travel starts with photography

Chapter 319
Ten minutes later, Lu Feng entered the room from outside the door with two bowls of noodles, put one of the bowls of noodles in front of Chen Xing, and said to his brother, "It's on the kitchen table, get it yourself."

Chen Xing quickly thanked him.

The noodles are very common dried noodles, the taste is not good, but the seasoning is quite suitable for Chen Xing's appetite.

It was almost ten o'clock after eating, and Lu Jia asked the middle-aged man named Lao Wang to chat.From their chat, Chen Xing knew that this was a university professor, and the young man was his student.

Coming to this place is also to do further research and investigation on potash mines.

Lop Nur is a restricted area of ​​life, a boundless desert.

In the past, Huaxia developed the atomic bomb and tested it in this area. Being able to make such a decision can show how desolate the surrounding area of ​​Lop Nur is.

But all this stopped after people discovered that Lop Nur has a large amount of potassium salt resources.

In the past, it could be said that Lop Nur was a desert without a drop of water, but this is not the case now.With the mining of potassium salt, the salt lake in Lop Nur has gradually returned, and now there is a swamp country that can be seen on the latest satellite image.

All this is their credit.

Chen Xing had deep admiration for them for a while. These people lived in such a difficult area, and they didn't even have the Internet that modern people are accustomed to, but they created such a great project.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the place of Lop Nur has been revived.

But I can't find any news about them on the Internet, so they are definitely unsung heroes.

The young graduate hero's surname is Liu, the willow of the willow tree, and Liu Jiujiang.

In fact, Chen Xing often envies other people's names that are very literary, unlike his popular name, which has a lot of people.

After waiting for Chen Xing to eat, Liu Jiujiang went to his room to bring the camera. It was a well-maintained Sony with the same style as Chen Xing used to.

Chen Xing took his camera and looked at it, and said, "It can be seen that it is not very useful."

"Haha, I usually store it in a moisture-proof box. I bought it on a loan. It's a treasure."

He only had so much living expenses at that time, and he paid back the camera slowly in 12 installments. Liu Jiujiang still remembers the time when he was so poor that he couldn't find a girlfriend during his sophomore year, just because of this camera.

Chen Xing nodded approvingly: "I just got the camera and it was very precious. No, it is also my treasure now. I don't dare to take it out when it is windy or rainy."

Some Sonys are pampered, and some Nikons are fighting in the battlefield. If Sonys are as resistant as Nikon, maybe Chen Xing can also shoot many beautiful rain scenes now.

There are a lot of stars in Liu Jiujiang's photos.

It would be a waste not to take pictures of the stars in Lop Nur. After all, the environment here is not very good to take pictures. If you take pictures of the stars, there are no cities around and no light pollution. 365 days a year, at least two-thirds of the time is sunny, which belongs to the whole country. Some of the best shooting spots in the starry sky.

"It's a good shot." Chen Xing praised.

He also flipped through the camera settings, and found that they are all settings that he understands personally, and he can be called a master among enthusiasts.

Taking pictures of the starry sky does not require you to have much understanding of photography, you just need to know your camera.Find a good place, use the star map of the mobile APP to find the best angle, and then directly use the fixed data to shoot.

The first shot was not good, so I slightly modified the data and tried it again.

After all, living in this place for a long time, Liu Jiujiang has too much time to try and make mistakes.

"Quack quack quack." Hearing Chen Xing's compliment, he laughed loudly, "I'm much more confident when you say that. I didn't dare to send out the photos before."

Chen Xing turned to the end and saw the portraits he took before he came to Lop Nur.

This is...

"You can find good composition, but it's not interesting to take pictures of girls. Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Currently single." Liu Jiujiang restrained his smile and said with some embarrassment.

Chen Xing didn't like to ask this question when he was single, but now he has confidence, and explained to him with a smile: "Girlfriends are the most affordable models, if it's not convenient for street photography, then take pictures of girlfriends playing every day. A ten-day and a half-month photo shoot is pretty good."

Portrait photography is actually a very big science. Many people who just got a camera are confused. They don’t know anything, and there are no guidelines. When shooting, it’s all about personal feeling.

You can see that others are good at taking pictures of girls, they are all practiced from scratch.

And there is another advantage. When shooting passers-by, no one can guarantee that passers-by will be natural when they stand in front of your camera. Most girls must be nervous.Therefore, the photographer can slowly adjust the fixed girlfriend model.

It's also very rewarding.

This is what Chen Xing did in Paris, at least now Hedwig can calmly face Chen Xing's camera.

After ten o'clock, Liu Jiujiang took Chen Xing and the others to the vacated room.

Chen Xing slept alone in a room, and Lu Feng and Lu's family let them sleep together. The quilts were just taken out of the closet. In the dry climate of the northwest, even if these quilts were not used for a long time, they would still have no smell when taken out.

In the dead of night, the surroundings were eerily quiet.

There are no insects outside the window, and there are no birds, only the sound of someone snoring can be vaguely heard.

But the night through the window is beautiful.

The stars are dotted, and I don’t know what makes them blink. This is a picture that the camera can’t respond to. Not to mention the fixed-frame photos, even the highest-definition video, you can’t feel the beauty of seeing it with your own eyes.

Chen Xing forgot when he fell asleep, but he woke up because there was movement outside the window.

Chen Xing got up and unscrewed the mineral water bottle to take a sip of water, then went to the window to look out.At this time, Liu Jiujiang and the others were already carrying a lot of things, big bags, and a black box containing detection equipment in both hands.

It's not yet dawn, and I don't know what time it is, the moon is still hanging in the sky, and the stars are still twinkling.

Lao Wang took a big camera to make a phone call, Liu Jiujiang took the opportunity to put down the box to rest, turned around and saw Chen Xing standing by the window, so he smiled and said in a low voice, "Are you still asleep?"

"I've already slept through it." Chen Xing said.

He also wanted to ask where they were going so early, but immediately felt that he was in a daze. What could be the reason for them to go out with their equipment?
Check it out.

The discovery of potash mines in Lop Nur is a very important event for the whole of China. Many people don't know what this thing can be mined for. It sounds strange, but it is an important raw material for making fertilizers.

China has grown from a big importer to a fertilizer exporter today, feeding more than a billion people, thanks to the potash mines in Lop Nur.It is precisely because of the continuous exploration of these scientists that it took only a few years for China to go the way that the United States has gone for 30 years.

But they too have remained largely unknown.

After finishing the phone call, Lao Wang glanced at Chen Xing, greeted him with a smile, and said, "Did I disturb your sleep?"

"No, just woke up."

He nodded and called the students to get ready to go.

Liu Jiujiang also said goodbye to Chen Xing, bent down, picked up two boxes, and chased after the teacher.

When Chen Xing saw this scene, he didn't have time to think about it. He turned around and picked up the camera, and quickly took a picture of Liu Jiujiang carrying two big boxes and chasing the two teachers in front of him.

Most of the time, when a photographer encounters something he wants to shoot, the picture has already appeared in his mind.

This snap shot is no exception.

With this window as the foreground, the two worlds of 'I' and 'them' are distinguished. The three of them all carry heavy packages on their backs. Because Liu Jiujiang is young and strong, he also took two extra bags for equipment. The box, chasing the person in front with a running posture.

There is no road in front of them, only the endless desert under the moonlight.

The sky is full of stars, which seem to be illuminating their direction.

Of course, the photos Chen Xing took just now are not like this. The description in the previous paragraph can only be seen after the post-production is completed.

For this reason, he also specially took a time-lapse shot of the starry sky on the spot. This photo was used to strengthen the starry sky part of the work later, so as to reflect the appearance of these three scientific researchers wearing stars and wearing moons.

And the name of this work is called 'Phishing the Stars and Wearing the Moon'.

Thinking of this, Chen Xing was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep at all, so he simply sat down at the table, took out his notebook and began to make this photo and the post-production of Loulan's sunset.

The one with the setting sun is fine, but if you want to make the photo that Chen Xing had in mind, there will be a lot of places to P.

The sky was slightly bright, and Lu's family had a habit of waking up early to exercise. When he walked out of the room, he saw that Chen Xing's room was still lit. When he walked over, he found that Chen Xing was still clicking the mouse on the computer, so he knocked on the window glass.

"Boss, did you stay awake or did you get up early?"

Chen Xing smiled and said, "It's just that I got up early, why did you let me get up so early?"

"Two laps."

He also asked Chen Xing if he was interested in running with him. He thought that Chen Xing was in good shape, and he should also be a sports-loving person.But on the contrary, Chen Xing's physical strength has nothing to do with exercise, and all his physical fitness depends on the system.

It was already dawn when he came back from his run.

Chen Xing also finished retouching the picture, and watched Lu Feng cook the noodles in the kitchen.

The most convenient thing in the kitchen here is to cook noodles. The packaged dried noodles filled a cabinet. Seeing his brother came back, Lu Feng quickly threw some more noodles into it. Chen Xing also helped to make seasonings with a bowl.

Put a little of each of the several seasonings on display, and pay attention to controlling the salt. If you can't cook noodles, Chen Xing may be expelled from Sichuan by a group of men in aprons.

While eating noodles, Lu Jiarang asked: "Are you still going to Loulan? If not, I'll call those two soldiers directly. It's really hard for us to go out without them leading the way."

Chen Xing thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I won't go."

Loulan's atmosphere is not suitable for Chaoyang, so a photo of sunset is enough. Chen Xing himself likes the one he took yesterday.

I don't know where they live, but it only took two hours to drive here.

Just like how they came into Lop Nur, the people behind the road basically don't need to drive the high-powered cars, the kind of dust will block people from seeing the road in front of them completely.

Lu Feng also saw this scene, and he had to be on his side.

A few hours later, Chen Xing saw the unique buildings in Qiang County again... the city has arrived.

As soon as he got off the bus, Chen Xing called Seth, and as soon as the other person connected, Chen Xing shouted in French: "Look at the mailbox, I took two super good photos, but I haven't got the last one yet." After getting the authorization of the model, I will show it to you."

Seth loves nothing more than grading photos taken by photographers.

Some are five-star, some are four-star.

I don’t even look at two-star photographers. The worst works of Chen Xing are three-star photographers, but their gallery has also signed contracts with other young photographers.Sometimes it can produce four-star photos, but more often it still shoots trash in Seth's eyes.

But none of these people are famous yet, so what if their photos are better than Chen Xing's, no one will buy them.

Didn't Seth always say that Chen Xing's output is low, and now I'll give you two masterpieces, isn't it a surprise?

It’s not that I can’t take pictures, it’s just that I haven’t traveled yet, let alone two five-star works, if there are six-stars, I’ll show you six-stars too!

"Keep your voice down."

In fact, Seth had just arrived at the gallery not long ago, there was a time difference between the two places, and Chen Xing was about to have dinner here, but the French had just started working.

The phone stayed on, and Seth yawned and opened the mailbox.

The two photos sent by Chen Xing are now in a compressed state. When the first one was clicked, Seth almost spit out the coffee in his mouth. He instantly became refreshed. After zooming in, he moved closer to see this photo of Chen Xing .

Night scenes, portraits, stories.

Chen Xing had previously photographed a work with a similar style, which was still of this type of humanistic story, but that one had already been taken away by the Paris Art Association.

If it is Chen Xing’s elementary work that was collected by the Paris Art Association, then this photo has been upgraded by two levels. It has jumped from the original junior high school to the university environment. The words and the names of the equipment on the box also express the hard work of these people.

In China now, stars are standing at the front desk reaping honors and benefits, but scientific researchers can only receive basically fixed salaries, gradually promoting the development of the times.

Especially China, as a development that has spent decades catching up with other countries for at least a hundred years, does it rely on stars?
Isn't it created by this group of scientists?
The concept of this work is great!
He also shouted on the phone: "The photo is amazing, Chen, you surpassed your previous self. I am now looking at your second work, and prepare for any surprises!"

I take it all!
There is also a market for shooting humanities. Some middle and high-level French people actually like Chen Xing's tone of shooting humanities.

After reading the second picture, Seth was silent on the phone for a long time, and Chen Xing even thought the phone was broken.

"How did you do it, were they all filmed on the same day?"

"I took a nap halfway, it's been two days."

"The styles are different, but if you look closely, you still look like you. Chen, you are really getting better and better. You must get the consent of these three people. The gallery is in great need of such a work now."

All the good ones have been selected, how can the gallery do without a finale?

Seth had already decided that he was going to print this photo in the highest resolution and put it in the most prominent position in the gallery.

Let all the guests and tourists who come to visit the gallery see this photo of Chen Xing as soon as they walk in.

As for Loulan Wanxia...

Seth didn't need to think about this photo. Chen Xing's Chinese-style works are currently too popular in the world. It would be a pity for him to take over the position of gallery manager if he didn't sell this painting at double the price.

"Chen, it would be great if all the photos you took were like this." Seth was talking nonsense.

He was thinking at this moment.

Three years later, Galleria Perena was listed on Nasdaq and the bell was ringing.

It's not impossible to imagine...

(End of this chapter)