The historic canal town Luzhi, Jiangsu (江苏水乡古镇甪直), June 2011

In June, I spent a few days in the lovely and historical canal town of Luzhi, which is in Jiangsu, between Suzhou and Kunshan.  I was lucky enough to stay in a house in the reasonably well preserved part of the old town, close to the canals and old buildings.  I had a few opportunities to get out and walk around with my camera.   I put a selection of my favorite pictures from Luzhi into a gallery.  These favorites are drawn from three galleries, one from my boat ride, one from some nighttime walks,  and one from daytime walks.  I have included a few of them below, along with links to individual galleries.

I was shooting with my new Canon S95.  I was generally very impressed, especially with its low-light capability.  I find that as I get used to it, I am pretty much leaving my SLR at home.  Obviously the SLR takes much better pictures, but it is also heavier, and attracts more attention.  While carrying an SLR around a famous and well-photographed area like the Bund in Shanghai doesn't attract any attention, using it in a quiet neighborhood where there are few tourists with it sometimes attracts more attention than I would like.

My favorite pictures were from a walk through Luzhi in the evening:

I also took some pictures during a boat ride: 

And finally some pictures from just walking around...