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  • Soft Chinese Roses

    Soft Chinese Roses

    The flowers in the vase at home were replaced with a bouquet of Chinese roses, their centers a soft pink, fading to white at the petals, with just a hint of green along the edges. Against the white backdrop of the wall, they swayed faintly in the breeze, hazy and dreamy—just how I like it.

    I mounted my Fujifilm medium-format digital camera, the GFX 50s II, attached an adapted Nikon-mount Sigma 150mm macro lens, and captured a series of close-ups.

    The out-of-camera shots were already quite good—colors, contrast, white balance, and details were all perfectly usable. But they still fell short of the feeling I wanted—soft and dreamy.

    After importing them into my computer, I used DXO PhotoLab to tweak them into the vision I had in mind.

    玫瑰月季/(Chinese Rose)

  • 柔美的月季

    柔美的月季

    家里的花瓶里换插了一束月季花，花芯粉红，花瓣渐白，花瓣边缘带些绿意。衬着背景墙的白色，微风吹过，朦朦胧胧，正合我的胃口。

    架上富士的中画幅数码相机GFX 50s II，拧上转接的尼康口的Sigma 150mm的微距镜，拍了一组特写。

    相机直接出的片已经不错了 — 色彩、对比度、白平衡和细节都完全可用。但是离我的感觉 — 朦胧和梦幻 — 还差一些。

    导入电脑，用DXO PhotoLab调成了我想要的样子。

    玫瑰月季/(Chinese Rose)

  • Erhai Lake in Chinese Painting

    While cycling along Erhai Lake in Dali, Yunnan, China, the days were filled with rain and wind. The trees and birds in the lake appeared as though they were part of a traditional Chinese painting.

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  • Jiuzhai Valley in Autumn

    Jiuzhai Valley in Autumn

    “When I traveled from Singapore to Jiuzhai Valley in Sichuan, China, it felt like leaping from summer straight into a vibrant autumn. The leaves were transforming into shades of yellow and red, the streams grew clearer and more energetic, and the air turned refreshingly cool.

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  • Mountain Reflected

    When I entered the gates of the natural park in Songping Valley, Sichuan, China, it was late afternoon. The fading sunlight illuminated a serene lake before me, dotted with several small tourist boats. What struck me most was the reflection of the mountain on the lake’s surface—rugged and imposing, standing at an altitude of over 3,000 meters in the heart of winter.

    山之倒影/Mountain reflected
  • Yulan Magnolia – through lens and mind

    Yulan Magnolia – through lens and mind

    One day in Spring, I wandered into a park and encountered an old friend I hadn’t seen in decades—the white Yulan Magnolia trees. With a Fujifilm GFX 50S II and a Sigma EX 85mm f/1.4, I captured their blossoms.

    一树白玉兰盛开，前景花朵清晰，远处渐次模糊，如梦似幻。左下角一串红灯笼点缀其间，底部灰瓦屋顶隐现，为画面添了几分古朴。虚实之间，恍若游走于现实与梦境。 he photo captures a tree in full bloom with white magnolias—sharp in the foreground, fading softly into the distance, creating a dreamlike haze. A string of red lanterns peeks from the lower left, while traditional gray-tiled roofs anchor the scene with rustic charm. Blurring the line between reality and reverie, the image lingers between clarity and impression.
    一树盛开的白色玉兰花，有的花朵清晰，而其他花朵、树干和背景逐渐模糊，如同在梦中的朦胧。 A tree in full bloom with white magnolia flowers, where some blossoms are sharply visible while the others, along with the trunk and background, fade into a dreamlike blur.
    一树白玉兰盛开，前景花朵清晰，远处渐次模糊，如梦似幻。左下角一串红灯笼点缀其间，底部灰瓦屋顶隐现，为画面添了几分古朴。虚实之间，恍若游走于现实与梦境。 he photo captures a tree in full bloom with white magnolias—sharp in the foreground, fading softly into the distance, creating a dreamlike haze. A string of red lanterns peeks from the lower left, while traditional gray-tiled roofs anchor the scene with rustic charm. Blurring the line between reality and reverie, the image lingers between clarity and impression.
    一树盛开的白色玉兰花，有的花朵清晰，而其他花朵、树干和背景逐渐模糊，如同在梦中的朦胧。 A tree in full bloom with white magnolia flowers, where some blossoms are sharply visible while the others, along with the trunk and background, fade into a dreamlike blur.

    My impression of the Yulan Magnolia is white flowers, tree after tree, springtime, warm light, and falling white petals in the breeze. DXO PhotoLab helped me dreamily visualize it.

    满树白玉兰盛放如雪，花瓣纷扬而起，似与风共舞的蝶群，又若跌入激流的碎羽，在春光里写一首稍纵即逝的诗。 A tree of white magnolias blooms like frozen snowfall, petals swirling up—a flutter of wind-drunk butterflies, or feathers caught in a torrent, scripting spring’s ephemeral poem.
    一枝玉兰在逆光中舒展旋舞，花瓣如凝脂透光，恍若跌入时空隧道的漩涡，每一帧都是光的低语。 A magnolia blossom twirls in backlight, its translucent petals like carved jade, caught in a whirlpool of time—each flutter a whisper of light.
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    家乡的春天，墙角、校园、公园里，白玉兰一树树盛开。阔别多年后，记忆中的花朵渐渐朦胧，恍如梦境。 In the spring of my hometown, white magnolias bloom in clusters by walls, in schoolyards, and parks. After years away, the flowers in my memory grow hazy, as if in a dream.
    满树白玉兰盛放如雪，花瓣纷扬而起，似与风共舞的蝶群，又若跌入激流的碎羽，在春光里写一首稍纵即逝的诗。 A tree of white magnolias blooms like frozen snowfall, petals swirling up—a flutter of wind-drunk butterflies, or feathers caught in a torrent, scripting spring’s ephemeral poem.
    一枝玉兰在逆光中舒展旋舞，花瓣如凝脂透光，恍若跌入时空隧道的漩涡，每一帧都是光的低语。 A magnolia blossom twirls in backlight, its translucent petals like carved jade, caught in a whirlpool of time—each flutter a whisper of light.
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    家乡的春天，墙角、校园、公园里，白玉兰一树树盛开。阔别多年后，记忆中的花朵渐渐朦胧，恍如梦境。 In the spring of my hometown, white magnolias bloom in clusters by walls, in schoolyards, and parks. After years away, the flowers in my memory grow hazy, as if in a dream.
  • 玉兰的影像与印象

    玉兰的影像与印象

    春日，来到十多年未进入的公园闲逛，重遇几树白色玉兰花，正在盛开。

    一树白玉兰盛开，前景花朵清晰，远处渐次模糊，如梦似幻。左下角一串红灯笼点缀其间，底部灰瓦屋顶隐现，为画面添了几分古朴。虚实之间，恍若游走于现实与梦境。 he photo captures a tree in full bloom with white magnolias—sharp in the foreground, fading softly into the distance, creating a dreamlike haze. A string of red lanterns peeks from the lower left, while traditional gray-tiled roofs anchor the scene with rustic charm. Blurring the line between reality and reverie, the image lingers between clarity and impression.
    一树盛开的白色玉兰花，有的花朵清晰，而其他花朵、树干和背景逐渐模糊，如同在梦中的朦胧。 A tree in full bloom with white magnolia flowers, where some blossoms are sharply visible while the others, along with the trunk and background, fade into a dreamlike blur.

    而记忆里的玉兰花，在春天里，暖阳下，白色的，校园中，公园里，一树一树的，风吹过，零零落落。

    一枝玉兰在逆光中舒展旋舞，花瓣如凝脂透光，恍若跌入时空隧道的漩涡，每一帧都是光的低语。 A magnolia blossom twirls in backlight, its translucent petals like carved jade, caught in a whirlpool of time—each flutter a whisper of light.
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    满树白玉兰盛放如雪，花瓣纷扬而起，似与风共舞的蝶群，又若跌入激流的碎羽，在春光里写一首稍纵即逝的诗。 A tree of white magnolias blooms like frozen snowfall, petals swirling up—a flutter of wind-drunk butterflies, or feathers caught in a torrent, scripting spring’s ephemeral poem.
    家乡的春天，墙角、校园、公园里，白玉兰一树树盛开。阔别多年后，记忆中的花朵渐渐朦胧，恍如梦境。 In the spring of my hometown, white magnolias bloom in clusters by walls, in schoolyards, and parks. After years away, the flowers in my memory grow hazy, as if in a dream.
    一枝玉兰在逆光中舒展旋舞，花瓣如凝脂透光，恍若跌入时空隧道的漩涡，每一帧都是光的低语。 A magnolia blossom twirls in backlight, its translucent petals like carved jade, caught in a whirlpool of time—each flutter a whisper of light.
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    满树白玉兰盛放如雪，花瓣纷扬而起，似与风共舞的蝶群，又若跌入激流的碎羽，在春光里写一首稍纵即逝的诗。 A tree of white magnolias blooms like frozen snowfall, petals swirling up—a flutter of wind-drunk butterflies, or feathers caught in a torrent, scripting spring’s ephemeral poem.
    家乡的春天，墙角、校园、公园里，白玉兰一树树盛开。阔别多年后，记忆中的花朵渐渐朦胧，恍如梦境。 In the spring of my hometown, white magnolias bloom in clusters by walls, in schoolyards, and parks. After years away, the flowers in my memory grow hazy, as if in a dream.

  • Glimpse of Chongqing

    Years ago in cold weather I arrived at Chongqing Airport very late, about 9pm, to transit to the express train to Chengdu the next early morning. It was already 10pm when I checked into a hotel around Hongya Cave, a famous travel destination in Chongqing, China.

    With my Leica M digital monochrome and Zeiss ZM lens, I walked around River Jialing, along with the overwhelming tourists in the night. Before daybreak the next, I photographed again the riverside in black and white.

    重庆夜景/Chongqing at Night

    The next mornig, I got up very early, and walked along the Jialing River again before the sun brightened the misty sky.

    重庆晨景/Chongqing in Misty Morning

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