Another flashback to December 2008. My time in Huashi was slowly coming to an end, due to different opinions about education methods between me & my boss. Didn't stop me from wandering around, though. It was a very smoggy time, but as you can see, even smog can look nice. | Wieder ein Rückblick auf Dezember 2008. Meine Zeit in Huashi ging langsam zu Ende, weil es Differenzen über Lehrmethoden mit meiner Chefin gab. Hinderte mich natürlich nicht am Rumlatschen. War eine Zeit mit höchst dreckiger Luft, aber sogar Smog kann gut aussehen, wie man sieht. |
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But before we get to the nice & shiny part, a little Chinglish: | Aber bevor es hübsch glänzt, erst ein bißchen Chinglish: |
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Giant millionaire abalone's fin seafood restaurant Being not a giant millionaire, I never went there. Probably way out of my price range. | Riesenmillionär-Abaloneflossen-Meeresfrüchterestaurant Da ich kein Riesenmillionär bin, war ich nie drin. Wohl zu teuer für mich. |
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The sunsets could be quite nice, even with all the smog. The powerlines don't really help, though. The smog was mostly coming from the industry there, but the little man did his best to contribute: | Sonnenuntergänge konnten selbst mit all dem Smog toll erscheinen, auch wenn die Stromleitungen nicht helfen. Der Smog wurde hauptsächlich von der Industrie verursacht, aber auch die kleinen Leute halfen: |
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It was already quite dark when I noticed this farmer with his motor plough, so the picture quality is quite low even after heavy editing. But I really wanted to include this, because it shows what was very common in rural China. Cheap cars & agricultural machinery had (often still have) bad engines that produce a lot of pollution. | War schon ziemlich dunkel, als ich diesen Bauern mit seinem Motorpflug bemerkte, weswegen die Bildqualität recht mager ist. Aber ich wollte dies auf jeden Fall bringen, weil es etwas zeigt, was im ländlichen China weitverbreitet ist. Billige Autos & Agrarmaschinen hatten (haben oft immer noch) miese Motoren, die Unmengen an Dreck ausstoßen. |
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The next day I was out & about again, & found this scene from a comic book. This auntie was repairing something in the pond. & if you can't afford a boat, but don't want to get wet while working in the pond, what do you do? You use a tub. | Am nächsten Tag war ich wieder unterwegs & sah diese Szene wie aus einem Comic. Das Tantchen reparierte etwas im Teich. & wenn man sich kein Boot leisten kann, aber nicht nass werden will, was macht man? Man nutzt einen Bottich. |
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A bit further I found a few goats for a change. As is common in China, they were grazing among the rubbish. One of them got a bit curious: | Ein Stück weiter fand ich zur Abwechslung mal einige Ziegen. Wie üblich in China, grasten sie zwischen dem Müll. Eine wurde etwas neugierig: |
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A very peculiar unicorn. | Ein sehr besonderes Einhorn. |
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In the local supermarket, shark was on offer. Only 16.5 RMB (at the time mayb $1.6) per 500g. Because of the rather extraordinarily flat snout, it should be easy to identify, but I haven't found out which species it is. The Chinese only says 'small shark'. | Im lokalen Supermarkt war Hai im Angebot. Nur 16,5 RMB (zu der Zeit etwa 1,5€). Wegen der ungewöhnlich flachen Schnauze sollte er leicht zu identifizieren sein, aber offenbar nicht für mich. Auf Mandarin steht da nur 'kleiner Hai'. |
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'Christmas time.' Nowadays, supermarkets might run into trouble over such christmas decoration with some Han nationalists. | Weihnachtszeit. Heutzutage können Supermärkte wegen solcher Weihnachtsdekoration Probleme mit Han-Nationalisten bekommen. |
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At the road to Jiangyin I came across the Huaxi World park again. Couldn't resist to take some photos. The upper one shows a copy of Tiananmen in Beijing. In the lower one you can make out something like the Statue of Liberty at the lower edge. | An der Straße nach Jiangyin kam ich wieder mal am Huaxi Weltpark vorbei. Mußte ich natürlich wieder fotografieren. Das obere Bild zeigt eine Kopie des Pekinger Tiananmen, auf dem unteren kann man ganz unten die Freiheitsstatue vermuten. |
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Near Huaxi itself, I was lucky with the sun setting behind some of the highrises in the village. That's where I took the title photo. Although the buildings themselves are not that great, their pseudo-traditional roofs together with the smog-enhanced halo make it just nice. | Bei Huaxi hatte ich Glück mit der Sonne, die gerade hinter einigen Hochhäusern des Dorfes unterging. Daher stammt das Titelbild. Die Gebäude sind nicht so toll,aber die pseudotraditionellen Dächer zusammen mit dem Halo ergeben ein schönes Ganzes. |
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Interestingly, another setting at the camera made the colours look very different. That difference is not created through editing. | Interessanterweise ergab eine Einstellungsänderung an der Kamera gänzlich andere Farbgebung. Liegt nicht an der Nachbearbeitung. |
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Water in the foreground, some smaller highrises in the background & the smoggy sun hovering over it. Makes you almost like the smog. | Wasser im Vordergrund, einige kleinere Hochhäuser im Hintergrund & die versmogte Sonne darüber. Da mag man fast den Smog. |
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I walked a bit further to get similar effects with the smaller highrises. Worked fine. & again, the same colour difference with changing settings. | Ich ging etwas weiter, um den gleichen Effekt mit den kleineren Hochhäusern zu bekommen. & wieder ergaben Einstellungsänderungen andere Farben. |
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& that's all for today. Now just a few more smoggy pics: | & das war's für heute, jetzt nur noch ein paar versmogte Bilder: |
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Great pics - I really enjoyed them. Its not somehere I;ve ever been.
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The photos have a MULAN feeling. Amazing photos @bossel
Thanks!
That is an amazing image with the lady in the tub. I imagine it takes some good skills to navigate those waters in it. I'd probably tip over and sink. Very ingenious of her.
Yeah, probably not the first time she's used it.
Sunset view looking so amazing, the other photos of you is really wonderful with pleasant view.
Thank you!
These backlit images are perfect at the right time of day. Cheers!
Thanks!
I got just lucky.
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