Friday, August 13, 2010

小仙女 (Fairy Tale)

星期天,天刚破晓,我在树叶下发现一些露珠。把三脚架拿出来,我正准备把露珠的清新与美丽摄入镜头。

在朝阳的照耀下,露珠闪闪发亮,清晰的倒影映入眼帘,仿佛把我的魂魄也吸进去。

进入梦境,四周有如仙境般,到处奇花异草,漂亮极了。一瞬间,露珠变幻成为可爱的小仙女,与我一同观赏山间花草。

言谈间,小仙女说:我们每天都在你身边,只是你们没察觉罢了。我们白天化成空气中的水分,夜里天气太凉,我们就化成露珠栖息在花草间。太阳出来后,我们再次成为水分飘扬在空中。每一分每一秒,我们都与你们同在。

我可以和你们拍几张相吗?我问。

当然可以,我们会穿上最闪亮的衣裳摆出最优美的姿势。

It was early in the Sunday morning, I spotted some very tiny dewdrops under a small branch of a papaya tree opposite my house. I set up my tripod and focus on the dewdrops to capture the freshness and beauty they exhibit.

The dewdrops under the morning sun looked stunning. I was totally amazed, and felt as if I had entered into the reflection in the dewdrops.

The scene was wonderful, with flora and fauna surrounded me. The dewdrops turned into fairies and walked around with me. One of them even called my name. Do you know me? I asked.

Yes, we all know you, your family and your friends. We are always around wherever you go. However, we transform from time to time and you may have not noticed our existence.

When you breathe, you draw in the air and we are there in the form of moisture. At night when the atmosphere cools down, we transform into dews and we rest on the surfaces of plants, grass and flowers. When the sun comes up and the temperature rises, again we evaporate into the form of moisture and we move around with the air. We’re always there wherever you are.

Do you mind I take some photographs of you? I asked.

We would love to. We will put on our most sparkling dress and the most graceful pose for you.

13 comments:

  1. The first one is gorgeous and the second one is beautiful! How did you do that?

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  2. nice shots of those droplets!! cool..

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  3. Yoke-Yin,
    I used a mini tripod, a 100mm macro lens, set a 2-second timer, early morning after the sun comes out but before the dews evaporate, tried out different aperture settings and different shooting angles then choose the better images and deleted the rest (the best thing about digital camera over film is this..:-))

    SK,
    I’m pleased to hear that you like the dews, too….Thanks!

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  4. 我也曾经为花上的露珠而感到震撼,忘了按下快门。我没有这种镜头,应该无法拍到如此诗情画意的佳作。

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  5. Wow what lovely little posers.

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  6. rainfield61,
    阳光与水分都是免费的,尽量观赏与享受吧!呵呵。。

    平阳居校长,
    除了微距镜头,有些叫做 Macro Filter 或 Extension Tube 的摄影器材也许也有微距效果,我也还在学习探索中。。。

    Ryan,
    Thanks! On behalf of the drewdrops....:D

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  7. 观察入微,
    培养耐性。。。

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  8. jin1shu3,
    用心观察,生活有趣多了。。。

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  9. 看你自从爱上摄影后,对身边的一切事物,观察细腻入微,加油!!

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  10. 普普,
    小事观察入微,大事糊涂就糟糕了,呵呵。。。。。

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  11. Lovely dew in the first photo.

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  12. Mei Teng,
    Thanks! When are you going to try out some macro shots?

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