Barking Orders

I added this sepia effect to this image to add a little edge to the image - although it does seem a little more dated and perhaps reminiscent of more troubling times at Beijing Forbidden City, instead of the very calm and enjoyable day that we actually had! 2008

Wanzhou Sampan

Wenzhou is a Yangzi River city that started to become swallowed by the rising waters of the Three Gorges Reservoir. But it's a working city, and this sampan provided a great foreground for this view looking back as we continued on our cruise down the river. China 2008.

Clocked

I often wondered if this Chinese soldier was actually looking at me and what he was thinking. This was at the Beijing Forbidden City in 2008.

Elevated City of Wanzhou

This is another view of the new towers being built in the city of Wanzhou, which was gradually raised out of harms way as the Three Gorges Reservoir water level gradually rose. This was on the Yangzi, 2008.

Lijiang at Night

This was one of the few long exposure that I took on our China trip - but it was a good subject; the UNESCO World Heritage Site Market. Such a picturesque little corner of deepest Yunnan Province, China, 2008

Downtown Life in Hong Kong

An opportunistic shot and without a subject of any real note - more of a candid not he busy streets of Hong Kong, as we ambled by and the tourists bustled around us. China, 2008.

Lijiang Sunrise

This was the sunrise view from our hotel room in Lijiang, Yunnan Provicne, China, 2008. It is actually a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and you can get a sense of this from the beautiful and quaint architecture on display. A real gem of apace in deepest China.

Grand Lisboa

The Grand Lisboa Casino sticks out like a sore thumb, perhaps literally, in Macau, China. In 2008 it would certainly appear somewhat unique, but i wonder what it looks like today - perhaps a few odd looking friends have sprouted in the meantime.

Great Wall of China

A more traditional view of the Great Wall of China, near Beijing. 'Tis difficult to imagine just how far this wall stretches across the old border between China and Mongolia. 2008

Victoria Harbour

This is the Star Ferry crossing a quite choppy Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, China. This is such a fantastic skyline - I felt very much at home in Hong Kong, not really sure why, but I'd quite like to visit again one day. 2008.

Macau Tower

Some interesting lines, emphasized by the black and white conversion. This is the Macau Tower in China, 2008.

Hong Kong Towers

Sunset over the towers of downtown Hong Kong. This is such an impressive skyline, although I understand that the shapes in the Bank of China tower were somewhat controversial. 2008

Three Gorges Sheer Cliffs

The sheer faces in the Three Gorges Reservoir are simply breathtaking. I would image, though, that it was all the more impressive a sight when then Yangzi River water elevation was much much lower before the construction of the dam. 2008.

Shigu

This is the village of Shigu, which is located near the First Bend of the Yanzgi, deep in Yunnan Province. This was an interesting stop for us as we climbed in altitude up the to the Tibetan plateau in 2008.

Shangri La Dog

Plying your trade in the old Chinese markets on the Tibetan Plateau cannot be pretty or very rewarding. Conditions are poor by western standards, and I can imagine that it was no picnic for this dog. 2008.

Soho Market

An opportunist shot, looking straight down on a street market in Downtown Hong Kong, 2008.

Tibetan Monk

A lonely monk goes about his duties at the 17th century Ganden Sumtsenling Monastery, near Shangri La on the Tibetan Plateau. China, 2008.

Forbidden City

An almost deserted corner of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, 2008.

Bird's Nest

This is the Beijing Olympic Stadium, also known as the 'Birds Nest'. The Games had taken place about two months earlier, and we did get the chance to take a look around inside after getting this shot. 2008

Three Gorges Sunrise

Another composition of that glorious sunrise that we experienced on the Yangzi River, as we rounded a silhouetted bend on the Three Gorges Reservoir. Words really don't do this experience justice. China, 2008

Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam is an *awesome* structures; absolutely breaking and its size is to be seen to be believed. I know that this view, however, does not even being to provide any perspective on just how much water this structure impounds. Downstream on the Yangzi River, 2008

Yangzi Red Hour

Following another cruise ship as we meandered our way through the Three Gorges Reservoir during a very pleasant sunset in 2008.

Tiger Leaping Gorge

You've just go to look at the people in this image to get a sense of the immense raging torrent flowing right before our eyes. This is the Yangzi River, in as an intimidating a state as I have seen. Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan. 2008.

Hong Kong Funicular

I love this shot of the cliff train in Hong Kong at Victoria Peak. Mainly because the curvature of the rails gives some kind of indication as the steepness of the funicular railway and the perspective added by the glass towers. 2008.

Hong Kong Cityscape

I'd really love another chance to get this shot, perhaps at night. The view from Victoria Peak out over the vertical city of Hong Kong and Kowloon is quite breathtaking. The shoreline on the upper right is actually the location of the old runway before the airport was relocated. China, 2008

Yangzi Sampan

I think I may have gotten a shot of this same sampan when we cruised away from Wanzhou. This shot was taken from the jetty looking downstream on the Yangzi, in a city that was being moved up the hill to make way for the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. 2008.

Three Georges Coal Traffic

There were some magnificent sights as we cruised along the Three Gorges Reservoir towards the eponymous dam. One such sight was this coal barges against the setting Chinese sun, 2008

Yangzi Explorer

This is the Yangzi Explorer docked at Wanzhou. It was our home for three nights as we cruised down the Yangzi River and despite its appearance, it was a true joy to sail on. 2008

Yunnan Landscape

This is a shot of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. I took this shot after quickly instructing our driver to "stop quickly" as we headed up from the city Lijiang, 2008. I was surely not going to miss such a photographic opportunity, but our huddle did get used to my last minute photo-ope requests!.

Yuhu Village

One of the great aspects of our trip through China was that we go to see a number of remote villages that were apparently untouched by western influences. This one such village, called Yuhu, which was just outside Lijiang in Yunnan Province, 2008.

Great Wall of China

It's difficult to get a shot of the Great Wall of China that no-one has ever seen before, and certainly to get one in the correct lighting conditions given that we were in full tourist mode. But some of my shots were keepers, nonetheless. Beijing, 2008.

Yangzi Sunrise

One of my greatest experiences in life was catching the sunrise in the Three Gorges Reservoir. We were up at 6am, it was cold, and I struggled to get motivated on the deck of our cruise ship. But the sight was very rewarding. China 2008.

Sunset Silhouettes

A silhouetted view of the laters of hill sides that rise out of the waters of the Yangzi River, part of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China, 2008.

Glorious Silhouette

Lovely view of the sunset light glistening on the waters of the Three Gorges Reservoir, on the Yangzi River, 2008.

Shennong Xi

A distressed image of the Shennong Xi Boat people, who worked hard to navigate and lead us on our tour of this Yangzi River tributary., 2008.

Yangzi in the Three Gorges

Another sunset view of the approaching to the Three Gorges dam at sunset, China, 2008.

Chinese Temple

One thing we saw a lot of in China was temples, and they were all interesting in their own right, but it was nice to see some differentiating sights and artifacts, such as this incense flame in Macau, 2008.

Artisanal Market

The markets in this part of China were very basic, but a real treat for photographers, giving you the chance to capture Chinese life untouched by western influences. This was in Lijiang, China, 2008.

Lijiang Rainbow

I liked Lijiang a lot - a real mix of quaint and the nondescript urban landscapes in deepest China. This shot was taking looking north over this Yunnan Province town, happily catching a rainbow. 2008.

Lijiang Cityscape

A view looking over the UNESCO World Heritage Site rooftops, stretching towards the more contemporary part of Lijiang City in Yunnan Province, China, 2008.