Winter in Swan Lake
On November 29, Weihai Rongcheng ushered in the first snow of this winter. In winter, is prosperous and . In addition to snow, there are also beautiful swans.
Every winter, these white elves will travel through mountains and seas from the distant Siberia , and fly to Weihai , starting a 4-month wintering time.
Every winter, my friends and I go to Swan Lake to take pictures of swans again and again.
full of enthusiasm. I just wish to be worthy of the mountains and seas.
Tens of thousands of big sky turtles. I like a fairy flying to the world.
Big swan is a dream, it is the realm
Thinking back to the first time I took a swan. It was in 2005. I just joined the Rongcheng Photographers Association. At first, photography was just a hobby for me, but my identity in the Photographers Association made me feel that I should “do my job in my position” and use lenses to record the beauty around me. The hometown is Rongcheng, the beautiful mountains and rivers of Lingshan, and the thousands of miles of coast are a paradise for swans to live in winter. Therefore, I began to take photos of swans with Ma Shimin, chairman of Rongcheng Photographers Association, and my friends who love photography. What I didn't expect from
is that the incident of shooting swans can make people so fascinated. Before retirement, no matter how busy I work, I will take time to go to Swan Lake to take pictures of the swans who came here to spend the winter in those years. In 2013, I stepped down from my job and finally had more time to invest in shooting swans.
The migration of the swans follows the monsoon. They use thousands of meters of high air to control the wind and glide
The swan's understanding of love is supreme. Once they fall in love, they will follow each other like shadows and accompany each other for life
For more than ten years, I have been tireless, experienced all the bitterness and bitterness, and have been infatuated, running around Rongcheng Swan Lake and every surrounding big swan's bay, reservoir, and wetland where Rongcheng Swan Lake and every surrounding big swan live. If I encounter good weather but cannot go to the shooting location due to the incident, I will be restless and restless. On the first day of the Lunar New Year when families are reunited, I always spend a wonderful time with the swans on the shores of Swan Lake to celebrate the New Year. So much so that my wife often jokes that the swan is my "dream lover". Winter goes and spring comes, and swans move. I am melancholy and will continue to photograph the last group of swans leaving, looking forward to the arrival of the next winter in my loss.
Wind and snow are not blocked. Just to freeze the beauty.
Look, in the wind and snow, this family of swans hides in the reed pond to keep warm.
Photographers from all directions are chasing the traces of swans and gathering to become
I like snowy days in silver. Taking photos of geese in the snow is the favorite of many photographers. Snow days are also the time when swans spread their wings and foraging on land and sea most frequently. In the wind and snow, the swans bathe in the silver world, holding each other, clustered together, lying quietly in the wheat fields and next to the reeds, murmuring, playing, and living freely without restraint. Looking at their raised heads, it seems to be proclaiming: This is the stage for our performance, our sacred territory, and our warm home.
In the snow and ice, photographers often don’t know the cold and forget to eat and sleep. In order to freeze a perfect moment, we often lie in the snow for most of the day, and some people even catch a cold due to it. But when we are getting better, we will be involved in shooting again. Swans are in groups, and we are also huddling together to keep warm and exchange experiences with each other in order to take more exciting photos.
Flying over the mountain evening boat, queuing
When the twilight is vast, the harbor of the Swan Lake returns to
To shoot the sunrise in Swan Lake, it is cold in the morning. I came to the west bank of Yuehu Lake early in the morning, put on my water boots, chose a good location, stood on the cold beach, patiently waiting for the sunrise, and waiting for the morning music of Swan Lake to play.Many times I returned from disappointment, and finally got a refreshing sunrise scene: a red sun rose slowly from the sea, the sea, the sky, the mountains and the lake were dyed with the morning glow, and flocks of swans woke up from their sleep, swam towards the center of the lake facing the sun, and flew towards the lofty... At the moment when the scene I had always wanted to take but had not been taken, an indescribable joy surged into my heart, and I was deeply moved for a moment.
is a "goose" crazy. It is just because of the infinite attachment to
The double wind is approaching the long wind, and it passes thousands of miles away
Unexpectedly met her on the shore of Yuehu Lake. The beautiful charm made me fall in love with it
The behavior of the big swan is very distinctive. Their takeoff movement is unique, called "Nine Punches and Eighteen Pavements". When they take off, they first called on their companions, then lined up, and then rose in sequence. The big swan "Nine Pedals and Eighteen Pads" used all his strength, and the waves splashed in the water and the dust in the wheat field. Only the sound of "crunching" and "crunching" sounds were heard from afar. A glimpse in front of him and left the dust, making people sigh at the magic of nature.
Singing and dancing high, like a dream,
Auspicious snow fulfills a good dream, fishing villages indicate good years, they either flap their wings, whisper with their necks, or dance with waves...
The most important thing in shooting swans is to be patient. Photographers often stay in a place, from early morning to dusk just to wait for the swan to spread its wings and fly. I am not the only one who is crazy about swans. I have been with swans for decades, which has allowed me to understand those photographers who have come from all over the world. They all have an infinite complex for big swans in their hearts, and it also made me understand the photographers' attachment and love for Rongcheng, the Pure Land.
No matter whether it is cold or cold, wind, frost, rain or snow, we all have no regrets and will never leave us. We use the lens in our hands to focus on the story of the big swan and freeze the beautiful and moving moments of the big swan into eternity.
Awesome snow fulfills a good dream, fishing villages show good fortune
Those photographers who have come from all the way have an infinite complex for the big swan in their hearts
Pictures·Text/Zhang Yue
Source: Shandong Pictorial
Source: Shandong Pictorial
