Shot on 35 mm film in Dec 1995. The Summer Palace, Beijing, China. A frozen Kunming Lake in the foreground. Negative scanned and restored in Lightroom Classic & Photoshop. View my work: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/looking-towards-the-summer-palace-across-a-frozen-kunming-lake-is-december-in-gm2224348252-640490363

Shot on 35 mm film in Dec 1995. The Summer Palace, Beijing, China. A frozen Kunming Lake in the foreground. Negative scanned and restored in Lightroom Classic & Photoshop. www.istockphoto.com/photo/lookin... #summerpalace #kunminglake #beijing #china #fotoventura #gettyimagescontributor

A portrait shot. An evening view on a cool, flat, dark green lake. The sky is pale blue, largely covered by light grey clouds, their undersides lit gently from the low sun somewhere out of sight. Across the rippled water's surface we're looking towards a low stone bank lined with trees, thin-trunked but with masses of leaves in dark greens, olive greens, and red-greens that suggest autumn. A marble bridge connects the stone banks and is our main focus. It has a single arch but it's very high in the centre compared to the overall length of the structure. Stone railings on the bridge's span are either side of a narrow space for pedestrians to cross the bridge although it's a steep climb either side. It's very quiet, peaceful, relaxing, with a small chill in the air as the day's warmth disappears.

A combination #ThrowBackThursday and #TravelThursday post looking back to 2008 and a visit to the Summer Palace in Beijing during our pre-cruise honeymoon stay in China. This is the 18th century Jade Belt Bridge on Kunming Lake, designed to resemble southern […]

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