Persongalleriet #641: Beijing, Day 8

Tuesday June 21st, 2016.
Unfortunately, my Monday of rest didn't give me the results I had hoped for. Actually my back was feeling worse than ever and now my stomach had started to act up. A mild case of tourist belly maybe...
I decided to just do morning and evening walks and rest during the worst heat of the day. Here are some of the shots:

Be well, everybody! :-)

/Niklas

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Persongalleriet #640: Beijing, Day 7

Monday the 20th of June, 2016.
I had decided to take the Monday off. No shooting and some rest for my aching back. And also resting my head from a, so far, pretty tough work schedule. But, still, I couldn't resist doing the morning walk! It was another sunny morning, and the light was wonderful! :-)

A lot of the subjects you'd want to photograph are bound to be in the shadow, even in the relative cool of the early morning. (Even more so in the full blast heat of the day).

At the end of the walk I stopped for some more of those addictive little dough-buns:

After a while this guy sat down at my table to have his breakfast. He had some preserved vegetables with his dough-buns and rinsed it all down with some rice gruel.

Be well, everybody.

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Persongalleriet #639: Beijing, Day 6

Went back to the Temple of Heaven park. Day 6 was Sunday, and I thought there'd be more people there. Not really. Just as two days earlier, I found the light really hard to deal with. Harsh sunlight from almost straight above through leaves, creating strange patterns of shadow and light all over people's faces.
As a prelude, here are two snaps from the way there:

Arriving at the park's outdoor "gym", this guy wanted me to photograph him:

He's a pretty good athlete, especially for his age, don't you think?!!

Here's another guy, on the parallell bars.

But most people in the park exercised more quietly, and some just trained their minds:

I asked for a portrait of this old lady, which was much appreciated by her and those with her!

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

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Persongalleriet #638: Beijing, Day 5 - Lama Temple

Been there twice before, it's a really wonderful place! A top notch tourist attraction that is actually used for it's original purpose - praying to the buddha!