What's on your photography "bucket list?"

[AndrewMcD]

Presently my bucket list consists of 1.) Become competent enough with the camera to HAVE a photography bucket list!
Andrew

[Dr Bob]

I don't have a photographic bucket list as of yet but this thread is helping me make one. Thanks for the suggestions.

1. Albuquerque hot air balloon fiesta
2. More national parks to visit
3. More macro shots


Dr Bob

[rpcrowe]

Virginia...

The Great Wall is a wonderful photo opportunity but, I'd like to mention two things about that spot...

First is the general air quality which can change from absolutely horrible to absolutely great within a day or two. Two days before I visited China, there had been awful sand storms blowing in from Manchuria. This is a China News Agency photo showing those conditions...



A few days later, the atmosphere had totally changed and the air was bell clear. Now it was a frigid, but fresh, wind blowing in from Manchuria and viability was very good to excellent.



Besides sand storms, the smog is an enemy of photography just about anywhere in China. This is a shot from Shanghai across the Huangpu River to the thriving city of Pudong behind these two young people. The tower and skyscrapers of Pudong are totally obscured by the heavy smog...



The second thing I'd like to mention is that the Wall requires a lot of climbing and those old and uneven steps can get dangerous. In the couple of hours I was at the wall, I saw three persons fall while climbing those steps. I was only 68-years old when I visited the Wall but, the climb was pretty difficult for me...



Now that I am going on seventy-four, I don't think that I would attempt the climb at all...

[Old Veteran]

My photo bucket list would include a trip to an area in China where a river has carved and left these tall rock formations. I have seen photos of this area and it always seems mystical and mysterious. Second would be to travel all over England taking landscape photos. I would probably "wear" the camera with use.

Bob Speicher

[rpcrowe]

Bob,

I think that you are mentioning the Li River between Guilin and Yangshuo. The natural beauty there comes close to rivaling that of Yosemite National Park. The formations are of layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite, but also in gypsum and are called karsks. These karsks rise from the shores of the Li River on either side and are beautiful.

My visit to the Li River was on a drizzly and dreary day but,the beauty was still there, If I returned to China specifically for Li River photography, I would plan my trip around the weather.



This is an oil painting displayed at the Guilin University Art School with an artist's conception of the Li River on a nice day...



Wisps of fog can create idyllic views...



I toured the river on a tourist boat which was nice photographically because of the viewing level from the top deck/



If I were to tour the River again I would do it both by tour boat and by private smaller boat...



I was told of artists who have spent their entire lives picturing the Li River area. I can see how that River might influence an artist to do that.

Another interesting facet of the Li River is the Chinese fishermen who use captive, trained cormorants to get their fish. Unfortunately due to the heavy rain that evening, the fishermen were not out in any force and I did not get the pictures of them that I had planned to get.

[Digital]

I would like to take more informal portraits of people.


Bruce