Day Break on the Li River: I was overlooking the Li River before dawn. As the sun started to rise and expose the scene in front of me, I was struck by how two dimensional and flat the...

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

I was overlooking the Li River before dawn. As the sun started to rise and expose the scene in front of me, I was struck by how two dimensional and flat the mountains along the river appeared. I think it was partially a result of morning fog. It was truly a black and white scene so that’s how I recorded it.

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photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

joehel2 wrote:

I was overlooking the Li River before dawn. As the sun started to rise and expose the scene in front of me, I was struck by how two dimensional and flat the mountains along the river appeared. I think it was partially a result of morning fog. It was truly a black and white scene so that’s how I recorded it.

I like the misty mood.

leftj Loc: Texas

joehel2 wrote:

I was overlooking the Li River before dawn. As the sun started to rise and expose the scene in front of me, I was struck by how two dimensional and flat the mountains along the river appeared. I think it was partially a result of morning fog. It was truly a black and white scene so that’s how I recorded it.

So cool!

iDoc Loc: Knoxville,Tennessee

A surreal image. Well done!

BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

Beautifully pic.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

photophile wrote:

I like the misty mood.

Me too, Karin. The mist did make it moody.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

leftj wrote:

So cool!

Thanks, I thought there was something cool about how flat the background looked also.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

iDoc wrote:

A surreal image. Well done!

Thanks, iDoc, it really was a landscape I had never seen before or anything like it.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

BassmanBruce wrote:

Beautifully pic.

Thank you, Bruce.

steve49 Loc: massachusetts

Great shot. What is the small village in the picture?

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

joehel2 wrote:

I was overlooking the Li River before dawn. As the sun started to rise and expose the scene in front of me, I was struck by how two dimensional and flat the mountains along the river appeared. I think it was partially a result of morning fog. It was truly a black and white scene so that’s how I recorded it.

That’s a nice one, Joe.

Lastcastmike

Great shot that has to be seen on the download. Thank you.

crafterwantabe Loc: Mn

Wow! I keep going back to look at this picture it’s beautiful

cabunit Loc: SE Connecticut

Very striking scene--like it very much; the mountains are so unusual as to look unreal, and without the town we might have no sense of scale. Trying to decide about the sky. As I'm sure you know, our eyes tend to go to the brightest thing in the frame, so the sky pulls me away from the surreal scene below. And yet without it....

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

steve49 wrote:

Great shot. What is the small village in the picture?

Thanks, Steve. The GPS map info states 24°55'32.7"N 110°28'44.9"E, Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi, China; it is a village on the outskirts of Guilin in Guanqxi province.