Wednesday, May 30, 2012

摄影笔记--A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words


 【网上关于摄影的讨论】


我算拍了不少相片,但很惭愧,有了好相机就依赖“自动”对焦功能,也可能我注重拍摄一刹那“打猎”的感觉,也承认忙,家里又有好手,特别发现,现在的后期制作PS很厉害,可以使麻雀变凤凰,不得不用心一下,先把别人讨论的一些内容笔记下来。慢慢整理,删减。


A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words 

风子这句话很经典,还有这段经验之谈:
 
Lens, tripod and post-processing skills are no doubt important in
producing good photographs.  A good camera having high sensitity in
low-light conditions is also important, particularly in situations
where using a tripod is not an option. 
 
For my trip photos, I did nottake a tripod with me--impractical in places 
(such as a theater or amphitheater, as a result all photos were taken 
hand-held.   I wasable to do that because my camera can handle high 
ISO--enabling me to take clear photo at relatively fast speed. 
 
Post-process using Photoshop may be important to the quality of a photo. 
 I've heardpeople say that a good photo is 50% photography plus 50%
post-processing.  Ansel Admas was known to manipulate films in
darkroom in order to produce good photos.  Some artists spend months
post-processing photographs to achieve what they have in mind. 
 
 Since post-processing can be very time-consuming, although I'm tempted 
to doa lot, recently I've tried to stay away from it as much as I can. 
In the end, it's a proper balance of several things: lens, tripod,
post-processing, photographic skills (composition), creativity,
camera, etc.


当然这副是最合我心意的,不用PS,完全是摄影技术。


[摄影者说明---all I do is I play around a little with the timing and f-stop, for this I had 1/2000 sec exposure and f stop f-5, the flower was in the bright sun, pic is straight out of the camera no photoshop, lightshop etc. the stem is barely visible since everything else is dark. I used the macro setting for this shot】


----关于非器材决定论的最令人信服的文章可见 “Your Camera
Doesn't Matter” (http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamera.htm)。在那里,摄影师Ken Rockwell列举了许多例子及摄影作品链结来说明器材相对于摄影技能而言,是次要的。*

我觉得在技能一定的情况,好的设备更容易产生好的照片。在器材差别上,摄影老前辈“ Moab已指出了不少。在取景面积方面,由于crop factor,如果FX相机是以一双圆睁的水汪汪的大眼睛看世界的话,DX相机所见好比是睁一眼,闭一眼或眯着眼。从感光灵敏度而言,FX有一定的夜视 ,而DX在光源不足的情况下(如果勉强能拍的话)噪音会很高。FX的色彩dynamic range有如优秀的opera singer,音域很宽,而DX则如常人音域。

我从前觉得不错的是panasonic的无镜单反,它轻便,体积小,功能不错,也有不同镜头,宜合作walk-around相机,它的效果比普通非SLR相机要好些,但同Nikon D300相机甚至更低的比要差些。

如果人生的一个瞬间值得捕捉,不如以接近完美的方式来捕捉那个瞬间。:)

*Rockwell更多的文章是讨论器材问题,如让我中毒很深并最终响应了他的号召的“Nikon D3 Lens Suggestions”http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d3/lenses.htm)。


------For night photography, generally I generally use slow shutter speed or long exposure.  Aperture value may vary depending on the type of photographs.  But if I want a great depth of field so that you can see everything (foreground and background)--large aperture makes background out of focus, I tend to use F8 or higher (e.g. F11) if on a tripod.  For best quality, use low ISO values (e.g. 200)--again you need a tripod to do that.  For the harbor photos I used high ISO (e.g. 1500) so that I can get more light for the exposure time I managed to set to without causing too much blurry.

-----The gear I suggested for night photography is not expensive. Any entry-level DSL with exchangeable lens (for example, Nikon D90 w/ stock lens) plus a tripod should do it.   But before getting into DSL, read my blog—I remember I had one on the potential consequences of getting deep into DSL.  I started with D80 (the former version of D90) with 1 or 2 lenses added over the next couple of years, 2 years later I got D300 with four lenses gradually added, less than a 1 year later I got D3S plus three lens all at once…


------I haven't used a d3 series myself. But I've seen photos from them and they are the winners hands down in terms of sensor performance. Go to dxomark and compare: D3, D700, D300:

http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/en/Camera-Sensor/Compare-sensors/%28appareil1%29/485|0/%28appareil2%29/441|0/%28appareil3%29/440|0/%28onglet%29/0/%28brand%29/Nikon/%28brand2%29/Nikon/%28brand3%29/Nikon
That being said, a camera is more than just what the dxomark tests. For example, the lower end D90 actually has a higher score than D300, but I would go with the D300 on any day. What looks good on paper might not be better when you actually put it to everyday use. What's good on paper doesn't always translate to superiority in daily use. Too many variables.





https://www.google.com/search?q=creative+photography+ideas&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7BCcT9a_DYmc8QTFvNyUDw&ved=0CEEQsAQ&biw=1144&bih=643#hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&q=cool+photography+ideas&revid=1590399389&sa=X&ei=h4TBT5DGKciY6AGW4LTUCg&ved=0CAQQgxY&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=ccc715cd9db7a99a&biw=1280&bih=598


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-----Canon EOS 5D Mark II 戏称无敌兔,新一代是Canon EOS 5D Mark III戏称无敌伞。这款相机功能强大故称无敌

Nikon D5100 是一款非专业摄影家常用的相机。它比Canon 5D II/III Nikon D700/D800 低一个级别。为了给你一个大轮廓,我把几款相机的Sensor的尺寸比较一下:Canon 5D II/III Nikon D700/D80035.9*24 mm
Nikon D510023.6*15.7 mm 稍好一点的傻瓜例如CanonPowershotS95: 7.44*5.58 mm 这是我刚刚在 DPREVIEW 上查到的。仅供参考。

1. 分了三层, 从高到低:云,天, 其余。
2. 调暗了天, 调亮了建筑草地。 因为云在上面一层, 不受影响, 和调暗的天增大了反差。
3. 合并了天和最下面一层。
4. 再次分出天的左上阳光部分。
5. 加了一透明层, 在左上加了桔黄色, 适当减少Opacity (加盐少许)。
6. 阳光层用Color Burn

感光度,又稱為ISO,是衡量底片對於的靈敏程度,由敏感度測量學及測量數個數值來決定,最近已經被國際標準化組織標準化。對於較不敏感的底片,需要曝光 長的時間以達到跟較敏感底片相同的成像,因此通常被稱為慢速底片。高度敏感的底片因而稱為快速底片。以外和感光度密切相關的一個ISO系統是用來測量數位 影像系統的敏感度。無論是數位或是底片攝影,為了減少曝光時間相對使用較高敏感度通常會導致影像品質降低(由於較粗的底片顆粒或是較高的影像雜訊或其他因 素)。基本上,使用較高的感光度,照片的品質較差。


 胶片曝光表 ISD100/210

F  光圈  【对景深,距离远近而言,聚焦在那一点上】
 S  速度 【对光线的状况而言,亮,速度放快值大,暗。速度放慢值小】

阳光普照的海边或雪地 F16   S1/125
阳光普照之浅灰色景物 F11 1/125
晴间多云或薄云 F8 1/125
阴天或阴影下 F5.6 1/125
大阴天 F4 1/125
阴暗的雨天 F4 1/60
室内景物 F2.8 1/30
窗外暮色曝光 F2 1/30
晚间明亮室内 F1.4 1/30
[40瓦荧光灯] F4 1/4

白天室内光线明亮 F4 1/30
夜间明亮日光灯 [1] F2 1/15
夜间250W2 [1米远] F2 1/20
舞台灯光 F2 1/30
晚上明亮街灯 F2 130
工地灯光 [20---30米远] F8 2-­--3.5
节日彩灯及霓虹灯光 F8 1-----6.5
晴天.月亮.景物.天上 F5.6 1------4.5
舞台全光 F4 1/30




PHONE  SHOP

* you don't need PS, you could start with freeware like Picasa (http://picasa.en.softonic.com/)
It is very easy to use.



PS,先打开color窗口(F6)click Window, check Color. 然后在ToolBox 里选Eyedroper tool,对准所需颜色click,Color 窗口中就显示RGB值。


这里有一个颜色空间转换的网站,可以在 RGB, CMYK, HEX, HSV 等颜色空间转换。

http://web.forret.com/tools/color.asp



 

 photoshop  CS5-healing brush tool


步骤总结如下:
1. Open a new file with transperent background content
2. In the target picture select the background, inverse selection
3. Copy the selection
4. Paste the selection to the new file with transperent background.
5. Save the picture with transperent background as gif format(一定要GIF.


再把醋的盖印法搬过来。
1 把印选出来。
2 Selection Selection Tool (或 Marquee ToolLasso Tool,不能用Move ToolMove Tool 会把颜色也一起移走)移到所需位置。
3 Cut-Paste Special-Paste in Place (如果直接 Cut Paste 容易错位)
4 Layer-Layer Style-Bevel and Emboss



  1. 做透明底版。Open a new file with transperent background content(如下图。作完后放到一边) 
  2. 2. 打开红鹭的图片。
    3. 在红鹭的图片中作如下操作。 Select-Color Range,然后用Eye Droper 点击背景,然后Click OK

    4. 然后作如下操作,Select-Inverse34这两步,这样做的原因就像蝌蚪说的为了快速准确地把图选出来)。
    5. Edit-Copy
    6. 然后Paste 到第一步做的透明底板上
    7. Save the picture with transperent background as gif format(一定要GIF.



我提到的HDR是指对同一景物用不同的曝光量拍三张以上的照片然后用PhotoshopHDR Pro 合成。
http://youtu.be/NsaS5vgzlek
下面是你说的HDR Toning 看起来很出效果
http://youtu.be/LPD6kEHfCtE


1. Open Fishing.jpg (by RedHeron)
2. Open Sunset.jpg (by Shaizi)
3. Copy Sunset.jpg to Fishing.jpg (now in the Fishing.jpg there are two layers, the top layer is Sunset, the bottom layer is Fishing)

Step 2: Select the water and create a mask
1. In the Layer Pallet click the Fishing layer
2. Select the water (I used the Quick Selection Tool)
3. Create a mask (Windows->Mask)
4. Click the Mask Button as indicated by the arrow in Fig 1.

Fig 1


5. The mask was created. Right click the mask symbol in the Layer pallet as indicated in Fig2, Click Apply Layer Mask.

Fig 2


Step 3: Rearrange the order of the layers
1. Bring the current layer Fishing to front (Layer->Arrange->Bring to Front)


Step 4: Adjust the position of the Sunset layer
1. Using the Move Tool to move the sunset layer to the position you like

Step 5: Adjust the color of the Fishing layer
1. Go back to the Fishing layer, adjust the color (Image->Adjustment->Color Balance, Fig 3)

Fig 3

在上面的基础上,再加倒影:

把海平面以上部分COPY 一个新LAYER,然后翻转,平移下来,压扁一下.再调LAYEROPACITY. 再用SMUDGE TOOL 把倒影抹一抹。

不过严格地说如果远处的夕阳和石头在视平线(天际线)以下,而且离天际线距离较远,水面上是看不到倒影地。




有人玩三维图像没有?

http://tinyurl.com/cj4awtx

不需按他(她)所说来调侧面和底部的明暗。只要调Curve就可以了。(Image-Adjustments-Curves





1.         镜头. 我出门扫街一般不用大镜头. 不利于偷拍一般就用最简单, 也是最便宜的镜头: EF 50mm f/1.8 II. 这个镜头新的也就$100. 这个镜头最小, 携带方便. 而且是标准的头像镜头. 另外, 这是一个不变焦距的镜头, 比可变焦距的镜头要锐一些.

2. 我一般用RAW format. RAW format的一个特点就是file size很大. 比如这张照片就是5616x3744. 所以我可以裁得很小. 只有不到整幅照片的20%. 原照是这样的.


3. 我一般用Canon的软件处理. Canon好象一直没有公布自己相机的全部参数. 所有其他软件都要靠猜. 效果肯定比Canon自己的软件要差一些.

4. 相机.

5. 最主要的还是要手稳. 这个需要练. 你看蜂王的照片就知道了. 用三脚架当然最好. 但太麻烦. 另外, 还有一些小技巧. 例如, 把相机里的镜子先抬起来. 可以减少震动. 另外, 快门速度要大. 还可以用连拍.

File Name IMG_8327.CR2
Camera Model Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Firmware Firmware Version 2.0.7
Shooting Date/Time 5/16/2012 7:11:23 PM
Owner's Name
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/400
Av( Aperture Value ) 4.5
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 500
Auto ISO Speed OFF
Lens EF50mm f/1.8 II
Focal Length 50.0mm
Image Size 5616x3744
Image Quality RAW
Flash Off
FE lock OFF
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode One-Shot AF
Picture Style Standard
Sharpness 4
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 0:Off
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Standard
Highlight tone priority 0:Disable
Auto Lighting Optimizer 0:Standard
Peripheral illumination correction Enable
Dust Delete Data No
File Size 23897KB
Drive Mode Continuous shooting
Live View Shooting OFF
Satellite signal status
Date/Time(UTC)
Latitude
Longitude
Altitude
Geographic coordinate system
Camera Body No. 2421405383
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raw就更应该用canon的软件。

IS当然有用。

mirror, 看这个图, 2就是mirror。按下快门,mirror抬起,光通过,在感光板成像。mirror抬起时,会产生振动。可以先把mirror抬起来,减少振动。叫mirror lock。没什么用啦。

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/SLR_cross_section.svg



露天或舞台上


没别的办法 - 一般规律是高 ISOS(快门优先),快门设 1/100 以上。同时,根据舞台照明情况与你所拍的人物,可能需要一到两档的曝光补偿(暗背景减少曝光,亮背景增加曝光)。ISO 与曝光补偿都要根据具体情况试着来。室内任何情况有架子最好。

如果有可能,开演前或演出开始的时候在自动档用望远定在一个人物的脸部测光。然后换到手动,用刚刚测得的感光值(当然需要换算成高快门,大光圈的等同通光 量设置,如果快门太慢可能还得提高ISO)拍摄。先拍几张看一下,心里有底可以一直留在这个手动档一直拍下去。看样片的时候很重要是 make sure 脸部不要曝光过度,这个舞台环境 tricky 一点。

手动(M)目前可以不考虑。眼下自动状态下三档 P/Av/S 应该足够。注意经常观察取景窗里面的光圈快门数值,久了会对你日后用手动有帮助。学手动还可以用原来的小相机帮忙,那个功能也相当全。

ISO 800, 1/30 (为了拍舞起来的绸子 - 不然应该再快几倍), f4.0,零补偿:


“光影大师”博客:

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5bc41e820102dtcu.html











Tuesday, May 29, 2012

图像时代将取代文字时代


上次回上海,无意在家附近的文艺书店里,见到七格和任晓雯编著的『神圣书写帝国』,是城市文化研究丛书热风的其中一本,以黄仁宇史家笔法,记录网络文学的黄 金,白银时代,在2002-2003年左右吧,书中以榕树下网站为例,见证英雄缔造网络文化 的光辉岁月,挽歌书写帝国末路穷途。他们把网络文学称为书写帝国,一个网络作家梦想中的乌托邦。

并号称一个书写帝国已正在分崩离析之中,文学将来还会持续乃至昌盛下去,但书面文学会和诗歌一样将成为被人遗忘的艺术,一种通过图像裁体来制作情 节,表达理念,展示技巧的文学,即图像时代将彻底取代文字时代。将来伟大的作家属于首先用图像软件来写作的那些人。听上去有点惊世骇人,但也是一个信息.

在未来的媒体,摄像,图像,视屏都将成为主要的表达手法,看来是趋势,文字是注解而已,再且,网上的文字日亦泛滥,俗化。


Sunday, May 27, 2012

福克纳在诺贝尔文学奖颁奖仪式上的致辞

每当重温福克纳的这段话,我总会激动不已,人类心底古老的真理就是爱情、荣誉、怜悯、自尊、同情与牺牲等感情。有高尚的情感是人类和动物的区别。







福克纳在诺贝尔文学奖颁奖仪式上的致辞
  
先生们,女士们:

我感到这份奖赏不是授予我个人而是授予我的工作的, ——授予我一生从事关于人类精神的呕心沥血的工作。我 从事这项工作,不是为名,更不是为利,而是为了从人的 精神原料中创造出一些从前不曾有过的东西。因此,这份 奖金只不过是托我保管而已。作出符合这份奖赏的原意与 目的,与其奖金部分有相等价值的献词并不难,但我还愿 意利用这个时刻,利用这个举世瞩目的讲坛,向那些可能 听到我说话并已献身于同一艰苦劳动的男、女青年致敬。 他们中肯定有人有一天也会站到我现在站着的地方来的。

我们今天的悲剧是人们普 遍存在一种生理上的恐惧, 这种恐惧存在已久,以致我们已经习惯了。现在不存在 精神上的问题,唯一的问题是:我什么时候会被炸得粉身碎骨?正因如此,今天从事写作的男、女青年已经忘 记了人类内心的冲突。然而,只有接触到这种内心冲突 才能产生出好作品,因为这是唯一值得写、值得呕心沥 血地去写地题材。

他一定要重 新认识这些问题。他必须使自己明白世间 最可鄙的事情莫过于恐惧。他必须使自己永远忘却恐惧, 在他的工作室里除了心底古老的真理之外,不允许任何 别的东西有容身之地。没有这古老的普遍真理,任何小 说都只能昙花一现,不会成功;这些真理就是爱情、荣誉、怜悯、自尊、同情与牺牲等感情。若是他做不到这 样,他的气力终归白费。他不是写爱情而是写情欲,他写的失败是没有人失去可贵东西的失败,他写的胜利是 没有希望、更糟地是,甚至没有怜悯或同情的胜利。他不是为遍地白骨而悲伤,所以留不下深刻的痕迹。他不 是在写心灵而是在写器官。 在他重新懂得这些之前,他写作时,就犹如站在处于世界末日的人类中去观察末日的来临。

我不接受人类 末日的说法。因人能传种接代而说人是不朽的,这很容易。说即使最后一次钟声已经消失,消失在再也没有潮 水冲刷的映在落日余晖里的海上的最后一块无用礁石旁时,还会有一个声音,人类微弱的、不断的说话声,这也很容易。但是我不能接受这种说法。我相信人类不仅 能传种接代,而且能战胜一切而永存。人之不朽不是因 为在动物中惟独他永远能发言,而是因为他有灵魂,有同情心、有牺牲和忍耐精神。诗人和作家的责任就是把 这些写出来。诗人和作家的特殊光荣就是去鼓舞人的斗 志,使人记住过去曾经有过的光荣——人类曾有过的勇气、荣誉、希望、自尊、同情、怜悯与牺牲精神——已达到不朽。诗人的声音不应只是人类的记录,而应是使 人类永存并得到胜利的支柱和栋梁。

Ladies and gentlemen,

I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work - a life's work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of all for profit, but to create out of the materials of the human spirit something which did not exist before. So this award is only mine in trust. It will not be difficult to find a dedication for the money part of it commensurate with the purpose and significance of its origin. But I would like to do the same with the acclaim too, by using this moment as a pinnacle from which I might be listened to by the young men and women already dedicated to the same anguish and travail, among whom is already that one who will some day stand here where I am standing.

Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. There are no longer problems of the spirit. There is only the question: When will I be blown up? Because of this, the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat.

He must learn them again. He must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid; and, teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no room in his workshop for anything but the old verities and truths of the heart, the old universal truths lacking which any story is ephemeral and doomed - love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice. Until he does so, he labors under a curse. He writes not of love but of lust, of defeats in which nobody loses anything of value, of victories without hope and, worst of all, without pity or compassion. His griefs grieve on no universal bones, leaving no scars. He writes not of the heart but of the glands.

Until he relearns these things, he will write as though he stood among and watched the end of man. I decline to accept the end of man. It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last dingdong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still talking.

I refuse to accept this. I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.


William Faulkner's speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1950

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America





一般都公认,美国是世界上追求,和向往自由人们投奔的圣地。
标志着这方“自由之地”的自由女神,在哈德逊河的爱丽丝岛上,高举自由的火炬,紧握手中的宪法,面向东方,传播着伟大的民主理念。呵呵,很自豪的样子。
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America”是一本有选择的,在美国历史上发生的故事,描绘出在伟大民主理念基础下美国一个自由之地的建成.
先生告诉我,经过一番周折,他翻译的这本书,由复旦大学出版社出版,在中国发行了。这本书所选的这些事件,因未出现在通行的历史教科书中而先为人知,但他们却出乎预料地。历史性地改变了美国。

我最感兴趣的是那篇发生在July 16 1939,爱因斯旦写信给罗斯福,一不小心造就了一个制造原子弹的曼哈顿计划,很富有戏剧性。
A companion book to The History Channel® special series of ten one-hour documentaries10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America pinpoints pivotal days that transformed our nation. For the series and the book, The History Channel challenged a panel of leading historians, including author Steven M. Gillon, to come up with some less well-known but historically significant events that triggered change in America.
Together, the days they chose tell a story about the great democratic ideals upon which our country was built. You won’t find July 4, 1776, for instance, or the attack on Fort Sumter that ignited the Civil War, or the day Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. But January 25, 1787, is here. On that day, the ragtag men of Shays’ Rebellion attacked the federal arsenal in Springfield, Massachusetts, and set the new nation on the path to a strong central government. January 24, 1848, is also on the list. That’s when a carpenter named John Marshall spotted a few glittering flakes of gold in a California riverbed. The discovery profoundly altered the American dream. Here, too, is the day that noted pacifist Albert Einstein unwittingly advocated the creation of the Manhattan Project, thus setting in motion a terrible chain of events. Re-creating each event with vivid immediacy, accessibility, and historical accuracy, 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America comes together as a history of our country, from the first colonists’ contact with Native Americans to the 1960s. It is a snapshot of our country as we were, are, and will be.

Date
Eve
May 26, 1637
January 25, 1787
Shays' Rebellion in Western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays
January 24, 1848
The beginning of the California Gold Rush also a time where people were moving from east to west
September 17, 1862
July 6, 1892
September 6, 1901
July 21, 1925
July 16, 1939
Albert Einstein sends his letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging him to explore nuclear weaponry
September 9, 1956
June 21, 1964






Monday, May 21, 2012

"How Do I Love Thee?"--- by Elizabeth Barrett Browning



  
这是Elizabeth Barrett Browning(伊丽莎白·巴雷特·勃朗宁)一首标准的十四行诗。
我一直很喜欢,诗里充满世界的爱,送给我爱的人,和爱我的人。
  

 How Do I Love Thee?
-----   
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
  


How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
   
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
   
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
  
 For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
  
 I love thee to the level of every day's
   
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
  
 I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
   
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
   
I love with a passion put to use
  
 In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
  
 I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
   
With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath,
   
Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose,
  
 I shall but love thee better after death.



作者Elizabeth Barrett Browning[伊丽莎白·巴雷特·勃朗宁] 

于公元1806年出生在达翰姆(英格兰北部一郡)。1838年,她出版了《撒拉弗和其它诗篇》[撒拉佛—— 六翼天使(九级天使中地位最高者),又称:炽爱天使]1843年,由于当时英国的最高统治者是女性,伊丽莎白于国家诗人的提名得到了更加广泛的支持。结 果很不幸,她输给了威廉·华兹华斯--同一时代的另一位伟大诗人。此后不久,伊利沙白与罗伯特·勃朗宁——另一位有才华的诗 人,结婚了。然而,伊丽莎白的父亲,却不同意这场婚事。于是,这对情侣决定出逃。并由此,引发了一场浪漫的婚姻。伊丽莎白与罗伯特·勃朗宁准备各自出发, 逃往意大利,并在比萨会合,去继续他们的生活。他们成功了。

三年后,即1849年,他们已在意大利中部的佛罗伦萨定居。一日,伊丽莎白送给她的丈夫一件珍 贵的礼物——44首她为丈夫写的十四行诗,里面有开始时的怀疑,与家庭抗争的恐惧,与爱人的甜蜜,及最终爱的胜利的喜悦。同年,他们唯一的男孩出生了。一 年后,即1850年,勃朗宁夫妇出版了那44首诗,但做了些伪装。他们用葡萄牙十四行诗集为这44首诗命名。如此一来,读者便会接受这些诗是由葡萄牙 语翻译过来的的暗示。于是,我们今天可以看到如此表达真爱和深爱的诗句。伊丽莎白的浪漫婚姻促成了她的,也是整个维多利亚时代的,最美丽的爱情商籁体诗。

Sunday, May 20, 2012

New York ,New York


New York New York


周末有任务,朋友从国内来,到美东一定要陪去纽约的,两位在国内都曾是党的局级干部,竟提出,听说纽约有个红色书店,还有美国共产党的总部,要找来看。结果在网上果然找到了,书店在146 , 26 Street, between 6 and 7 Ave,  美国共产党的总部也在不远,但星期六关门。
这个“红色书店”沿街单开门面,挂了一块“red revolution book”的小牌子,店里只有两位“同志”值班,站在柜台的一位已满头白发,接待我们,他介绍这是一个nonprofit organization,  他们都是在volunteer, 店里书架上摆满了红色,革命的书,

当然少不了我们熟悉的毛的书,文革的书,还有马列的书。他们看的津津有味。






 昨天纽约阳光明媚,沿着42街,漫步到时代广场,人山人海,这里集中了世界上各种肤色,各种人种,巨大的广告,屏幕铺天盖地的迎面扑来,人声鼎沸,哪有经济危机的迹象,走在这里,世界还是充满了引诱力。我找到了中国新华社的一块屏幕,顶天立地,不停地在介绍中国。可我一点也没有自豪和骄傲的激动,我暗暗吃惊,我好像已不属于她了,我的心已有了自己的归宿。






来纽约,百老汇的show不看,有点说不过去。结果看了一场“godspell”,很有新意,都是20岁左右的年轻演员,能歌善舞,把在生活中的困惑,社会的困扰,一一让“godspell”。有些片段让我忍俊不禁,开怀大笑,人生年轻真好,可惜这两位国内朋友看的傻傻地,自认只是看热闹。
  

环形的舞台也有点特别,开演了,不能拍,只能场后也陪着追星。


 





Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Argentine tango


Argentine tango

2009去了阿根廷,在布易诺斯。艾瑞斯看了一场正中的探戈舞,就此让我倾倒,探戈舞在所
有的国际交谊舞还是拉丁舞中是最美妙的,最令人陶醉的,无论音乐,还是舞姿,很奇怪,她是一种倾述,一种肢体舞步的对唔来表达情感,述说着自己,及一段忧伤的历史和苦难。探戈舞步源自布易诺斯港的贫民窟歌舞厅,那是一九一零年代,意大利,阿拉伯,西班牙各地移民劳工混杂,挤在铁皮搭建的小屋,在这样的环境里,人们竟兴起了一种全新的歌舞,她融合了意大利人的的热情,阿拉伯人的神秘,古巴人的豪放,阿根廷的忧伤,西班牙人的霸气,舞步性感艳丽,诱惑煽情,年轻人下工后,全跳着这样的舞步,来消解他们所承担着的生活苦难,和倾吐他们的爱情。







我终于有了一位教Argentine tango的老师,学了半年多以后,能参与show case汇报一下,Argentine tango 舞步很自由,可以跟着音乐用腿和腿讲话,称劈腿,旋转,摆pose,男舞者很重要,跳舞是最能体现两者的默契程度。我很enjoying 在阿根廷的舞步中。








Agentina  tango的迷人还因为她的音乐伴奏,libertango  piazzola就是很典型的曲子。以手风琴的旋律为主,节奏感非常强。





Tuesday, May 15, 2012

我的母亲节






 我的母亲节



母亲节那天,我上班,很忙,上帝好 像把孩子都交给了我,而且都是老孩子,病得很重。谁

顾得上过母亲节呢?


谁说的,女人做了母亲,就只有母爱,不像女人了,把丈夫也当孩子,很容易进入

一个误区,但是母爱,孕育是伟大的,天经地义,能牺牲,舍弃,容忍, 女人的骄傲.


母亲节那天晚上收到儿子的Email

Hi Mom,

Just wanted to wish you a happy mother's day.  Hope all is well with youHere is my latest video which I shot in Italy. Let me know what you think!


Love


他还order了鲜花,谁知却送错了,过两天才收到,尽管这两天很累,心里还是倍感温暖。

不管儿子的人生会怎样? 我已给了他生命.

【相片是儿子出生后第二十天】

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Only life is Priceless, making eachday count!







 生命和死亡


死亡和生命,当死亡发生在身边,悲哀,哀恸之极,叹息生命脆弱。
死亡霎息再一次让人面对,如同面对镜子。

死亡和生命都是自然的产物,婴儿出世时,这哇的一声,惊天动地,可能比死亡更加痛苦。人们对死的宣扬其实比死亡本身更恐怖。如果把她比作秋天南归的雁子,还是秋风萧瑟的落叶。一切又是那样的自然,平静。

疾病是对死亡的敲打,有一天突然丧钟敲响,死亡能夺走的是躯体,死亡并不能消亡人的灵魂,如果真有灵魂,直到最后一刻,其仍然不会失其本色。

其实人心中有许多种感情,其强度足以战胜死亡------仇忾压倒死亡,爱情藐视死亡,荣誉心渴望死亡,巨大的哀痛追求死亡,坚定的信念和理想奔赴死亡,甚至满足和腻味也能催促死亡。

贾宝玉惊觉自己受骗,对着老祖宗,悲痛欲绝地:我好想。。。。。死!


我的工作是每天在面对生命的死亡,她让我更珍贵生命!

Only life is Priceless,     making eachday count!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Supermoon image




A full moon as seen from West Orange, New Jersey, rises over the skyline of Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center (L) in New York, May 6, 2012. 

这是在新泽西那块高地, Essex County Parks and Recreation 的饭店Highlawn Pavilion 摄影的,当然是一位记者拍得,如果是风子,不是吹,一定能拍得更清晰。Highlawn Pavilion座落在鹰石自然保护区skyline的高地上,坐在饭厅就餐,边进美食,就能遥望,欣赏纽约,及曼哈顿的全景,周六度一个浪漫之夜,非这里莫属。因此Highlawn pavilion 饭店是新泽西月刊评出的最浪漫的饭店,Supermoon之夜,月亮象太阳一样,愿天下亲人能相见,团圆,怪不得我突然很想念离我而去的亲人。



月光行

Come, walk with me
in moonlight.
We'll rejoice the close of day.
Talk with me
as moonlight sparkles dreams
before our way.
Draw closer in the moonlight;
feel warmth within my arms ?
drink deep the cup of moonlight;
drink deep the magic charms.
We'll learn poetry
by moonlight
(Hold back the falling moon).
We'll drink every drop
of moonlight,
Knowing the sun
shall rise
too soon.

----美国当代诗人里昂·耐特(Leon Knight, 1936年出生) 


Tuesday, May 8, 2012

我的外公外婆

外婆是小脚女人.



记得外婆是这样告诉我的’’外婆是皇帝时候的人,那时女孩都要裹小脚,不然没人提亲,嫁不出去.’’外婆出生在江南水乡绍兴一个鱼米之乡,上代有几方地留下来,在家又是独生女,父母较宠她,她由于忍受不了裹小脚的疼,经常是偷偷地把裹脚布放松,结果缠成的脚不是三寸金莲’’,乡里人都甩着手说,那象是五吋藕莲’’.

幸亏,外婆的家境还算不错,长的又方福,端正,提亲的人还不少,最后就嫁给了后来我的外公,离外婆家几十里地的大姓人家--陈家.

外婆曾这样回忆: 成亲那天,我踏上进村的那条石板龙路,我因遮着头盖,只听见旁边看热闹的村里人都窃窃地传递着,新娘子的脚好大喔,大脚娘子,大脚娘子.外婆说,当时我心里只管嘀咕,这新朗长得什么样,是不是翘脚瞎眼,我还不知道呢?

我曾急着追问外婆,结果呢?结果呢?外婆说,谁知你外公却是长的眉清目秀,仪表堂堂,……也正是长的太俊秀,后来才会若祸,被洋行里的高丽人看中,骗走了,一夜之间信息全无…….

我清晰记得,外婆说话时,那悲哀的眼神,还即刻拉着我,慎重其事地说,记住了,将来一定不能和小你三岁的男人结婚,女大三,屋要塌…..

外公,我只见过他的照片, 外婆一直珍藏着仅有的一张发了黄的,带着西瓜皮帽的老照片,在外婆的心底一定也珍藏着她和外公成亲后数年的幸福日子,他们有了三个孩子,舅舅,我亲妈,和我的养母。外公在上海的一家洋行找到事做后,又把全家从乡下接到上海……外公失踪的那年.我养母才十岁出头…….


 这张外公的照片是舅舅珍藏了几十年,直到1978年大陆和台湾开始宵禁,和舅舅在香港见面。1949年解放初期,为了生计,舅舅跟着上海当时的强生汽车公 司老板周强生逃到台湾, 后来一直是封闭,不能来往,舅舅在台湾做生意,直到大陆对台湾开放后,舅舅才能来上海和他的姐姐,妹妹团聚。



兄弟姐妹终于在机场欢聚。

可现在他们都不在了,都去了另外一个世界,我很想念他们。