This was very, very early in the morning. Myself and Greg had arisen at about 04:00 and Sam drove us to this point on the river. I pulled out the camera and tried shooting this cormorant fisherman, but it was so humid, even at this time in the morning, that my…
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I said in my last photo that I had my heart set on getting that shot. I had planned to get it, tried to get it and would have been annoyed if I hadn't have got it. This shot was the complete opposite; a spur of the moment, unplanned shot. Turns…
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Sometimes you see a photograph and it compels you to visit a place. When you get there, you know you won't get the same type of photo, but you'll probably try anyway. After seeing a photo of a cormorant fisherman, most likely on the Li River, I decided I wanted to…
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I'll start by saying that I don't think there's anything special about this photograph. The light is pretty normal, the sky isn't amazing and there's nothing spectacular going on. I'll continue by saying that, despite all this, I really really like this photo. …
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When you go on holiday somewhere you've been dreaming about visiting for years, you can often have preconceived ideas of the photographs you want. When they don't quite turn out how you had in mind, it can be hugely disappointing. Fortunately for me, this shot turned out exactly as I had…
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I arrived in Yangshuo quite early in the day, so the first job was to get out and explore Guilin county. The weather was pretty dismal and very, very humid, so the exploration wasn't going to well to begin with. Any chance of getting a decent sunset looked impossible due to…
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To get to this location was incredibly tough for me. Was it tough because it was on top of a karst mountin? No, not really. Was it tough because we had to get up at about 04:00 hours to reach the peak before sun up? Nope, that's standard for me…
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National Centre for the Performing Arts (The Egg) was on my list of places to shoot since I knew I was going to Beijing. There are so many different angles and times of day to photograph this fantastic building that you could spend a couple of days just shooting around…
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Behind the scenes with Conor MacNeill and Greg Annandale at The Forbidden City in China's capital, Beijing. A behind-the-scenes look at my first proper photoshoot in China and how I took my photo of the Forbidden City in the Chinese capital. Part of our on location series dealing with HDR travel photography.…
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This is the forbidden city in Beijing and was our first proper photoshoot in China. Greg and myself had flown in from Dubai the day before and were then taken out on the town by my lovely friend Leah. (Thanks!) It was so much fun, we stayed out until the…
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