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  • Impression of Trees in Water

    Impression of Trees in Water

    Last November, I took a trip to Erhai Lake. Cycling along the Haixi Ecological Corridor, I stopped whenever something caught my eye and pressed the shutter. Though the breeze and light rain made it a bit chilly, the sense of fulfillment was warm.

    The trees by Erhai Lake are incredibly picturesque—some standing on the shore, others in the water, alone or in clusters, their reflections rippling on the mirror-like surface.

    Now, months later, I’ve revisited the memories of that day—the wind, the rain, the ripples, the reflections, the autumn hues, and the tranquility—and finally processed these photos of the trees in the water.

    Trees in Ehai Lake

  • Roses in Orange

    Roses in Orange

    About a year ago, I took the Panasonic Lumix G9 II camera and the OM System 40-150mm f/4 Pro lens to the Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay, specifically to photograph the blooming flowers inside.

    After returning home and browsing through the colorful floral shots, I was amazed by the vibrant colors and sharpness delivered by this camera-lens combo. However, the straight-out-of-camera photos always fell a bit short of the vision I had in mind, so I planned to revisit them for post-processing someday. That “someday” turned out to be now, a year later.

    I processed the photos using DxO PhotoLab, employing techniques like multiple exposures, selective blurring, adding dynamic lighting, and vintage effects to achieve results that finally satisfied my creative appetite.

    These roses all carry hints of orange in their hues. Some are pearl-white with a delicate touch of warm orange, exuding elegance and freshness, while others are richly saturated with interwoven reds and oranges, radiating passion and vitality.

    Roses in Orange Color

  • 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)

  • 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
  • Glimpse of Chongqing

    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

  • Misty Morning in Wu Yuan

    Misty Morning in Wu Yuan

    A foggy morning in Wu Yuan, Jiang Xi, China, Nov 2018.

    The photo captures a serene and ethereal scene of a misty river in Wu Yuan. The soft light of the November morning gently illuminates the mist rising from the calm waters. In the distance, a solitary figure paddles a small boat, creating ripples on the water’s surface. The surrounding landscape is shrouded in fog, with outlines of trees and hills barely visible through the haze. This image evokes a sense of tranquility and the timeless beauty of nature.