Ever since he got his hands on a new Sony RX10, my friend Ralf Meier in Washington DC has been brushing up his street-tog cred. He recently took the super zoom, with its 1in sensor, to China and these shots are a record of street life in Shanghai. They are reproduced with Ralf’s permission.
Shanghai with its 30-million inhabitants is the largest city in China and is a fascinating contrast of old and new. Ralf says that much has been heard about the Chinese tendency to bulldoze tradition but he feels that in Shanghai, at least, they are starting to preserve the more important aspects of the past. The French Concession area is one which definitely has a European feel, thanks to the pre-War commercial activity and influx of European traders, and is now one of the major tourist attractions in the city.
ๅจไธๆตท็่ก้ไธ๏ผ็ฑ็ดขๅฐผRX10ๆๆใ
่ชไปๆๆฅ่ชๅ็้กฟDC็ๆๅRalf Meierๅ ฅๆไบไธๅฐๆฐ็็ดขๅฐผ RX 10๏ผไปๅฐฑ่ฟไน็ฏ็็ๅผๅงไบไป็โๆซ่กโใๆ่ฟ๏ผไปๅธฆ็่ฟๅฐๆ1่ฑๅฏธไผ ๆๅจ่ถ ๅคงๅ็ฆ้ๅคด็็ธๆบๅปไบไธญๅฝ๏ผ่ฟไบ็ ง็ๅฐฑๆฏไธๆตท่กๅคด็่ฎฐๅฝใๆๆ็ ง็้ฝ็ป่ฟRalf็่ฎธๅฏ่่ฟ่กไบๅๅค็ใ
ๆฅๆไธๅไธไบบๅฃ็ไธๆตทๆฏไธญๅฝๆๅคง็ๅๅธ๏ผๆฐๆฝฎไธๅคๅ ธ็็ปๅไฝฟ่ฟๅบงๅๅธๅๅพไปคไบบ็ซ็ฎใRalf่ฏดไปไธ็ดๅฌ่ฏดไธญๅฝไบบๅพๅไบๆ่ฑไผ ็ป๏ผไฝๅฝไปๆฅๅฐไธๆตท๏ผไปๆ่งๅฐๅฝๅฐไบบๅทฒ็ปๅผๅงๆ่ฏๅฐไบไฟๆคๅๅฒๅไผ ็ป็้่ฆใ็ฑไบๆๅ็นๅฟ็ๅไธๆดปๅจๅๆฌงๆดฒๅไบบ็ๆถๅ ฅ๏ผไธๆตท็ๆณๅฝ็ง็ๅบๅ ๆปกไบๆฌงๆดฒๆ ผ่ฐ๏ผ ๅธๅผไบไผๅคๆธธๅฎขๅๆฅ๏ผๆไธบๅฝๅฐ็ญ้จๆฏ็นไนไธใ
For more of Ralf’s photography and a peek at his trains, go to Trainphilos.com