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Terracotta Warriors

By forestrich
Another from my travel archives.
The Terracotta Army was buried with the first Emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huangdi) in 210-209 BC near Xian, China.
They were discovered in March 1974 by local farmers drilling a water well. It is believed to have taken 700,000 workers and craftsmen 38 years to complete.
There are some 8100 lifesize figues of warriors and horses. They vary in height and uniform and hairstyle in accordance with rank.

To preserve the figues, no flash photography is allowed and no tripods either.

Tags: Photo journalism General China Xian Landscape and travel Terracotta warriors

Voters: PLCimagery, xinia, G3 and 17 more


Uploaded:
25 Apr 2007 12:47PM
Camera:
CanonEOS300D
Lens:
75-300mm
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Comments


TelStar 18 116 United Kingdom
25 Apr 2007 4:35PM
Incredible. Looks like they're glowing! Maybe they are on the move . . .

Tel*
AlanBW 17 20 England
25 Apr 2007 4:41PM
Excellent shot, love the lighting here
crox Junior Member 16 142
25 Apr 2007 5:02PM
Well seen and taken.

paul
cats_123 Plus
19 5.2k 31 Northern Ireland
25 Apr 2007 5:02PM
well caught...and thanks for bringing back the memories...They're coming to London soon!!
jeff
mickp 16 9 7 United Kingdom
25 Apr 2007 5:06PM
Just reurned from Xian. You have managed to catch more detail to the warriors than I did. Good shot under what I know to be difficult conditions.
Mick
RickP 16 United Kingdom
25 Apr 2007 6:08PM
Another great shot.
Rick
Maiwand 16 3 73 England
25 Apr 2007 6:37PM
A marvellous sight.
Ron
JohnEW 16 3
25 Apr 2007 11:43PM
Nicely composed & exposed, I bet you were being hassled to buy pictures, not take them. I've just booked a trip to China for summer 2008 to take in the solar eclipse, hope to see these guys on the way to the Gobi Desert.
John
limmy62 16 12 United Kingdom
26 Apr 2007 12:57AM
Love this Rich-- I need to go here
click!!!
Rog
canongirl08 17 18 United Kingdom
26 Apr 2007 10:33AM
Excellent capture,
click
regards
chelseak
iajacks 17 24 England
26 Apr 2007 12:19PM
nice. good job my mum is not there cos she would be polishing and cleaning them LOL Smile

well done ian
mrswoolybill Plus
16 3.8k 2596 United Kingdom
26 Apr 2007 3:46PM
Really quite a disturbing image (though not as disturbing as Devout...) The blue tones in the rock add to the other-worldly feel, they really look as though they are marching towards you.
Moira
photodocktor 18 3 United Kingdom
27 Apr 2007 6:19AM
Under the circumstances you look to of captured a great imge.You must of used a high ISO and a wide apperture to allow you to get a sharp image, not allways the best combination to get decent images but you have succeeded here.
Thanks Mick.
Last modified by the Moderator Team on 27 Apr 2007 6:19AM
ginz04 18 281 20 United Kingdom
5 May 2007 12:27AM
hi have recently been to see these myself did you know that most of the workers including his family were buried alive to try and keep the secrets.

I have included a lot of my china pics in my portfolio.

regards

ian
Last modified by the Moderator Team on 5 May 2007 12:28AM

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