Great Wall of China Photo

Photographer’s Note

The iconic landmark of China. I liked the 's' curve here. From Wikipedia:

"The Great Wall of China (simplified Chinese: 长城; traditional Chinese: 長城; pinyin: Chángchéng; literally "Long wall") or (simplified Chinese: 万里长城; traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng; literally "The long wall of 10,000 Li (里)"[1]) is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties. Several walls, referred to as the Great Wall of China, were built since the 5th century BC. The most famous is the wall built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang; little of it remains; it was much farther north than the current wall, which was built during the Ming Dynasty.

The Great Wall is the world's longest human-made structure, stretching over approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles)[2] from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia, but stretches to over 6,700 km (4160 miles) in total.[3] It is also the largest human-made structure ever built in terms of surface area and mass."

It is NOT visible from space, as confirmed by Chinese astronauts, just a few years ago.

dareco, sayan, siolaw, MLINES, Muse, snunney, dip, pasternak, saylan-cb, pablominto, carper, gneufeld, Gerrit, danyy, serp2000, jonathan_hart has marked this note useful

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dareco (17024) 2007-10-31 1:11

OH NO!! Now I have to tell my children I lied! I told them you COULD see this from space!!! :( A very nice picture of a place I want to visit SOON!! Incredible!!! TFS

sayan (2609) 2007-10-31 1:26

hi Chris,

a beautiful photo showing us one of the most beautiful and mostfamous work of architecture in the world. your pov is very nice which captures a largs span of the wall. thanks a lot for sharing.

regards

sayan

siolaw (25702) 2007-10-31 1:44

Hi Chris,
The great wall is a great sight... here we get a lot of it from a nice POV showing the wall meandering across green hills... Strong light well coped with.
Laurent

Budapestman (41042) 2007-10-31 1:44

Hi Chris,
This is great, really amazing spectacle. The POV is splendid, perspective is very impressive. Beautiful historical place, excellent shot, Congratulations. Have a nice day
George

bhima (724) 2007-10-31 2:04

Hi Chris,

This Badaling part of the wall looks like disneyland despite a wonderfull natural environment. Nevertheless your pic is spectacular with good perspective. Light conditions were tricky with the white sky, but the result is sucessfull.

Thomas

MLINES (10842) 2007-10-31 2:33

Hi Chris. An excellent perspective showing just how steep parts of this huge wall is. Remarkable DOF and much detail. TFS. Murray.

snunney (34130) 2007-10-31 2:39

Hello Chris,
A good composition of this amazing construction. Good point of view with great perspective. TFS.

dip (12410) 2007-10-31 2:41

Hello Chris,
Great POV and excellent perspective!
Very well captured and composed,
Greetings,
Dimitris.

Muse (30591) 2007-10-31 2:46

Hello Chris,
Even if we often see this wall, I always find it so impressive! The pov gives a beautiful depth to this very interesting photo.
Best regards
Denise

mikeo (12113) 2007-10-31 2:51

Hi Chris,

Its really incredible place. You are lucky to see it alive. Climat of the photo is incredible, good composition and POV...I only think that the light was very difficult...Maybe we will do any WS...Lets see.

Greetings
Aga

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barrufeto_77 (25615) 2007-10-31 4:33

Hi Chris.

Excellent depth. How the great wall is taking us into the picture is great.

My compliments!

Rgs, Oscar

femkevdh (2633) 2007-10-31 4:51

Hi Chris,

Great angle to show the magnitude of this impressive work of human 'art'. It's juts been added to the 'new' list of 7 world wonders. Too bad it's not visible from space.

cheers, Femke

ps: all your photo's seem over exposed on my screen... is mine too bright? Not sure...

pasternak (13028) 2007-10-31 5:12

Hi Chris, nice view of the famous landmark, I'd crop the sky on the top, but for the rest - a good comprehensive POV, nice how an eye can follow all the undulations starting from bottom of the frame...

Cheers
Alexander

Cormac (26449) 2007-10-31 7:06

Classic shot, such an amazing sight that you just have to look at it in awe. I like that in this shot you take us from the close in view of the wall to the distant, all in one continuous shot. I'm disappointed to hear that it's not visible from space (I wonder how that story got started?). Excellent!

UnTrained (0) 2007-10-31 7:53

Hi Chris,
great note for a great building. How long have you searched for that amazing POV? Running and running all over the walls, thanks for that ;-)
It is a good view down in the valley which so many parts of this wall, crowded and with good contrasts to follow the "snake" through the landscape.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

sacavem (8092) 2007-10-31 8:03

Olá Chris,

I like very much your POV and composition, and the curves and angles you have captured. It really is beautifully balanced and tightly cropped to focus the attention.

Regards, and have a nice weekend,
Filipe

pablominto (40008) 2007-10-31 8:16

Hello Chris,
A pleasant capture of this winding serpent!
Point of view is good as you can see the impressive structure over a distance...
Pleasant composition, sharp fine details!
Greetings,
Pablo -

carper (64094) 2007-10-31 8:31

looks me nice to visit this world monument,
a good pov Chris, very nice too give us a feeling oth the atmosphere there, good photojob.
gr. jaap

gneufeld (15007) 2007-10-31 10:09

Hi Chris,
What a great shot of this amazing place. I never realized how undulating and filled with curves this wall and surrounding areas is. Great contrasts and including lots of people seems so right for this shot. Great work and TFS. Gerald

Gustaw (21670) 2007-10-31 10:40

Hi, my friend!
It is very famous place. I like your composition. Very oryginal. I like your people. Photo have good quality.
Marek

Gerrit (35491) 2007-10-31 13:13

Hi Chris,
very good POV, fantastic view. It realy is impressive.
Regards, Gerrit

bracasha75 (21695) 2007-10-31 14:00

Hello Chris
Veeeeeery impresive and this a honor to be there in so one place a big part of China and World history
Very good shot
TFS
Cheers,Braca

devimeuxbe (55673) 2007-10-31 15:57

Hi Chris
so famous place but not so many pictures from it on TE. Your pêrspective is very nice with an excellent sharpness
Well done
Bertrand

Graal (57278) 2007-10-31 23:52

Bonjour Chris,
fine view on the chinese Great Wall. Good POV and perspective, interesting informations. I like it. Unusual place.
Gr., Aleksander

saylan-cb (12726) 2007-11-01 3:10

Hi Chris
Great point of view with nice perspective...
Very well captured and composed...
Excellent work...
TFS/Regards

danyy (68008) 2007-11-01 15:08

Bonjour Chris,
une des constructions les plus impressionnantes au monde, une photo qui la montre avec beaucoup de profondeur. Une légère surexpostion nous prive toutefois de certains détails.
Best regards.
Daniel.

ysabaner (1067) 2007-11-02 0:14

Hello Chris,

Wonderful picture.

Çin Seddi'ni tv'den izlerim ama bu açıdan hiç görmemiştim, harika bir kare elinize sağlık. Yahya

jrj (34779) 2007-11-02 5:29

Good capture of the famous wall Chris. Lots of details and compowise wll considered with depth and perspective.

bruce_wayne (1507) 2007-11-05 4:47

Hi CHris
very good shot, this wall is beautiful, nice lights and colors

ALesandro

serp2000 (9183) 2007-11-05 20:10

Hello, Chris,

Wow! Great!I like this picture! Excellent POV, colours and details.
Next week I will go to China too.

Greetings from Russia,
serghei

trekks (14260) 2007-11-06 5:30

Hi ChrisJ

7th wonders of the world, it is World Heritage Site

Well captured view from a good angle, very picturesque! Good job!

tfs, cheers
bill

mumek (17464) 2007-11-10 3:26

Good morning Chris!
Very interesting view at the Great Wall and green hills and mountains. The walking tourists add a lot of life to this beautiful scenery.The note is very informative. Thanks for posting
best regards
ziggy