Travel and Landscape Photography blog
The Jin Mao Building is located in Pudong district of Shanghai. It is one of several super tall skyscrapers in Shanghai today. This picture was taken from the Oriental Pearl Tower, next door to the Jin Mao Building. It was a grab shot with my cheapest camera through the glass windows so it’s not the highest quallity. The buildings has a public observation platform. The upper floors of the Jin Mao Building also contain a hotel where you can enjoy a spectacular view with your stay.
On of my favourite classical Chinese gardens is the Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai. It’s located in the old part of the city, just south of the Bund riverside walkway. The garden is today inside a restored tourist street area that surrounds Shanghai’s Town Gods Temple. However, the hustle and bustle of tourists and the noise of the city all disappear when you step through the garden’s gate.
The is the World Financial Centre building in Shanghai. I grabbed this shot using my mobile photo in June 2009. The posts and wall at the foot of the picture are part of building work for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. This was just a grab shot. I didn’t take allot of time over it. No tripod or lighting. Just a quick point and click. However, it has turned out to be one of the most popular photographs in my collection. By all rights, it shouldn’t be. It has many errors in it. The picture isn’t completely sharp focus. There’s a bit of camera shake. There are posts and fences encroaching in the bottom and so on. But none of that seems to matter. People, generally just like the view of the building stretching up into the night sky.