Rain on Lijiang river cruise Photo

Photographer’s Note

Another photo from Li River cruise: here I want to show also the boat and people, noto only landscape. In the boat people are very busy to photograph each other with the background of the mountains during all the trip - but there were some problem for them and for me: rain over us and our cameras.
So people are helping each other holding umbrellas to try to photograph without soaking!

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Serhio (482) 2006-01-18 3:59

Nice picture. Mountings and umbrellas are very good.

Furachan (0) 2006-01-18 4:11

Hello Livia,
Beautiful misty picture with these blindingly colorful umbrellas! I like the position of each umbreall in the frame with the misty mountains beyond. Very postic shot.
Lovely!
Francis

nbj (1871) 2006-01-18 9:37

Nice compostiton, and the colors are working great!

banyanman (7739) 2006-01-18 9:50

Sorry to see you had such bad weather on your Li Jiang cruise, Livia, but this is a very striking photograph and certainly very different from all the other photographs in the Li Jiang gallery. Your fill flash has illuminated the umbrellas to just the right level. Cheers . . . David

bfly (5737) 2006-01-18 10:35

hi Livia,
nice composition..I am not sure about the fill-in flash..I think one without them would give the rainy feeling well too..
brgds
fusun

michel_r (1114) 2006-01-18 14:34

Hi Livia,
Very nice picture!
Mountains in the dark and umbrellas colorfull!
Well done!
Monique

keribar (42760) 2006-01-22 7:44

Hello Livia,

This picture is so natural, and you have taken the adcantages of a rainy day. Generally photographers are not happy when it rains, but as you prove it here, there are so many occasions for good pictures: Actually we are preparing a trip to China in September and Guilin will be part of it, so this shows us wjat we can expect, and realize. Many thanks - Izzet

oochappan (22032) 2006-01-23 3:17

Hi Livia
very pleasant all those colored umbrella's to wards rhe misty bacground, well seen and well shown here.
Take care of your foot and thanks, always fine to stay in touch with friends, even from here, not always easy to get on the net.
Warm Greetings 31°C
Henk

riclopes (33135) 2006-01-24 13:04

Hi Livia,
Your last posts, remind me my trip, in 2003. I can recognize every places, but with a lot worst weather...I thought I had a lot of mist, but I supposed that's pretty normal, after seeing the shots on TE, from the same place.

I love this original captured! The composition of these colourful umbrellas, with the gorgeous misty landscape in the background, is absolutely magnific! Great atmosphere, very well captured.
Congratulations for this diferent picture of this amazing place!
TFS,
Best regards,
Ricardo

joseelias (367) 2006-02-01 9:13

This is a funny image and somewhat makes me think about the sense of being in a photo with something in behind. The fact that we have a photo of the place already marks that we were there, right? :-)

Still we feel the need to prove it by being on the frame…

The natural “partial” desaturation and color contrast is nice and enhances well the message in your note, putting a lot of emphasis on the people and weather rather in the landscape. Also, a clever use of the flash (it seems to have been used) as it turned the colors brighter and clear but it’s not too evident, balancing well the exposure.

Ejla (429) 2006-02-12 4:21

I usually adore photos with people, not just lanscapes, but I adore landscapes, too....I adfore photography.

loryuno (304) 2006-04-26 17:59

Brava, Livia.
Interessante contrasto tra il grigiore dello sfondo e i colori vivaci degli ombrelli.
Goia (sorriso di 2 persone che si vedono su questa foto)nonostante la pioggia guastafesta .
Staticità, ma anche idea di movimento.
Originale inquadratura.
Insomma una foto di grande qualità!
Ciao
Lorenza

brevbrev14 (372) 2006-09-21 4:17

CIao Livia sto scoprendo la tua bella galleria. Questa è bellissima!un bel momento catturato!!mi piace tantissimo!!!ottima situazione, colore degli ombrelli!!Bella davvero!!
Ciao

Valeria

archimatica (13344) 2007-02-17 5:03

Una scena molto spontanea ed efficace: il flash ha risolto il primo piano.
L'aria divertita dei soggetti lascia presagire un atteggiamento tutt'altro che insofferente nei confronti della pioggia...
Ciao
Renzo