Beijing and Guilin China Photography

Fine art travel and landscape photography from Beijing and Guilin, China. This collection features Beijing’s historic architecture, the Forbidden City, temples and traditional details, along with the dramatic limestone karst mountains, rivers, misty valleys, and rural landscapes of the Guilin region. The photographs explore both the cultural richness of Beijing and the extraordinary natural scenery of southern China. Available as fine art prints and for editorial or commercial licensing. To order a print please email me at Mike Reid Photography

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Morning Along the Long Corridor at Beijing Summer Palace Early morning light filters through mature trees along the waterfront near the Long Corridor at Beijing’s Summer Palace. Photographed just after the grounds...
Morning Along the Long Corridor at Beijing Summer Palace
Long Corridor at the Summer Palace The ornate Long Corridor at Beijing’s Summer Palace curves through the trees in soft early morning light. Red columns, painted beams, carved details, and...
Long Corridor at the Summer Palace
Morning Shadows in the Long Corridor Early morning sunlight casts repeating geometric shadows through the Long Corridor at Beijing’s Summer Palace. The green and red painted structure curves...
Morning Shadows in the Long Corridor
Curving Long Corridor at Beijing Summer Palace The Long Corridor at Beijing’s Summer Palace sweeps gently through a grove of mature trees in soft early morning light. Repeating green columns, red railings,...
Curving Long Corridor at Beijing Summer Palace
Bamboo Path Through a Quiet Grove A narrow pathway winds through a dense bamboo grove, framed by simple woven fencing and tall green stalks rising on both sides. The repeating vertical lines and...
Bamboo Path Through a Quiet Grove
Beijing Hills Beyond the Summer Palace Warm evening light settles across the wooded hills beyond Beijing’s Summer Palace, with Kunming Lake and traditional palace buildings in the foreground. A...
Beijing Hills Beyond the Summer Palace
Fishing Pond Beneath the Willows in Beijing A quiet city pond in Beijing framed by graceful willow trees, with local residents fishing and resting beside a small stone footbridge. Soft spring green...
Fishing Pond Beneath the Willows in Beijing
Peach Orchids in Soft Light A cluster of peach-colored orchids photographed in soft indoor light in Beijing, China. Shallow depth of field isolates the nearest blossoms while the remaining...
Peach Orchids in Soft Light
National Centre for the Performing Arts at Night Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts glows beside its reflecting pool after dark. The sweeping titanium and glass dome is mirrored in the still...
National Centre for the Performing Arts at Night
National Centre for the Performing Arts Reflection Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts appears almost perfectly doubled in the still reflecting pool at dusk. The illuminated glass section glows...
National Centre for the Performing Arts Reflection