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Photographer’s Note

This photo was taken within the walls of the Forbidden City. It is of the PAP, People's Armed Police division of China's PLA, People's Liberation Army. This was a mid day in June. This is part of their daily routine drills.

The photo was taken in color, faded, changed to sepia, with a slight blurriness added to the edges.

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Klapaucius (623) 2009-03-03 10:40

Hi Michael,

Why did you do such an extreme edit to the photo? Not that I think its a bad thing.
It makes it look like an old photo from the 1940s or 1950s. I can imagine this being a photo from that era.
I'm interested in seeing the photo in true colour.

The image itself is well framed, and a good composition of the soldiers and the drill sergeant in front of them.

Is it easy to freely take photos of such things in China? I havn't been there, but I'd imagine they would start asking questions if tourists took photos of soldiers. Even in democratic countries, taking photographs of certain buildings or military activity can cause a scene.

-Richard

quillo (7106) 2009-03-03 10:42

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Hola Michael, I think that it is a magnificent
framing, the tones sepia and the horizontal
format with the soldiers in formation do of
your photo a very interesting work,
I like much .... I congratulate you.

Un saludo.

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Clementi (43399) 2009-03-04 4:36

Ciao Michael,
a beautiful composition, the use of the sepia brings back us in the time.
good job
Giorgio