Pictures of Gansu - Nikon D200 Camera

Photographer	* James * {K:20200}
Project	#55 Peace & Tranquility	Camera Model	Nikon D200
Categories	Travel Landscape	Film Format	Digital RAW
Portfolio	China	Lens	Sigma 24-70mm f 2.8
Uploaded	8/30/2008	Film / Memory Type	Digital
		ISO / Film Speed	100
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Location	City - Near Dunhuang State - GANSU Country - China
About	While trekking through the desert in Gansu I had to pass through this graveyard. The graveyard is immense, my guess is that it's at least 10-12 square kilometres in size (lots of room for expansion as well). This was taken near the outer edge of the graveyard as I entered the vastness of the desert. As far as I could tell, I was the only one around... the place is very quiet (as you might expect). I have uploaded another image from this same area that I took three years ago, for comparison.

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* James * {K:20200} 8/30/2008

Photo below, taken in 2005 with my newly acquired D70. Interesting to see how your skills can improve over time.

Graveyard 2005

Erland Pillegaard {K:29737} 8/30/2008

Another good picture from you
erland

Alison DuFlon {K:36557} 8/31/2008

What a fascinating place and you have photographed it very well. I would think these structures would be covered by blowing sand after awhile. The structures add wonderful and interesting gesture to the vastness, shapes and lines of the sand dunes. Both photos are great but in the recent one you were luckily to have some wispy clouds in the sky. Alison

* James * {K:20200} 8/31/2008

Alison, some of the grave markers closer to the dunes are partially covered over by sand. I have a few images of those, will try to show you later on how they appeared.

The distances here are deceiving, the graves in the foreground here are quite a distance from the dunes themselves. You need to be there to fully appreciate the size of them (the dunes).

James

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