God's Palette

"Before it was a fissure eruption, and a whole magma zone became active with the eruption. It was really... I saw it from the sky, like beating on the ice in winter, spreading small cracks, and following the straight line of skates Moving forward, it extends from the volcano to the end of the world, and the white smoke mixed with the incredible smell of sulfur spreads to the whole world."

"...Your description is quite romantic and wonderful. You guys can really speak vernacular as tour guides."

"No, no, no, this is someone else's description. I copied it, but it is true. Then, the magma took a few hours to evaporate a lake. The scenery was more shocking than when the magma fell into the sea. "

"Can I see it next?" Asking, Xia Xun touched the lens in his hand, adjusted it to infinity focus, and was ready to create some good photos at any time.

It's a pity that the driver didn't give an affirmative answer. It seems that if you want to see this legendary scene, you have to try your luck.

During the chat, Xia Xun didn't fail to notice that Mian Yu in the back seat was a little unhappy.

Although it is in an unfree place like a helicopter, it is locked on a chair by an even more annoying thing like a seat belt, and it is necessary to communicate with the microphone of the headset, making it difficult for each other to be as usual——Ke Xia Xun Still noticed that Mian Yu's appearance was not quite right.

Because, her sigh scratched the microphone, and from time to time, along with the "sizzling" of the current, it gently reached Xia Xun's ear.But other than that, she doesn't participate in any small talk, which is quite different from the usual her who is getting more and more lively.

She wasn't too worried about her boss's situation, though.

Now Xia Xunde focuses on photography first, and she probably knows why her boss is worrying, and she knows that it is not something worth worrying about.

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"Uh...is this a volcano?"

"To be precise, it's one of them." The pilot replied, "Actually, there are quite a few such craters, and their states are constantly changing with various geographical movements... It's quite quiet today. "

Xia Xun didn't know what to say, because the scene in front of him seemed a little different from what he expected.

She couldn't help but raise the camera and observe the stretched world through the viewfinder with a wide focal length of 12mm.Compared with the perspective of human eyes, the scenery that can be seen with different focal lengths will give people a strange feeling.The photographer is the one who uses the lens to convey this feeling.

But the problem is - the scene in front of me seems to be uninteresting to shoot...

It is said to be a volcano, but it is actually a crater located on the surface of the earth.

Gray and white are mixed together to wipe out the greenness of the surface, then to draw cracks, and then to dig out a hole of unknown depth, and something like cooking smoke floats out. This is the important thing in the driver's mouth. Tourist attractions too.

Well-informed photographers do not think that this is a magnificent scenery.

"Ugh."

But it's also a regular occurrence.

The word-of-mouth introduction was mixed with a lot of bragging.The overly beautified photos continue to exaggerate each dream, causing tourists to have too high expectations for a certain scenic spot, so they are more and more disappointed.

This sad situation is a very big -- and very common -- test for photographers.Before going out, I boasted to my relatives and friends that I was going to travel to such and such places of interest, and I also specially brought an expensive camera, and my relatives and friends were all looking forward to the photos.

But it turned out that the scenery was too good to be true, and it was terrible.

How to shoot is the problem.

It's not because of the photographer's conscience that he doesn't want to continue to brag about the scenery with fake photos, but because he wants to make an ugly thing look good, which in itself is something that many photographers can't do... Even Xia Seek, and sometimes feel powerless.

"You have to find a special angle, so that it seems to be taken out of context, and it looks good..." When she was thinking about how to do it——

"This small crater is not pretty at all." From the back seat, Mian Yu, who had been silent all the time, expressed his thoughts, "It feels lifeless and a bit petty. It's not as interesting as the nearby forest."

"Hmm... it's a bit boring, but boss, are you awake? Can you pass me the lens?"

Xia Xun agreed, and took advantage of the situation to look back, his boss looked very strange.Like the balloon that was poked and exploded at the moment, it is obviously broken, but it maintains a terrifying temperament like a bomb-although this bomb can only scare people.

Sensing Xia Xun's gaze, Mian Yu glanced back sadly.It seemed that he wanted to say something more, but he curled his lips and fell silent again.However, she opened the camera bag and listed the lenses inside one by one, quietly waiting for the owner to call her.

At least for now, she wants Xia Xun to focus on photography, while she silently handed the lens to the photographer's assistant.

And those things that you want to say, leave it for the future.

……

Helicopters are a kind of convenience, but this kind of convenience is generally not provided to everyone—it may be provided to Xia Xun.I don't know what identity and price Mian Yu used to order this rounded helicopter, at least it was very obedient.

It didn't follow the fixed and free way of traveling, visiting every scenic spot, but was willing to serve Xia Xun.It doesn't matter whether it's flying high, flying low, reaching close to the ground or taking to the skies, as long as it has enough fuel and doesn't pose a safety issue, it will do.

So the helicopter descended close to the crater.

Through the open hatch, hotter and more smelly wind is pouring into it.Xia Xun's hair was constantly being blown, but her hand holding the camera was as steady as ever.As long as you find the right angle to shoot, things that are originally meaningless may also be endowed with a sense of beauty.

For example, a close-up.

If you want to take a good natural scenery photography, the most important factor is called "camera position", that is, where the camera shoots from.Therefore, in all kinds of tourist attractions, there will always be a group of old masters occupying a good, fixed, and word-of-mouth seat.

But photography is free, and the camera position can also be created by yourself.

Xia Xun intends to add some different elements to this scenery to enrich the lackluster scenery.

"At this height, is it okay to keep hovering?"

"OK, you can hover with ground effect here."

This is very easy for the driver, and these tourist models are expensive and relatively advanced, so he holds the joystick, and even can separate his mind to see what the girl photographer is going to do What.

He did see a lot of tourists taking pictures.He has also carried more than one group of professional photographers - but in his opinion, what if such a beautiful young girl is a very capable photographer?That would be so sad, why should a good life be wasted on taking pictures?

So he felt that this tourist named Xia Xun probably wanted to take a selfie, because girls are good at this.

But what was strange was that Xia Xun was playing with the paracord in his hand.

The knots she weaves are multi-segmented, with the camera on one side and the lens on the other, as if to be able to adjust the angle while maintaining stability.Not only that, but she also connected her mobile phone to the camera and tested the effect a little. It seems that she intends to remotely control the shutter instead of pressing it herself.

Just when the driver and Mian Yu were curious, Xia Xun stretched out the A7R3 in his hand and the Laowa 12 2.8 hanging from the hatch, facing the scorching hot wind.Her eyes shone with the same confidence as ever, and she was on the road to realizing the ideas in her head, which often worked.