Imagethief

Imagethief
Photography

Beijing: Beihai Park

After being in Beijing for year I finally got round to bringing a real camera here. Now I am making up for lost time, trying to capture some of the things that I like about the city.

One thing that I enjoy very much is taking walks through Beijing's parks. With many people living in highrises, the parks become communal city gardens where children, grandparents and Chinese tour groups collide with each other. In a city as gray and polluted as Beiing can be, they are wonderful, colorful refuges.

These photos were all taken on the same May afternoon, and are mostly from Beihai, the large park just north of the Forbidden City. Most were shot at 1600 ASA, and are grainy as a result. The sunsets photos were taken the same day from the peak of the hill in neighboring Jingshan (Prospect Hill) park. It was an uncommonly clear day, with the Western hills sharply visible.

The final photo was taken during the taxi-ride home.