Persongalleriet #633: Beijing, Day 2 - Evening Shots

Here's a few photographs from after dark, Wednesday evening. It was really dark in these hutongs, so I had to switch to manual focus and use the maximum aperture on my Samsung 30mm/f2.0. I'll start with some B&W:

And here are some shots where I liked the colours:

Be well everybody!

Time to hit the streets again!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #632: Beijing, Day 2

But I'll start with a quick recap of how I got here. Wrote a blog about my troubles with the Scandinavian Airlines pilots' strike a couple of days ago, but that was i Swedish, so here'a a short version in English:
* About 10 hours of telephone queing, spread over 2 days,  before I could adjust my travel plan after my flight was canceled.
* A 37 hour trip incuding an overnight train journey, instead of a 17 hour trip.
* Upon arrival my suitcase was lost. Luckily I got it after 11 hours. So, that was 48+ hours in the same clothes... That shower and change of clothes was sweet!

So, day 1 was mostly tiredness and worry about the suitcase. Day 2 was something else entirely! I woke early, about 6 a.m., and went for a morning stroll. Couldn't resist some breakfast:

Chinese breakfast on the street! Mild and aromatic by themselves, but dip them in a mix of Chinese vinegar and chili paste and there's a wake-up call for ya!  :-) And as you see, I couldn't resist eating one before I took the shot.

Scene from right outside my hostel's front door!

I did three photo-walks this day. Morning, mid-day and evening.Here's a shot from the mid-day walk:

China-America.

Ice Cream with Tenderness on the Side.

Pics from the evening walk will have to wait, can't spend all day in front of the laptop!  ;-)

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #631: Beijing Live Blog Up and Running!

June 15th, 2016.
This is actually day 2 in Beijing, but jet lag and other troubles (more about that later) made me wait until today before I got the Live Blog under way. Here's just a quick snap from about 6:30 a.m. this morning. Now I have to get back out on the streets!

Be well everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #629: Redwood Original

London, 4/7 2015.
Tänkt att de tagit sig till London! Men det är klart, de har väl tid över nu när serien är nedlagd!  ;-)

Trevlig helg, alla!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #627: Gatufoto till morgonkaffet?

Chicago, 1-2/11 2015.
Publicerar den här på morgonkvisten, så är det några av er som checkar fotosidan till frukost, så kanske det kan passa? Och det första motivet ser ut att behöva sitt kaffe:

Nästa kille cyklar till jobbet, men håller sig för (sin egen) säkerhets skull på trottoaren:

Varför sitta ner med sin frukost när man kan spara så mycket tid på att äta den medan man transporterar sig? Bäst att lära barnen tidigt!

En låda med doughnuts kan funka som tillfälligt skrivbord!

En liten chokladbit är väl inte så dumt?!

Kaffe och telefon är väl en modern konkurrent...

...till kaffe och cigarett (här dock utan kaffe) som den mest onyttiga frukosten man kan tänka sig medan...

...medan kaffe i kombination med ett gott skratt kanske förlänger livet?

Allt detta offentliga fikande gjorde förstås fotografen och hans vänner sugna till slut. Tur då att Cheesecake Factory finns!

Janne på Cheesecake Factory.

Ha det gott, alla!

/Niklas