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Lights of the Summer Palace

Sights like these are truly rare, and it's highly unlikely that people who go to see the Summer Palace will ever get to see it like this. After nearly the ...
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Sights like these are truly rare, and it's highly unlikely that people who go to see the Summer Palace will ever get to see it like this. After nearly the entire day spent at the Summer Palace having seen nothing that intrigued me to want to take a picture of because of the polluted air in Beijing, the night fell and things began taking a turn. The scenery here at the palace got more interesting as soon as the sun was gone and the fog began clearing, just enough for me to take the landscape shots I'd wanted.

This moment in particular gave me the chills, in a good way. After positioning myself and shooting away, those seconds after pressing down at the shutter would feel like an eternity as I reminisced about all the times I would come to see the Summer Palace by myself in the past. I now remember why I loved these moments at night when I would be by myself and my camera, almost as if meditating away while waiting for the shutter to finish its cycle before preparing for the next shot.
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