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Peter 23-Mar-2010 16:39
Simon, Wonderful to see these photographs. I worked at XAC in Yanliang from 2005 to 2008. I managed the manufacture and construction of wing assembly jigs for the Airbus A320 Programme.I enjoyed living there so much. The culture, the people, the food so different to the UK, However it must have been fantastic to have been there in the 80's.
Like you, I took my camera with me everywhere I went but of course in this digital age you can store many hundreds of photographs. I returned to Yanliang last year and was amazed how much it has changed in the short time I have been away. New buildings, cars and taxis everywhere. The sad thing is that the Chinese people want to live a life like we do in the West. They are becoming very materialistic but they don't know yet that material thing do not always bring contentment. Anyway, I am glad that you took the time and effort to capture the 'real China' before it was lost for all time.
Well done.

Peter Widdowson.
Guest 01-May-2009 13:30
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Simon Baker 23-Apr-2006 08:27
Thanks Spencer for your comments. I've been using PtGui for some years. I believe it really is the best tool around. The program has recently made some very big changes, with automatisation in control-point selection, and blending that make it wonderfully simple. Even handheld partial panos often work fine with little hand work. I've been using a manfrotto head for 360deg QTVRs which still require a degree more effort. I've never had a PC crash using PtGui, even now with some seriously big frame sequences. I find the Sigma 15mm on the 5D ideal for pano work and better than my 17-40 for this purpose.
Simon
Spencer Wynn 18-Apr-2006 23:04
Simon. Great panoramas. Can I ask a question?
When I had a 3Mgp camera I used QTVR to create my panos. Now I have a 5D and find that QT quits all the time. Any suggestions for a good piece of software? I need the BIG files!

Thanks - and great stuff!
Daniel Ward 21-Feb-2006 04:29
Really well done!!
Jim Hasstedt 03-Dec-2005 04:58
Beautiful photos - you have a great eye for composition!
Yuqiao Yang 02-Nov-2005 16:44
Seeing images in your China gallery from the early 80s made me smile. Back then I did not have the luxury to shoot regularly - as a twelve-year-old my camera was an all-plastic piece with a 50mm f/8 lens. Only two shutter speeds were available: 1/60 sec and 1/100 sec. Vignetting was horrible, but hey with a frame size of 6cm x 4.5cm it was medium-format :-) Other galleries are great, too. Congratulations on your 5D purchase!
Victoria 05-Jan-2005 23:42
Hi Simon, I love that picture of 2 asian kids holding hands. I was wondering if I can use that picture to help raise funds for the victims of the tsunamis at my job. I would like to use the picture, add some text like ''Help us help them'' of whatever. I chose that picture because its beautiful and also because there's some space on the left side for me to incorporate some text. This will not be published worldwide or whatever but only at my job, for my collegues. Anyways, tell me that you think, I just thought it was best for me to ask you first, Thanks a lot!!
Victoria
(Oh, you can erase that post, I didn't know where to contact you besides here ;) )