Huangshan Dreamland

24-105mm f/4L IS | 0.4 sec | f/18 | ISO 100

My wife and I just returned last Saturday from a two-week trip to China. We traveled all over the place, and I was able to visit some incredible places that most people probably won’t ever see in their lives. And as you can imagine, I also came away with a whole slew of photographs. And it’s taken this long to even begin processing my photos.Yes, I did come back with a whole lot of images, but I really don’t have many that I’d consider top-quality work. The shooting conditions for landscape photography in China just aren’t that great. I was kind of disappointed. There’s a LOT of pollution in the air, making it very difficult to get nice clean images. However, up in the mountains of Huangshan (or Yellow Mountains), the air is clean and the conditions were great. It’s one of the most amazing places I’ve ever seen, and the photography opportunities were endless there (if the weather was good). This image was one of my favorite shots from there, so I thought I’d share it first.When the weather’s rainy like this, the entire mountain is literally covered in a blanket of clouds. It’s like walking through a constant light mist. It provided some very interesting shooting conditions, forcing me to look for more detailed shots instead of the usually sought-after grand vista landscapes. I had a great time shooting there though. More to come!!