Personally I like that version much more - far more detail is visible.

You could always use a selective brush to desaturate areas considered over-saturated (the sky in the 2nd shot I played with above for example) without removing detail from the mountains.

Thanks Pauly. Not many of these sites left downtown that's for sure. What surprised me was the lack of activity, the bulldozers were all locked up in a yard and there were a couple families going about their business - see the yellow river shot above (there were 3 old people picking their vegetables for dinner). I'm wondering if perhaps they have refused to move out.

Difficult to include people in the shots ..... those two families aside the place was deserted (a feat in itself in Shanghai) !

Just had a quick play with a couple of the images in Aperture as I'm sure you can clear more of that haze, hope you don't mind.

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Great series - amazing scenery. I still hope to go there in person, not that far from Shanghai !

See what you mean, I too like the people shots best !

#4, #11, #13 and the top shot award goes to ..... *drum roll* ... The Dog ! Love the way he's looking at the camera. Good shot for a Caption Contest !

Thanks Jamie.

Thank you John - very pleased you enjoyed them !

Thanks Smeggy - couldn't agree more, I love these old places. Hmmm not sure about the wall, think that's it's natural colour as although I used auto curves first I only used a selective saturation brush on the main subject. It really is that grey. When I look at it again I see what you mean though ..... the wall was literally inches from me and the house 50-60 yds away so maybe it's as a result of the perspective ? The shoe was just a bit of fun ... the surrounding rubble is actually quite colourful, lots of orange bricks etc. so I thought this was the best way to highlight the shoe. Really appreciate your C&C - something to think about !

Thank you David ! I am just as perplexed as you with regard to the English graffiti - the Chinese characters to the right say BaBa (father).

Much has been made of the amazing rise & rise of Shanghai. e.g Over the last 10 years alone more high rise towers have been built than contained in the whole of Manhattan. However little is shown of the demolition of the old neighbourhoods to make way for these mega constructions.

This area, by the side of the Suzhou Canal will soon be replaced by new residential towers similar to those seen in the background. In the meantime a few old families still eke out a living growing vegetables amongst the rubble and collecting rubbish for recycling.

Wall

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i Used To Play Here

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Ivy

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Shoe

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Cathedral

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Yellow River

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Rubble

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Love #1 with the reflection of the cross in the puddle.

A3 is non-destructive. I'd also like the option but I've not found a way to do it unless you export the version then delete the original and reimport the version as a new original ! Rather convoluted.

Soup eaters & two trolleys. However I have never understood this forums' fascination with B&W shots - there's a time and a place - and I bet Two Trolleys looks great in colour !