Here’s a set of photos I took recently during our trip to Beijing, Harbin and Xi’an. Since we’ve returned, I’ve had some time to do some high dynamic range (HDR) tone mapping on the (Olympus) RAW files, to draw out some more detail from the original photos. Please let me know what you think (leave […]
Continue ReadingBeijing – Forbidden City Panoramas
While we toured one of China’s most well renown sites, the Forbidden City – the former Imperial Palace in Beijing, I managed to shoot a number of photos which I intended to stitch into panoramas later. Well, it is now later, and here are the results for your enjoyment. To say that the Forbidden City […]
Continue ReadingXi’an – Terracotta Warriors Video
Here we have a video showing the famous Qin Terracotta Warriors at the main dig site. The warriors you see are actually reconstructed; they were originally excavated and found in ruins, there are still many hundreds or thousands buried around the mausoleum and only one has been found intact. It takes approximately six months to […]
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