travel starts with photography

Chapter 374

The roads in Iceland are not very wide. There are basically two opposite lanes when you leave the city, but there are very few cars. Even if you drive a hundred yards on this road, you probably won’t encounter many cars.

But it's impossible to drive a hundred yards in Iceland in winter.

Reykjavik is still warm, but that kind of warmth is in the arctic circle, because of the human beings and hot springs in the city, the temperature in the city has risen a little, but some thin ice has condensed on the roads in the wild.

Vehicles skid on it.

Therefore, Chen Xing's vehicle speed has been controlled at about 50 yards, and occasionally they will drive to 80 yards when they encounter some easy-to-drive road sections.

The foreign student's name is Deng Jun. Today he is the one driving the car. The car is rented.

"You don't live in Iceland, so you don't know how difficult it is to get a driver's license here. When you take the theory test, you not only have to memorize the traffic rules here, but you also have to test your thinking when encountering extreme weather or extreme ground."

"Isn't that a lot to learn?"

"It's more than that. During the practical test, there was still a section of completely icy ground. He drove the car on it to let him skid, and then he had to control the car in a short time before he could graduate. And getting a driver's license is not a panacea. Once you violate the The traffic rules were caught, and it is estimated that half a month’s wages of Icelanders have to be invested.”

"..."

Is it that difficult?No wonder people in Reykjavik drive very well.

However, Nordic countries seem to drive well, so Chen Xing asked, "Is it the same in other Nordic countries?"

"Basically, it's easy to freeze on the ground outside the city, especially after it rains the night before in winter, travel will become very difficult. The ground is really icy, so these Icelandic drivers are very skilled. very nice."

"It's pretty good." Chen Xing said.

Although the domestic driver's license test is said to be difficult by many people, it is actually not particularly difficult. If you think about it carefully, you can't even pass the road test. How to deal with complicated and diverse situations when you actually get on the road?
Moreover, there is no teaching on icy and snowy roads in the domestic exam. The south is fine, but the roads in the north will really freeze. What will we do then?
It is said that Northern Europe is cold, but sometimes the coldness in the Northeast will not lose to Northern Europe.

Although it was a bit slower, I still arrived at the black sand beach after two and a half hours. In fact, there are black sand beaches everywhere in Iceland, but there are only two or three of the most famous ones. The black sand beach where he is now is famous because there is a Wreckage.

In the 70s, planes of the US Navy often appeared over Iceland. This plane also crashed at that time. The specific reason is still unknown, but several crew members survived.

Deng Jun vividly told the stories he had heard before, as if some mysterious force on the black sand beach was pulling the plane in the sky.

Chen Xing has long been used to being an audience. He doesn't really believe in these gods and ghosts, but stories must have these elements to be attractive. At least Chen Xing likes to listen to these stories, and he can add them to his own in the future. inside the book.

The car is parked in the parking lot in front of the black sand beach, and there are many cars here.

There are many tourists who choose to come to Iceland during the polar night time. Although people living in the Arctic Circle hate the polar night, it is a very strange experience for people from other dimensional countries.

Just as some people choose to come to Iceland during the polar day, there are also many people who choose the polar night.

Standing on a ramp from the parking lot to the black sand beach, you can see a panoramic view of a large black sand beach.

The sand on the ground is really pitch black, as black as carbon ash, flowing with the wind visible to the naked eye, giving it a chilling beauty.

Iceland has always had no shortage of volcanoes. Among the hundreds of volcanoes in the entire country, there are more than a dozen active volcanoes.And a long time ago, the submarine volcano erupted, and the mud layer was pulled out of the ground, and by the way, it mixed with the seaside soil. The two are inseparable, so the black sand beach was formed.

Game of Thrones was also filmed here.

This work has always been the benchmark of Nordic-style works in Chen Xing's mind. He likes the Nordic place and is actually influenced by part of this work. The city of winter, winter is coming, what a handsome vocabulary.

Before you get closer, you will find that your feet are not fine gravel, but broken rock.Leaning over to hold a handful of black sand, the sand is still black, but the hand does not touch it at all. After letting go, the sand falls with the wind, but the hand is still clean.

"Can you take pictures?" Chen Xing asked.

Deng Jun took Chen Xing's phone confidently, and said, "Although it's not as good as yours, I still take good photos of ordinary tourists."

In modern times, if you want to please your girlfriend, no matter what country the girlfriend is from, it is definitely beneficial to learn first-hand photography skills.

Chen Xing asked him to take a few photos, which were still uploaded to the news station.

For more professional photos, Chen Xing will use a tripod to take them himself. He will save the photos he takes for himself for later use, maybe for writing travel notes on honeycombs, or for writing physical books.

Only fresh photos will have a sense of freshness, and it is impossible to put all the photos taken at random.

Chen Xing walked around and found that this place is really an excellent shooting location.

In the distance is the ocean that cannot be seen, the elves under the night, and the place closer to the beach is a layer of white waves. The waves are higher than the other, and they never stop hitting the black sand beach.

The vast ocean, black sand and white waves form a strong contrast.Black sand, white waves, and strong winds give this place a spotless sense of mystery.

Take photos while admiring the beauty on the beach.

There is a warning sign near the ocean that reads: "Don't get too close to the waves and don't turn your back on the sea"

Deng Jun suddenly remembered something and said: "Although this is a scenic spot, it is a very dangerous scenic spot. The weather changes rapidly. Sometimes strong winds accompany big waves, and heavy rain occurs at the same time. At that time, if you are too close to the waves, you will be swept nautical mile."

After Chen Xing heard it, he looked down at his feet.

He was at least seven or eight meters away from the waves on the ocean, so he felt relieved immediately, even if there were any big waves hitting him, he could run away.

Chen Xing also saw a solitary stone standing straight on the sea, and thought that it should be Bijia Mountain. The name is very vivid, and if it is a little romantic, it would be good to translate it as Dinghaishenzhen.

Because under the current night, they can't see the depths of the ocean, and even Chen Xing's eyesight can't see things too far away, because the distance is completely dark, only this Bijia Mountain hangs alone Beyond this darkness.

There are many tourists on the black sand beach here, bustling and bustling, and Bijia Mountain in the distance is quiet and lonely...

This gave Chen Xing an inspiration. It seems that he had to find an angle to take a picture of this beach and the distant stones, because the contrasting photography language is inherently full of storytelling, coupled with some post-production special effects to increase texture , It feels like you have the right to play the screen.

Deng Jun said:

"There is also a story here, saying that everything here is cursed by a witch to become so dark, so everything here can only be seen and cannot be taken away, otherwise the black stones on the beach would have been picked up long ago .”

Many tourists have the habit of selectively bringing a souvenir when they leave. If there is no such sentence, people who have come here for thousands of years have already picked up every grain of sand here, but even so cannot stop People collect souvenirs with their hearts in mind.

The sand on the black sand beach is not so much broken sand as it is small stones after the stones have been washed by the sea.Now walking barefoot on it is not afraid of hurting your feet, that is because the larger stones have been picked up.

Chen Xing searched and took pictures here for more than half an hour, and then said: "Give me the key, I will go and take down the Kongming lantern."

"I'm going, I'm going!"

Deng Jun has never found his own sense of existence. Except after taking a few photos for Chen Xing with his mobile phone at the beginning, most of the time he still listened to Chen Xing talk about some photography skills, and he benefited a lot from the knowledge.

For example, when taking pictures, you must clearly know what you want to shoot, and then reduce the surrounding details to only one subject, and then increase the details to make the picture no longer monotonous.

This can be said to have an immediate effect on the improvement of his photography skills.

So now he also respects Chen Xing very much, so he won't let Chen Xing escape during this journey, so he hurried back to the parking lot to get his things.

They have gone a long way now, and it is estimated that it will take 10 minutes to walk back to the parking lot from here.

After Deng Jun left, Chen Xing found an angle to take pictures of this black sand beach by himself. The crowd on it was still a difficult point to deal with. If the sea was forbidden and there were no waves, then Chen Xing had several ways to clear the photos. tourists among them.

But the waves are moving, so this is not easy to handle, and it still depends on the post-production of PS.

While filming, a blond foreigner with a camera hanging on his chest came over and asked, "Is this Mr. Chen Xing?"

"I am, hello."

Chen Xing occasionally meets fans and strikes up a conversation. After winning the award in Arles, he will be recognized by many photographers in Paris, but this is the first time he has been recognized in Northern Europe.Although there was some surprise, it still didn't show on the surface.

"Great. I just saw your face on the news yesterday. I didn't expect to meet you here today. Can you sign me?"

He casually took out a signature pen and asked Chen Xing to sign it on his camera.

"Sign here? Are you sure?"

"Of course!"

The young man nodded with certainty, where is the master photographer's signature on the camera?
In the future, this camera will not be used anymore, just keep it at home as a collectible.

In fact, he doesn’t know much about Chen Xing, a photographer. It was only after reading the news yesterday that he realized that there are many shops in Iceland that have photos taken by Chen Xing. Last year, there were only snow mountains, but in the second half of this year, there will be many other types.

If you don't check, you don't know. If you check, you will be shocked.

Therefore, the camera signed by Chen Xing still has great collection significance in his opinion.

After seeing that he was sure, Chen Xing also readily signed his name in Chinese characters on the side of the camera. He has calligraphy skills, and his signature looks as beautiful as a painting, which makes fans even more satisfied.

It's actually Chinese characters, it's simply Thai pants!

He saw that Chen Xing was alone, and chatted with Chen Xing for a while, and only left when Deng Jun came over with a Kongming lantern.

"Here." Deng Jun gasped.

"Thanks for your hard work, don't be so anxious." Chen Xing took it with a smile.

"It's okay, who is that person?"

"A fan." Chen Xing said.

Chen Xing has fans abroad?
Deng Jun was even more shocked.

But it's normal to think about it carefully. Chen Xing originally started in Europe, and the influence of his works is not inferior to some mainstream artists in the world. There must be fans who follow him.

Chen Xing quickly forgot about it and started to assemble the sky lantern.

There are only two accessories to assemble, and the installation is completed in 1 minute. The light is not very big in the hand now, but it is not small when it is fully unfolded.

Chen Xing found a time when the wind was not strong and lit the candles. After unfolding, the interior of the paper was filled with air in about 20 seconds. After letting go, he immediately floated in the sky. But speeded up and flew towards the ocean.

Therefore, in this dark, dark-style environment, the only light other than starlight and flashlight appeared. This light is still warm, very bright in such an environment, and soon attracted the attention of [-]% of the people on the beach. Seventy or eighty eyes.

Even if I didn't notice some, I looked up under the exclamation of my friends.

The flame of the candle flickered inside the Kongming lantern, as if it was about to go out at any moment, but it kept burning. The red lantern drifted farther and farther in the direction of the ocean in the sky, until it became an invisible little point, and disappear into the sky.

The quiet beach suddenly became noisy.

"what is that?"

"My God, this is beautiful!"

"Kongming Lanterns! Who put Kongming Lanterns here!"

"Where is this sold?"

Some Asian tourists quickly recognized this thing. After all, Huaxia’s influence in Asia cannot be ignored. Kongming lanterns are even regarded by islanders as a toy with the style of the Tang Dynasty, and the recognition is definitely not low.

The fans who just came here to sign the lantern have been recording since Chen Xing started assembling the Kongming Lantern. At first, they planned to record a video and send it to friends, so that they can see their luck and meet international celebrities when they walk around.

But when Chen Xing lit the candle, and the red paper slowly flew up in the firelight, and then floated into the sky, goose bumps immediately appeared all over his body.

As someone shouted just now, a warm light source rises into the sky in the dark night, which is really beautiful.

Seeing that Chen Xing was about to leave here, he hurriedly chased after him and asked, "Mr. Chen Xing! What is this thing?"

Chen Xing saw him and said:
"This is Kongming Lantern. It is something that has been handed down from our ancient China. After you write your wish on it, you will be able to ascend to the sky. You can buy it in the Huaxia souvenir shop at No. 112 Austurstrti Street. Are you recording?"

"Yes, Mr. Chen Xing, can I post it online? This is so beautiful."

"of course can."

(End of this chapter)