When Chen Xing saw the photo coming out, his adrenaline surged. So happy. Any sport that requires waiting for a long time just for the moment of results will be addictive.
Just like a fisherman. Make all preparations before fishing, including what kind of fish you want to catch today, what kind of bait you want to bring, what kind of materials you will use to attract this kind of fish, etc.
But the final result is sometimes not as satisfactory as expected. Just like the word Air Force, it has become very popular.
But if he really catches the fish he wants, there is no doubt that this fisherman is happy.
It's the same when playing with a camera. You wait a day or even several days for a picture in your mind.
Now that the results are out, the photos are even more beautiful than he imagined before. How could this not make Chen Xing excited?
Just let him stay up tonight! Thinking about it carefully, there is no shortage of power now, so I might as well take a group of starry sky photos here.
This location itself is the highest mountain in the surroundings, and it is the best place to take pictures of the starry sky. Moreover, this stone wall is so photogenic, so I changed the angle and took another starry sky picture with it as the scene, which is exactly the same style as the sunset. .
It's a pity that there are no such good birds to cooperate at night. A group of birds flying under the sunset is definitely the highlight of this picture... The key is that these birds were not added by Chen Xing in the later stage. If someone enlarges this picture in the future, they can vaguely see it. It looks like a flock of flying birds.
After waiting for the sunset, Chen Xing now has to wait for the Milky Way. The position of the Milky Way in the sky is not static. As its name suggests, it is a luminous band-shaped object in the sky.
Under normal circumstances, it is invisible to the human eye, unless you are in a place like Western Xinjiang or Tibet. Beyond that, seeing the Milky Way is a matter of luck.
The camera can capture light information that is invisible to the naked eye through time-lapse photography. With the built-in sensor of a good camera, the appearance of the Milky Way can be captured in the photo.
The sunset was the main meal, and now Chen Xing had eaten the main meal and stayed on the mountain for a few more hours for the dumplings in the starry sky.
Just after twelve o'clock, Chen Xing heard the sound of someone talking. After a while, two monks came up with flashlights. When they saw Chen Xing still sitting on the mountain, they exhaled neatly and said, "Little brother, you scared us. Why don't you go down the mountain so late?" ?" Chen Xing pointed to the camera and said, "I'm taking pictures of the starry sky. I'll be going down in two hours." Twelve o'clock doesn't work, I have to take two o'clock to take the picture.
The position of the Milky Way is not static in the sky. A group of celestial bodies as big as others cannot be locked by the earth like the moon. Therefore, if you want the Milky Way to become part of the composition of your work, you have to wait slowly.
There are many star map software on mobile phones that can see the position of the Milky Way at a certain point in time. Chen Xing is a star chart of the human body that automatically identifies the positions of the planets in the sky.
"Then we can rest assured." Chen Xing said, "I'm sorry for making a few masters worried." He only felt comfortable taking photos and didn't think about it.
But who knows how many people will always worry about whether they have gone down the mountain? With the indifference of modern society, even if Chen Xing did not go back, it was more likely that he went back directly instead of running to the top of the mountain to confirm in the middle of the night.
"It doesn't matter, let's go down first." Another monk asked: "The donor can stay in our temple at night. There is no hotel in the village outside us. If you want to find a place to stay, you have to walk for at least two hours. This It's too far and it's not safe." Chen Xing nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you." The two monks didn't stay here to disturb Chen Xing. They didn't know how to take pictures, and there was nothing to talk about if they stayed. Yes, I would like to go down early so that I can arrange a room for Chen Xing.
Chen Xing had been dozing off just now, but now he became energetic after chatting with someone for a while. The phone was almost out of battery, and Chen Xing didn't dare to continue playing.
Galaxy is finally in place. Chen Xing quickly took a photo. Because there is no other industrial light around, the night sky is particularly bright. The stone wall Buddha statue in the photo also looks very bright due to the long exposure. It is almost another work that can be produced without post-production.
[Stars fall across the plains, and the moon surges across the river. Your persistence is not meaningless. The world is beautiful, and it is worth waiting for.] [Your control over wide-angle lenses has increased.] At first, I took pictures of food, and then gradually upgraded myself. Your ability to shoot portraits and architecture has also improved with the use of wide-angle lenses. Has your ability to control landscapes also improved?
While the Milky Way was still there, Chen Xing took another photo. Comparing it with the previous starry sky photo, it seems that the difference is not particularly obvious?
Chen Xing himself didn't feel there was much difference between the two pictures. I guess it can only be seen if they are enlarged, right?
So I stopped studying and started packing my things and heading down the mountain. Judging from his experience as an astronomer, it will definitely rain again in an hour or at most two hours.
The drought continues throughout the south this year. Unexpectedly, it has been raining in just a few days in Jiangxi. If this continues, will I still be able to see Poyang Lake in the dry season?
Don't wait until the water level rises to the point where you can't walk down again as soon as you pass. It's better to go there earlier and have a look.
The grassland-like bottom of the lake really moved Chen Xing's heart. The temple is lit with lamps, which can be seen from a long distance at night.
As we got closer, the familiar scent of burning became stronger and stronger. This temple was built in a huge cave, and the whole was a slanted stone seam. When Chen Xing came down, there were monks chanting sutras in the room of the 'Daxiong Hall', possibly waiting for Chen Xing.
Otherwise the monks would have gone to bed by this time. Someone approached, and the monk opened his eyes alertly. When he saw it was Chen Xing, he said, "Donor, you are finally back."
"terribly sorry."
"Why are you apologizing? Come on, we've packed a room for you. It's just a bit shabby. I don't know if you can't live in it." He took Chen Xing to a nearby hall, and after pushing open a wooden door, there was a small s room.
About four square meters. There is a bed, a table, and inside is the wall of the cave. The wall is dark. It seems that the local people have been using this cave from a long time ago. They have burned the wall by lighting fires in the cave for many years. Smoked to look like this.
And there is a lamp, so it’s nice to stay here in the summer nights. At least it’s cool inside the cave.
The monk went out for a while, then quickly lit a mosquito-repellent incense, knocked on the door, and came in, saying: "We made this incense ourselves, and it is very effective in driving away mosquitoes. The donor must be very tired after resting so late, so I won't disturb you." "
"It's okay, it's okay!" They were too polite, and Chen Xing was not used to this kind of friendliness. It is said that modern society is becoming more and more indifferent, but it is because of this indifference that people feel a kind of warmth from the heart when they discover a little kindness in society.
This warmth can be passed on. With Chen Xing's current treatment, if he encounters someone who needs help in the next period of time, how can he not help?
The monk also went to sleep. Chen Xing looked around and found a socket. The country has nothing to say in terms of infrastructure construction. Maybe there are still many places in this society that do not have access to the Internet, but at least electricity has been fully connected. This temple built on the mountain is relatively simple.
Chen Xing even knew that a single hunter's cabin in the mountains of Tibet could enjoy the convenience of electric light.
Take out your notebook. He can't sleep now, at least not until he edits the two photos he took on the mountain.
The films produced by Hasselblad are all very colorful, and Chen Xing was not prepared to touch the color grading. He wanted to use these two photos to win awards, so he didn't have to do much color correction or retouching. He just wanted to enhance the contrast of light and shadow in some dark areas.
After repairing it, Chen Xing emailed both photos to Seth, and also put the photos on his personal website.
Let’s put it on display first and wait until someone buys it. Mr. Abbott has only signed his own contracts in Europe, so if people from other places are willing to buy Chen Xing’s works, they can still buy them on his website.
After finishing all this, Chen Xing heard it was raining outside. He opened the door and went out. The Buddhist temple looks very quiet late at night, and this popular temple does not give people the gloomy atmosphere.
Since there was no door to block the outside, the sound of the rain was particularly loud, hitting the leaves like a whip lashing.
Chen Xing took a chair and sat down where he could catch the rain. My head was resting on the recliner, music was playing on my phone, and I was holding it with my hand on my abdomen.
The young man was listening to Yuge upstairs, the tent was dimly lit by red candles. A young man in his prime listens to the rain in a boat. The river is vast, the clouds are low, and the wild geese are calling in the west wind.
Now, listening to the rain at the foot of the monk's hut, there are already stars on his temples. The joys and sorrows are always ruthless, every step of the way, until dawn.
Just like the system said before. The world is beautiful and the world is worth living. ………………………………[You spent the night in the temple and received cash yuan] Chen Xing saw such news as soon as he woke up.
This surprised him a little. Aren't houses belonging to ethnic minorities also eligible for awards? Chen Xing had not completed this long-term task for a long time. After reading the introduction, he realized that this task was to live in a building with special heritage, not the minority house that Chen Xing thought before.
Although the building of the Buddhist temple originated from Asan, it also absorbed many architectural features of the Central Plains when it came to China. Of course, it is a building with a special heritage.
From this point of view, Taoism should also be acceptable? There are really few Taoists nowadays. Chen Xing encountered many small temples during his travels, but Chen Xing has never encountered a Taoist temple.
To be honest, Chen Xing didn't dare to think about this phenomenon. Taoism is China's native religion. Is it so weak now just because it doesn't make money?
If you think about it carefully, the decline of traditional Chinese culture is not limited to the Taoist lineage. With a sigh, Chen Xing got up.
In the main hall next to it, the chanting sounds were loud and catchy. It should be the monks doing morning prayers. The Buddhist temple outside Chen Xing had some small water droplets condensed on the roof because it had been raining all night, or because of the temperature difference between day and night or something.
It must be very humid after living here for a long time, Chen Xing thought to himself. At least the roof of the cave must be moisture-proof and the door must be made, otherwise nothing in the house will be preserved for a long time.
China's ancient buildings are amazing in this aspect. As long as there are people living in it, no matter how humid the house is or how bad the location is, it will remain stable.
But if no one lives there for ten days and a half, the humidity alone will cause mold to form on the pillars in the temple.
Then came the collapse. Feng shui is also a science, and many things about evil spirits have been explained by modern science.
Those things that cannot be explained scientifically cannot be said to be false. It can only be said that science has not yet developed to that extent.
Let me first explain the acupuncture points of traditional Chinese medicine scientifically. I went out to watch the monks chanting sutras, stretched my body a little, and then returned to the room to see if Seth had sent me any new emails.
Although he is in China, he is still very concerned about his photography exhibition. It's a pity that he finally had his own photography exhibition, but he had to provide resources in China and was unable to visit it.
Who told me not to take more photos of this aspect before? But according to Seth, after this period of photography exhibitions and the popularity that Abbott spent a lot of money on himself, at least his attributes as a Chinese-style photographer have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Europe.
There are pros and cons to this. In the future, when Chen Xing shoots some urban blockbusters, no matter how good the shots are, he will be inherently shorter than those Western photographers.
It's like an ancient singer singing modern songs. His skills are very good, but many listeners don't have such high music appreciation ability and they can only think it sounds good.
Then there is a professional pop singer on the other side who sings very well. The audience will subconsciously think that pop singers are more professional.
On the contrary, when the singer sings ancient works, they will also think that the song is good and the singer is really professional.
Overall the pros outweigh the cons. Because the China now is not the China before. When you were traveling a few years ago, if you told people about Yanjing, they would not know where it was.
But now when traveling abroad, those foreigners don’t talk about Yanjing. They also know about Rongcheng and Jiangcheng.
There are also more and more foreigners who can speak Chinese. These are all precursors for the motherland to complete its great cause of rejuvenation. After tidying up the room and picking up his backpack, Chen Xing went out and greeted the monks who had finished their morning classes, and then said, "Is it always so humid here?"
"Moist? Did the donor not sleep well last night?"
"Slept well, except I saw some dew in the morning."
"Oh, it doesn't matter. It happens all the time." The fat monk who was cooking said with a smile. Chen Xing looked around, and there seemed to be no red boxes like those big temples outside that collect money, so he asked: "Do you charge money for sesame oil here? I want to donate some money to you and make something to prevent moisture. If you can, A few doors are the best." The old monk said: "No need, it's not easy to make money outside now." He occasionally took his disciples to nearby scenic spots to sell amulets, beads, etc., and the income was barely enough for the people in the temple. There is no more, so I know how difficult it is to make money.
But Chen Xing also insisted again and again. He originally wanted to donate 20,000, but seeing as they were so kind.
It’s better to donate what you earn from here. The money you received from the Buddha is too hot to spend on your own, so just send it back to where it came from.
Even if Chen Xing spent tens of thousands of dollars, he didn't know if he could build a door that could protect them from wind and rain, but at least he did his best.
