Come across a tea plantation in North Vietnam. Comparing the site with the one that I have seen in Sri Lanka or Indonesia, is not a huge one. Nevertheless, I still be able to find a vantage angle to make full use of the lines to compose my image. The roll of the colourful tea pickers is obviously enhancing the image to a great extend.
I think ”出污泥而不染“, the Chinese version of describing “Above the mud and not contaminated”, is suitable for this image。Though the surface of the water is polluted and actually the mud is not shown in this image. I captured this image during my visit to the West Lake of Hanoi, Vietnam. It is interesting to observe the environment of the lotus pond of the West Lake and ended up with an image of the greenery. I love the colour and pattern of the entire image.
Patches of light on a landscape image are not easy to handle effectively. But in this case, I am quite satisfied with the result that created the touch of dramatic impact. Otherwise, the landscape may be too brightly flat lighted. Further more, such lighting condition always vanished within a split of seconds and is not easy to capture. This is another image that I captured during my recent visit to North Vietnam.