Sunday, February 2, 2025

Taiwan 2024 - Chenjean's General Village Area, Street Vendors

As mentioned in an earlier series from this trip (about the temple dedication), many if not most folks living along the streets leading to the waterfall use the space in front of their houses to make a little money.  Chenjean's house is to the left here, with a vendor set up on the very small property next door.  In about half of these the people selling things don't live in the houses, but rent space from the owners during the high tourist season.

The scenes below were directly across and down the street from Chenjean's place.  Naturally this all vanishes mid-summer, when it's unbearably hot, or if the waterfall should be closed to visitors for some reason:


The picture immediately above was captured with the iPhone 15 Pro Max, which demonstrates a far superior dynamic range than either of my two DSLR's (Nikon D300s and D850).  Seeing this gave me pause in concluding that phone cameras are inferior in all cases.

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