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Odie Ferrous - 25 Jan 2006 11:34 GMT

http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~fj102/photo/beautiful%20china.htm

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Neil Barker - 25 Jan 2006 17:33 GMT

> http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~fj102/photo/beautiful%20china.htm

Agreed. Stunningly good landscapes and if that lot couldn't get someone
an FRPS, I don't know what would.

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Trev - 25 Jan 2006 18:58 GMT

>> http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~fj102/photo/beautiful%20china.htm
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> Agreed. Stunningly good landscapes and if that lot couldn't get someone
> an FRPS, I don't know what would.

I will second that, absolutely

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Michael J Davis - 27 Jan 2006 14:00 GMT

Neil Barker <neil@nemesis.nu> observed

>> http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~fj102/photo/beautiful%20china.htm
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>Agreed. Stunningly good landscapes and if that lot couldn't get someone
>an FRPS, I don't know what would.

Brilliant, if slightly oversaturated colours.

Mike

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PcB - 25 Jan 2006 21:51 GMT

> http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~fj102/photo/beautiful%20china.htm
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> Odie

Fantastic stuff, thanks.

On a different note, what is it about the geology of China that produces
these fantastic landscapes, almost like something out of a Roger Dean
painting?

Paul

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Tony Polson - 25 Jan 2006 23:29 GMT

>> http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~fj102/photo/beautiful%20china.htm
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>these fantastic landscapes, almost like something out of a Roger Dean
>painting?

I think you'll find the distinctive terracing is not natural, but man
made.

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Stephen - 26 Jan 2006 10:11 GMT

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> I think you'll find the distinctive terracing is not natural, but man
> made.

The strange looking hills in many of the images, which I think Paul was
referring to, are characteristic of limestone karst scenery and are
certainly not man made. These particular ones are near Guilin in southern
China.

If you've got Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/) go to 25° 0'48.63"N
110°27'25.12"E

In some of the pictures you can see the cormorant fishermen on their bamboo
rafts. The cormorants are trained to dive and catch fish and have metal
rings round their necks to prevent them swallowing.

Stephen

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Tony Polson - 26 Jan 2006 13:00 GMT

>The strange looking hills in many of the images, which I think Paul was
>referring to, are characteristic of limestone karst scenery and are
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>rafts. The cormorants are trained to dive and catch fish and have metal
>rings round their necks to prevent them swallowing.

Interesting, thanks.

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John Fryatt - 25 Jan 2006 22:44 GMT

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> Odie

Absolutely marvelous, I love them.

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Tony Polson - 26 Jan 2006 00:38 GMT

>> http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~fj102/photo/beautiful%20china.htm
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>Absolutely marvelous, I love them.

If ever there were such things as the perfect subjects for Fujichrome
Velvia, here they are.

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