Last traces of sun at a traffic junction in northern Beijing. This photo was taken close to, but a few years prior to the construction of the Bird's Nest, one of the main stadiums of the Beijing Olympic Games. And with the Olympic Games, the spaghetti networks of wires disappeared, at least near the main Stadiums. Luckily from a safety point of view, unfortunately for those (visually) liking cables and chaos...

As can be understood from some of the locals, like the young man on bike, the use of camera on tripod, cable release and light meter was not that common. But since my Chinese was close to non-existent, it was difficult to explain what I was doing...

I passed this junction on a regular basis. But the visibility was generally poor and the sky far from clear, so I used the opportunity  of having non-polluted air after a major winter storm. The next day, the air was muddy and the Sun was dimmed by the usual fossil haze. As was - and still is - the normal case for Beijing. Unfortunately.

Mamiya 7, 43mm, Fuji Provia 100F.