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.
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.
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.
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.
The next mornig, I got up very early, and walked along the Jialing River again before the sun brightened the misty sky.
某年某稍寒冷的季节的夜晚，经重庆回成都。拎着相机走出洪崖洞旁的酒店时，已差不多晚上十点了。
晚上十点，仍然车如流水马如龙，灯火金黄。
凌晨六点过醒来，沿江散步，路上人稀，只在江边偶遇麻雀、游泳的老者和邮轮，与昨晚是两个世界。
用的是莱卡M的黑白机，把ISO开到底。不管金黄还是辉煌，统统的黑白灰，加我喜欢的噪声颗粒。
此高山非彼高山。
这山与湖，都在较高海拔 — 位于四川茂县的松坪沟，海拔约3000米。
走进景区时，已经下午三点了。白石海已经在阴影里，唯一的一片亮光里是湖边险峻山峰的倒影 — 冬日里即将消失的阳光斜射在山峰临湖侧面。
进入九寨沟的时候，红叶季节刚开始，树叶刚黄，水流仍急，游人仍众。
使用奥林巴斯相机镜头拍摄。
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”2000000023″ display=”pro_film”]来到洱海边的时候，正值秋风秋雨，不见阳光。
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