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Colin Jones  

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Never a dull moment

Journal Entry: Mon May 12, 2008, 6:26 AM
  • Mood: Lazy
  • Listening to: Globus - Epicon
  • Reading: Njal's Tale
  • Watching: Boston Legal
  • Playing: No time for games now
  • Eating: Not much, diet time.
  • Drinking: Water
So two days ago there was this German festival here, music, German food, German beer on tap, lots of Germans walking around, and big German businesses showing what how to with the glaring omission of Carl Zeiss or any of the German car companies, although there was a Mini there (German company making an English car in France). It was also my friend's birthday and so many of us were there eating sausages and drinking lager and dark beers until late at night. Then we went to a tea house and hung out for a while longer then went back to the school where we decided to get something else to eat. Well we had fried noodled and we would live to regret it. The next day (yesterday) I spent the day in the hospital with pretty lousy dysentery. All liquids coming out of me were red. Thats no fun.

Lucky for me I got to come back home at night and sleep in my own bed. Today I carefully was eating some very bland food outside when suddenly there was an earthquake, im sure you would have heard of it on CNN or something. I thought I was getting dizzy again and was thinking "crap, back to the hospital" but turns out it was all of China going dizzy so I pulled out my camera to photograph the crowd of people that took to the streets.

There were several tremors through the day, many we could feel. Many people were outside in the wide open streets but then things just went back to normal. Some damage to some buildings, tiles falling of the sides of them, what seemed to be cracked window, and some stuff knocked over, but other then that Chongqing seemed to do ok, except for a primary school which is about 3 hours outside of the city that fell down and apparently trapped hundreds of children inside.


Well....never a dull moment here....

Devious Information

  • Current Age: Twenty two
  • Current Residence: Chongqing, China
  • Interests: Classic Cameras
  • Favourite band or musician: Craig Armstrong
  • Personal Quote: More is good, all is better
  • Tools of the Trade: Cameras and lenses by: Canon, Voigtlander, Leica, Zeiss, Ricoh, Minolta, Kodak, and Yashica

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~Violinest:iconViolinest: 8 hours 13 minutes ago
I'm going to china on the 29th, of may, to the center of where the earth quake hit...what can I expect?
~Ssabina:iconSsabina: 14 hours 23 minutes ago
Hello! :wave:

I'm looking for people who can give some constructive critique to my photo's, 'cause i could really need it.

Yes, I've tried the thumb share-forum, but I think that if i'm doing like this ,and aproaching the deviants directly, i will get more help :)

Thanks in advance!
/Sabina :rose:

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One day, Scotland will be my home ♥

My gallery [link]
*astarvinartist:iconastarvinartist: 2 days 14 hours ago Mood: Wow!
Absolutely breath taking photography, your camera does truly capture the soul.

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Realism Illustrates, Impressionism Gives Feeling.
~coiamoura:iconcoiamoura: 4 days 22 hours ago
i only wanted to say Hello and I love your gallery

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Coia Moura

[link]
~wuxuanzhang:iconwuxuanzhang: 5 days 3 hours ago
所有人平安
~blackboxrecorder:iconblackboxrecorder: May 5, 2008, 5:58:36 AM
splendid gallery :sherlock:

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*angelica-minier:iconangelica-minier: Apr 27, 2008, 7:11:11 AM
Hey!!

I featured one of your
photos in my journal:

[link]

;)

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CLICK HERE(and yes, its my gallery).

: Miembro de ~spanish-deviants

Have a beautiful day :heart:
~Acid-Flower:iconAcid-Flower: Apr 25, 2008, 4:41:55 AM Mood: Amazed
I've seen all your gallery...
What a wonderful job, your pictures are surreal !!
After you want go to China ^^
Congratulations!
You're one of my favourite photographers !
~MsTweety:iconMsTweety: Apr 15, 2008, 8:38:26 PM
hi!
first of all, excuse my english i´m learning ^^"

you`re such great photographer!!

i hope, some day, i can take photos like those.

again, excuse my english

eres admirable!
~chazoul:iconchazoul: Apr 11, 2008, 1:12:08 PM
Thanks for the travel.

Merci pour le voyage.

:heart:

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THIS IS NOT AN EXIT
~AjayStewart:iconAjayStewart: Apr 11, 2008, 4:54:07 AM
you are by far my favourite photographer. your work is amazing. keep it up.
~JuliaKretsch:iconJuliaKretsch: Apr 10, 2008, 1:08:36 PM
Wonderful gallery!

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*CultureQuest:iconCultureQuest: Apr 9, 2008, 8:30:01 PM
thanks! I'll be watching.

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pam

always looking for a new angle for exploring the world...

doors, windows and arches of China (my full collection): [link]

one of my other artistic lives: [link]
~brennanduffy:iconbrennanduffy: Apr 9, 2008, 6:36:36 PM
superb gallery!

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Admiration, Applause, Regard, Respect.
~vernonsullivan69:iconvernonsullivan69: Apr 7, 2008, 2:42:29 PM
WOW I'm sure you sleep with your camera... I'm so impressed by the quality of your gallery.
I especially wanna thank you to show us chinese's street life. It's hard for an european guy to imagine how is the the real life in that country, without the typical cliché.
I'll be back soon to watch your news...
~avotius:iconavotius: Apr 7, 2008, 8:49:02 AM
Got to love the GRD. A photographers tool.
~avotius:iconavotius: Apr 7, 2008, 8:48:45 AM
I do exactly what you see in my gallery. Walk around and take pictures. Also I am doing a little study stuff, and sculpture, art work, whatever, but mostly taking pictures.

And for fav'ing the gallery, dont worry :)
~Khiwy:iconKhiwy: Apr 6, 2008, 1:01:22 PM
Your gallery is huge, I can't manage to see all your picture for now but the few pages I saw, the pictures are brillant!
:heart:
Great job! =)

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:music: Fear forces people to remain their curiosity?! :music:
8-) I won't let them remain mine 8-)

:ahoy: Yo ho, Yo ho, A pirate's life for me :ahoy:
~DrMaku:iconDrMaku: Apr 6, 2008, 10:37:02 AM
Hi! You've been featured here: [link]

It's an article of mine about Ricoh GRD. :)
~AllenHwong:iconAllenHwong: Apr 6, 2008, 3:42:38 AM
I was going to start commenting on each photo in ur Gallery.. ur gallery is incredibly amazing! and ur ID is so cool!chinese worker in 70s!

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I'm Allen Hwong,from Sichuan,but some Cute guy call it's Szechwan.That's the stupidest thing. I've ever heard!They don't Chinese Hanyupingyin.Don‘t give me your excuses.My home town is panda's world!I've had enough of your garbage. Now!I'm studing in a .
*CultureQuest:iconCultureQuest: Apr 4, 2008, 2:22:37 PM
greetings, colin! just stumbled across your work, and wow! it really resonates with me. take a look at my galleries and you may see why. I'll be adding lots of favs--it's hard to choose!

what do you do in china?

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pam

always looking for a new angle for exploring the world...

doors, windows and arches of China (my full collection): [link]

one of my other artistic lives: [link]
*ta-nya:iconta-nya: Apr 4, 2008, 4:59:17 AM
Hello!:w00t:Your work is featured in the news: [link] :blowkiss:
~celil:iconcelil: Apr 3, 2008, 12:49:24 AM
wooW.. such a great gallery...
~blikin:iconblikin: Apr 2, 2008, 11:00:35 AM
great gallery :) I really like your photos