Published by Swiss James on 22 Jun 2009 at 12:55 pm
Invisible lead soup
This weather- oh let me tell you!
It feels like I’m living inside a tray full of steamed dumplings, with another 8 trays on top of mine.
It’s hot, damn hot. And humid, damn humid.
This was what the sky looked like on Saturday afternoon in Pudong.
Just before we ran into the Super Brand Mall to try on hats / escape the rain, there was a cloud of dust that swept right into everyone’s faces. Not pleasant.
Looking at these photos again, I can see they look heavily photoshopped; they’re not, that guy really did have 5 buttons undone.
You’d be forgiven for looking at those clounds and imaging that when they opened, it hammered down for 40 days and 40 nights.
Nope.
Instead we got a quick burst of heavy rain, but nowhere near enough to clear the air.
Apparently it will be this intolerable for the next 20 days.
They don’t call it Yellow Plum Days for nothing – best to stay hydrated with champagne.
I was smart enough on Sunday to play 18 holes of golf.
And by smart, I mean monumentally stupid.
:’(
WHAT SHOULD I DO!!!!!!!!!?????????
I cant focus in this weather :( :( :(
One of the reasons I made an impulsive decision to go to London this weekend. I won’t complain though, this hot weather seems to make girls forget to put on enough clothes to cover up parts of their bodies that should traditionally be reserved for viewing exclusively by their boyfriends.
WoAi- you’re going to London this weekend?
Colin- I don’t even understand the whole “yellow plum” thing. I mean I’m sure it makes people feel better as they slowly sweat to death to hear it called such a nice name, but what have yellow plums got to do with anything?!
T- you’re lucky you didn’t get hit by lightning. Well, luckyish.
Shoppers- breathe deeply, we’ll get through this together.
James – Pay attention I’ve been talking about it for months, my last minute impulsive trip to London.
Isn’t it about 9 months after you were last in London? Oh- right….
Well I was there in January so about 9 months, yeah.
congratulations Woai!!
some really excellent replies again Home Shopping, you’re spot on..
soups and sandwiches together?! egads man!
I think a nice cream of mushroom sandwich would go well with a cup of BLT soup.
Ok I now admire your camera than Woai’s! Specs pls!
It’s a Canon A560, they’re dead cheap
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000NK3NBA/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
Which setting did you have it on when taking photos like that? Looks like a high quality photo taken with a high quality SLR.
Cool, are Canon pictures better than Nikon pictures or was it just the setting you used?
Do Nikon have the same setting?
What about Fuji?
and Olympus?
Oh, I forgot:
Sony?
and Panasonic?
MissJane- just ignore Dingle, he’s a bad melv.
Here’s more information than you could ever possibly want about that photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lostseouls/3649732496/meta/
Here’s better information: “YOUR CAMERA DOESN’T MATTER” by Ken Rockwell
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamera.htm
Ken Rockwell uses a Canon doesn’t he?
I like that Ken Rockwell bit, it’s similar to Brian Eno’s whole thing about how if he only has a guitar with 2 strings, he’ll see what music he can make with a guitar with 2 strings.
That’s not to say though, that anyone can take a passport photo on a moving train at night with a cellphone camera. You do need some tools for some jobs.
(Not for what I’ve done here though)
poor old Ken gets a lot of flack on “serious” photography forums, cut the guy some slack I say, let him take his photos of mountains.
Nice Location and I am very crazy about traveling and i love the nice locations