Bridge in Suzhou Photo

Photographer’s Note

Suzhou is a water town, 60 km west of Shanghai, & is similar to Venice in Italy, with many canals & bridges. I liked the reflections. Taken with a 28mm lens, so there is some distortion on the right. I've framed & cropped for the 'postage stamp' shaped logo on the left.

Fixfocus, weswang, PixelTerror, supereira, ravish, jhm, chinchini, bpelvan, nwoehnl, mumek, avigur_11, elihesamian, mitternacht has marked this note useful

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devimeuxbe (56370) 2005-04-11 3:34

Bonjour Chris
Cette image est très intéressante. On se croirait en Europe, presque à venise. Belle composition.
J'aime bien
Amitiés. Bertrand

greg64g (11193) 2005-04-11 3:38

Hello Chris,

I must say that's not my favorite landscape, but there is a incredible mood on this one. this bridge is like an anachronism. that's strange but interesting.
cheers
greg

RGatward (19749) 2005-04-11 3:41

Fascinating to see some everyday domestic architecture from China. THis looks like a really unuaul place to visit.

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-04-11 3:41

Hi Chris!
I didn´t know that there was a chinese "venice"!-So another great one under the general TE theme.Nice atmosphere in this shot,beautiful light and colors.The colorful logo on the wall is a fine extra.

weswang (18223) 2005-04-11 3:50

Hi Chris, I like the reflection in the water, too. I also like the decorations on the top of the roofs. This is a well composed very clear photo with nice colors and good contrast. Thanks for sharing.

bantonbuju (48796) 2005-04-11 3:55

hi chris, there is "something" in this picture though one may question its quality; i dunno what that "something" is so i'll be back in a while to be more specific; anyhow - its much enough to mark this photo very nteresting;
bw, jerzy

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PixelTerror (86853) 2005-04-11 4:49

Hi Chris,
Indeed there is some similarity with Venice, because of the canal of course but also mainly this small bridge above it. But your framing brings us back to China because you wisely included this advertisement, this reminds me of something I have seen in other places... I don't understand the text, but it could well be related to energy savings or natural resources preservation.
Have a nice day,
jean-Yves

oochappan (22032) 2005-04-11 5:45

Fine impression of this Italian-Chinese view very nice composed and good reflection. I just miss only a person on the bridge, that would had been le moment suprême, no ?
Well done Chris
Henk

supereira (9576) 2005-04-11 5:45

I like the point of view and composition.Great reflections in the water.I like the colors and contrasts.Good light and sharpness.I like the contrast between the sky and the buildings.Good job!

ravish (140) 2005-04-11 6:40

namaste chris,
very good composition backed by good reflections in the water.i like the houses(especially the one on the left with some writings on the wall and the varied colours)which are reflected in the water.the photo without the bridge would have been definitely incomplete.well seen and nice job.
regards,
ravish.

Zepi (22848) 2005-04-11 6:42

Hello Chris,

Comme chaque jours, tu me fait faire le tour du monde !
Aujourd’hui, pour mon plus grand plaisir on te retrouve en Chine ( Un pays que j’aimerais énormément visiter).
Très belle image, cadrage très intelligent, j’aime ici cette architecture et surtout ces reflets dans l’eau !
Magnifique !
Beau travail
Amicalement
Sébastien

jhm (83352) 2005-04-11 7:34

Hi Chris,
A total other image than the beautiful landscapes, but absolutely nice image here, yes maybe a bridge as in Venice or in Bruges Belgium, nice compostion and soft colours.
Well seen!
John.

clodreno (0) 2005-04-11 8:06

a nice image Chris.
another place I suppose I should go to, but since I always want to go back to India, I 'll need at least to be reincarnated twice ..
The distorsion isn't bothering me..

cyril (2748) 2005-04-11 11:36

Hi Chris,
Nice composition , nice reflections on water nice colours too.
Looks like Venice

Cyril

jrj (34779) 2005-04-11 11:50

Almost a Venetzian setting of the bridge, strange contrast to the coloured wall there. Very interesting Chris.

chinchini (27811) 2005-04-11 12:24

Bonsoir Chris,
Les reflets sont tels que l'on ne voit pas l'eau.
Image très colorée qui me plait pour les climatiseurs aux façades, le petit pont enjambant la rivière et la pub au mur :-)
Bien vu !
Pierre

bpelvan (3786) 2005-04-11 13:26

Hi Chris,
It really is very similar to Venice. Architecture does not seem to me like Chineese. Very realistic image very sharp and all the details are visible enough.
Good job. Thanks for sharing...

nwoehnl (120) 2005-04-11 14:44

Interesting find, Chris, the place looks indeed like a distant cousin of Venice. The stamp logo brings interest and color to this composition of the repetitive houses by the water. Well seen and captured.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-04-11 22:40

very ncie shot of the bridge and the water, the reflections is good and also the composition, well done

avigur_11 (21307) 2005-04-11 23:10

Very interesting. Are these canals a part of Yangtze River?
I like the color in this picture and the water reflection. Looks like a very eacefull place. Good shot, Chris.

mumek (17506) 2005-04-12 3:55

Good evening Chris!
Great peaceful atmosphere in this town scenery. Very interesting details of the chinese architecture, excellent reflections in the water.Thanks for sharing
ziggy

maciekda (19599) 2005-04-12 5:42

nice work Chris, i like the composition with that colorful painting in the corner, the reflection is beautiful. i like those warm colors also, nice travel photo

elihesamian (26091) 2005-04-13 4:38

In first look I didn't notice to water and reflection!suddenly I find it!very nice and great work about this part of city (Suzhou),simple but well worked and nobody in the scene made it a bit timless,too,I like it,nicely composed,Chris!

Yours
M

mitternacht (1836) 2005-04-16 19:30

Hi Chris,
These buildings look unusually western to my eyes, it's just the roof tops that give them away. The bridge and the writing :) is very chines though. I like the colorfoul logo and the wall of buildings. The reflections are great and the bridge connects everything, visually as well. The one yellow wall to the right adds enough color to make the right part of the picture exciting.

Simon