On The Lake by berndt2
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On The Lake by

This isn’t so much cool, atmospheric fog as it is extremely dense air pollution in the Chinese capital of Beijing. Just think : athletes will be running for 42km in the marathon through air of this quality if they don’t do something (like forbid anyone from driving a car or lighting a fire or burning coal for a couple of weeks during the Games)

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Bernd Talasch doesn’t remember being hatched in a research laboratory in Omaha in the late 1950s so maybe that never happened. (Placeholder bio – remember to replace).

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air, beijing, china, figure, fisherman, fog, lake, mist, pollution, raft, silhouette, smog

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  • Daniel Attema
    Daniel Attemaover 4 years ago

    What a great shot. I do hope that is mist and not really pollution.

  • berndt2
    berndt2over 4 years ago

    The Beijing Tourist Board would probably want me to reassure everyone that it’s merely mist, ….but my bronchial tubes at the time begged to differ. (Hey, I’m not complaining – it made for a nice effect either way.)

  • Antanas
    Antanasover 4 years ago

    Beautiful shot

  • Sarah Matthews
    Sarah Matthewsover 4 years ago

    what an amazing shot, the layers of the image look almost abstracted into different bands of grey, like a shadow or silhouette. It is really beautiful

  • Andriy Portyanko
    Andriy Portyankoover 4 years ago

    Very nice shot!

  • Louise Green
    Louise Greenover 4 years ago

    wow – yes… what sarah said! love the layered grey tones- it really is a beauty

  • Nikolay Semyonov
    Nikolay Semyonovover 4 years ago

    Personally, one of your top best. A good example of the saying that do not need to squeeze yourself out to create beauty. Stunning oriental feel which is hard to describe. Most probbaly due to the man on the boat…So much air prespective that makes it ethereal. Thank you for stopping by.

  • PAForbes
    PAForbesover 4 years ago

    Another beauty. Love the emotions it evokes…. paul

  • gavolo
    gavoloover 4 years ago

    awesom, I’m a big fan

  • Joe  Mortelliti
    Joe Mortellitiover 4 years ago

    like the subject matter and mood