Dandelion Bouquet

最昂贵镜头耗费超$2Million

2006年卡塔尔王子——沙特·本·穆罕穆德·阿勒萨尼(Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani)斥资$2,064,500定制了这支1600mm f/5.6 Leica，它采用徕卡R卡口，长1.2m(加镜头盖1.55m)、最大直径42cm，重达60公斤，全手工德国制造。阿勒萨尼甚至有一辆专门承载这支镜头的奔驰汽车。目前还未有已知的用它拍摄的摄影作品面世。
"单反穷三代，摄影毁一生"，摄影的确是一项昂贵的活动，对体力的要求也很高!

内蒙古出现“光柱”奇景-Light Pillars appeared in Inner Mongolia

12 月 30 日夜晚，内蒙古锡林浩特地区出现罕见的“日柱”奇景，场面十分壮观。这些画面被很多网友用手机和相机记录了下来，并迅速的在网上流传开来。

这种现象是由于天气很冷的时候，而太阳又刚好升起或者落下，此时当雪从高处落下时，会形成一个平面状态，形状就像是一些冰晶。而这些冰晶反射的阳光刚好处于垂直状态，因此就会形成日柱的奇景。
该现象从晚 21 时左右出现，一直持续到凌晨，当时室外气温为零下 20 摄氏度左右，晴朗无风，非常适合拍摄。

Light pillars are seen in Xilinhot City, in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Dec. 30, 2015. The effect is created by the reflection of light from numerous tiny ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere or clouds. The light can come from the Sun (usually when it is near or even below the horizon) and causes the phenomenon called a sun pillar or solar pillar. It can also come from the Moon or from terrestrial sources such as streetlights. 

• Light pillars, or sun pillars, form when sunlight - or another bright light source - bounces off the surfaces of falling ice crystals.
• The ice crystals are usually associated with thin, high-level clouds and are falling through the atmosphere when the phenomenon occurs.
• Light pillars are most often seen when the sun is low in the western sky before sunset, or low in the east just after the breaking of dawn.
• The moon or streetlights can also create this light phenomenon.

Source: Earthsky.org
Light pillar pictures at National Geographic

2016流行色-石英粉和静谧蓝 Rose Quartz and Serenity

Rose Quartz and Serenity-for the first time in its Color of the Year history, Pantone chose two colors as 2016's biggest color trends.

石英粉和静谧蓝-Pantone 有史以来第一次选取两种颜色作为2016年度的流行色。

Dragon's Blood Tree on the island of Socotra in Yemen

According to legend, dragon's blood tree was born from blood shed in a battle between an elephant and a dragon. It is related to lilies and tulips. It used to carpet the earth from Russia to Morocco.


索科特拉岛龙血树
根据传说，龙血树从一头大象和一条龙的战斗中流出的血液中生成。该植物的远古先祖其实是百合和郁金香。在古代它遍布从俄罗斯至摩洛哥的广大疆域。
索科特拉龙血树果实渗出的深红色树脂，称为血竭，可作染料，香料及药物。作为一种中药，血竭多以粉末状食用或涂抹在伤口上，有活血散瘀，定痛，止血生肌的功效。
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Tips to take pictures of ghost

Besides many ways to make a fake ghost picture by long exposures or Photoshop. Ghost can actually be taken by cameras.
Human eyes can only detect visible light with wavelength in the range between 380nm-780nm.
Ghosts register on a lower frequency that can be captured by a digital camera, not by human eye.
Digital cameras can pick up a range of light well beyond that of the human eye.
 Tips for Capturing Ghosts with Your Camera

MIRRORLESS - A LARGE SENSOR IN A SMALL BODY

A mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (MILC, or referred to as a "mirrorless camera") has an interchangeable lens without a mirror reflex optical viewfinder.

It is designed to have the advantage of smaller size, lighter weight, and lower cost than SLRs, while users can still swap lenses, unlike most compact cameras.

It will not break your bank or cause any type of myalgia - the best choice for female or less muscular people.

The following is an illustration of the SLR.

MILC does not have the mirror reflex optical viewfinder. The lights reach the sensor through the lens directly.

Currently MILC has sensors of 3 sizes:

Major manufacturers include Olympus, Panasonic, Sony, Fuji, Nikon.

With its smaller size, portability, and decent image quality, it is the perfect camera to carry around.

 Here are some nice accessories for MILC:

wrist strap

This site Mirrorlessons has a lot of information about MILS.