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Incoming rainstorm, as seen from Fengda International Hotel (丰大国际大酒店), far in the south of Beijing, looking east.
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The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and colloquially described as The Giant Egg, is an arts centre containing an opera house in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Centre, an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 m² in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.
By XPan II, 30/5.6, Fuji Provia 100F.
Tian'anmen (天安门), or the Gate of Heavenly Peace, was first built during the Ming Dynasty in 1420. It is often referred to as the front entrance to the Forbidden City. Actually the Meridian Gate (午门) is the first entrance to the Forbidden City, while Tian'anmen was the entrance to the Imperial City, within which the Forbidden City was located. Tian'anmen is widely used as a Chinese national symbol.
Many Beijing people ride bicycles to work and pass this magnificent architecture everyday. If the weather is fine, you can take a picture like this.
It writes "Long live China and Long live the great unity of the people of the world" around Chairman Mao's photo.
Hasselblad Xpan
Hasselblad 45mm F4.0
Film: Kodak Motion Picture 5203 ISO 50 push to ISO100
Remjet Remove: Baking Soda + 1000ml 50C hot water
60 secs shaking +60 secs soak water
Develop：ECN2，39C 4:35Mins (Push 1 stop)
Blix: 8mins 39C
Wash： 3:00 mins
Stabilizer: 1min
Flo： 1 min
Scan：Epson V800
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Getting this photo was not easy at all!
I knew of this area of Beijing called the CBD, or Central Business District. I notice that they have all these catchy names here, much like the building I took this photo from: "China Merchants Building." At any rate, I had the driver circle the business district a few times so I could find a good angle. We found one in this building, but did not know if we could take a photo from the top floor. Woo went in first. This might have been a mistake because during the shoot he admitted he had a dreadful fear of heights. But he said it in such a charming British accent I thought it could have been my subconscious.
We went up to the 32nd floor. No windows no dice. We then went to the 31st floor, but the confused secretary would not let us through. Then we tried 30. The secretary said yes and let us into a boardroom, but the angle was not right and the other offices were busy. So we went to 29.
The secretary on 29 was confused so I instructed Woo to tell her, firmly, "We are with the Government."
Find out what happened here at stuckincustoms.com.
Beijing, CN.
One of the more modern hutongs (residential alley, essentially). A work in progress, of course.
Beijing's Pheonix Media Center embodies a Möbius strip concept in its design. According to Architect Shao Weiping, the design of the building resembles DNA-like double helix that has been wrapped into a loop, and the circular contours of the Phoenix complex echo the yin-yang symbol of ancient Chinese philosophy.
The building won the 2017 Outstanding Structure Award by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering.