed to be no rules against photography, so it was easy to go hog-wild in this beautiful airport.

This is another good reason to take your tripod with you on the plane... If it is checked down below, then there's nothing to do but eat Chili's Express or, the Chinese equivalent, KFC Express. (Yes, KFC is ALL OVER Asia for some reason...but some of you probably know this already!)

- Trey Ratcliff

Read the rest of today's entry here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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