You can see long lines of figures and animals on the gable ends of roofs all over Beijing. They are supposed to protect the house ? the more animals the better the protection. This picture focuses on one of the animals and was taken in the Forbidden City.
Picture details: Exposure 1/640s (manual), aperture 8.0 (fixed), focal length 500mm, ISO 400, no flash, no tripod.
The entire China trip portfolio can be accessed through the ?China Trip 2004? link under ?Portfolio? at the top of this page are through http://www.usefilm.com/browse.php?portfolio_id=11979. More pictures to follow?
Neat shot! Love the color saturation. My only comment is that I wish the DOF was deeper so we could see the dragon's head. However, 500mm handheld? Nice job!
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{K:36599} 12/27/2004