没有雨的梅雨季

　　太阳旺盛，中午的荷塘开得满满当当，绕一圈让人觉得非常幸福，持久的郁闷和没完没了的抱怨立刻结束。人们站在池边都很满足，虽然相当热。
　　鱼盆已经彻底没鱼，改种莲花，时不时跑去看看，仿佛每日心中会开出一朵莲花来一样。叶子们都长得美丽，每周可以长出来一两片，但每个周末又憔悴掉两三片，不知是热还是太晒。

A rain month without rain, summer comes early. Hot noon sunshine and lotus in pond.
　　

长茎标准照

blossom over long stem


怒放之若有所失，原来是被小朋友拉去两三瓣

Wide open with petals picked by children


有时荷花自会有一种迎风的姿态，其实却并没有风

As if wind comes, but no


花自飘零水自流

Gone with the flow


烈日下的一滴水和托盘

A drop of water on green plate at noon


弃我去者昨日之日不可留

To all the passed days


探头探脑的莲蓬，关注，呵呵

Curious fruit looking out


江南可采莲，莲叶何田田

lotus fields


小荷的大尖角，迟迟没有蜻蜓，避暑去了

Shoots for dragonfly landing, but obviously he rest in somewhere cooler


风吹起时的曲线和暗影

Lines and shaddow of wind


乍开的花蕾

A bud to open


花开两朵各表一枝，两枝长得都很象

Twins


打着太阳伞的两姐妹

With a big shelter


花和强烈明暗

flower and strong brightness


水巷深处

Deep in the pond


中午光线太强了，很可耻地把照片色阶大调成这样，惊心动魄，实在是没办法，难得大日头下碰到一次风过池塘

Wind over pond, sorry, addjust color level a lot, too bright


残破的荷叶和倒影

Broken leaves and reflection


Georgia没电了，应邀拍夹竹桃一张，树荫里光线正好

Georgia run out of batery, the perfect light she likes, took as requested


两张ISO 400，黄昏时分，画面颗粒粗大许多，但不明白是不是色彩敏感度会好些，看不出来

dusk pond ISO to 400


这张水面的颗粒效果比较清楚

So get big grain of water surface, another effect
　　

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　　So many shiny lotus flowers :-)) It's not easy to catch the colours in such a strong sunlight and high contrasts to dark water + leaves.
　　The third picture is very good, very detailed, each stamen separate; the changing colours of the style, from yellow to green; the fresh green of the leaves, framed by dark shadows... Great.
　　
　　The dragonfly landing shoot is also very nice. If there where a dragonfly I would show this picture to one of our professors: He is a specialist for dragonflies.
　　
　　The curious fruit reminds me of a shower head. Maybe an obvious association on such a hot day (right now we have 33°C).
　　Some years ago I bought a pack of dried lotus seeds. First I wasn't convinced by the taste - until I found out that the green seed leaves taste bitter. Without them I liked the seeds much better... But I still prefer cashew nuts ;-)
　　
　　Denise
　　
　　
评论人：dropin 评论日期：2005-6-28 20:53


　　Your association is just the same as we do. We call the shower head 'lotus head'. The fresh seeds taste nice, better than dry one. That's why I look it so closely... wait until it is ready. :-~
　　Usually there will be seller on streets, selling these lotus heads. You just pick out the seed, get rid of the green cover, then that's the version of dried one. Then you can eat it with or without green seed leaves. The bitter seed leaves are good for cool down the body. Fresh seeds tastes juicy and with herb fragrancy.
评论人：乱看 评论日期：2005-6-30 9:22