晴空下的奇異霧景 ... Strange fog under sunny sky

(With English at the bottom)
上周3月5日早上與下午兩度欣賞霧景,
但一暗一明,
景象所帶出的感覺與氣氛完全不同!

先有晨早濃霧,
白日穿透濃霧下一片朦朧,
金海波光隱現如奇幻世界,
並非以特別效果改動照片;
下午繼而驚見,
晴空下濃霧再度來襲港灣,
表演千姿百態!
7:59 a.m.
8:55 a.m.
濃霧從海面推進,
如白浪湧上山峽港灣
9:02 a.m.
港口海面濃霧,
漁船破霧回航
11:33 a.m.
霧開始消散,
海面薄霧迷濛中揚帆出海
住在城巿中,
的確很難想像海面霧的形態,
例如當霧被強勁海風吹送時,
推進很快,遇山上山、遇谷入谷、
遇灣入灣,在山谷繚繞不散。

霧的變化,原來可以如此多端,
變身奇快,令人意想不到,
形態和景觀可以迅間改變,
一時從海面伸延,像巨爪伸手,
一時像巨浪拍岸,
一時弧形對稱,像一把大傘!
3:27 p.m.
3:33 p.m.
4:37 p.m.
有趣的是防波堤變成防霧堤!
因為海面濃霧推進時,
遇防波堤阻擋而上升,繼而推上旁邊山坡,
形成一團奇特的濃霧貼在山坡邊緣。
如果不解釋,還以為是白浪滔天!
4:08 p.m.
下午近黃昏前,
西斜陽光將集中的霧映照得更亮白,
像一大團棉花或白雪,
全不像平常所見範圍廣泛的迷霧!

眾多照片,最奇特是薄霧似一把對稱的大傘,
覆蓋船隻及碧波上,
但範圍狹窄,因此其餘船隻清晰可見!
4:37 p.m.
但晴空下怎會有濃霧?
而且海面濃霧不知從何而來,
霧將碧海與藍天連成一片,分不清邊界;
藍天碧海與青山,
加上白霧在中央,
顏色配搭和諧協調!

一般大霧迷濛的日子均是天色灰暗,
猛烈陽光下或晴空下見白霧,
甚至白得發光的霧(因太陽西斜映照)
局部範圍集中的霧,全是奇景!
每次打算終止拍攝,
但再看不斷有變化,
看見便一再『嘩!』一聲驚嘆,
怎捨得忍手呢?

拍攝奇霧的翌日 (36日),
閱讀《每日經歷神》的文章《在平凡中見非凡》,
內容何等配合!
文章為這次觀霧的經驗帶來深層意義:
『有時當你埋首於日常生活瑣事時,
你可能會忽略身邊不平凡的事物……
也許你在繁忙的日程中,
注意到非常特殊的事物。』

作者引申解釋:
『神通常在你生活中一個司空見慣的場合對你說話,
這往往不是你在教會敬拜神的時候。
許多遇見神改變歷史的際遇,
是發生在生命中一段平凡的時刻。
如果你在世俗平凡之處看到不平凡,
千萬不要繼續埋首於日常生活的例行公事。
也許這就是神計畫好,
要改變你和旁人生命的時刻!』

其實,日出日落,
雲霧風雨,看似平凡;
除了欣賞美景,
可會「看」出日常生活中
所見景象中不平凡之處呢?

近期久未再遇奇景,
估計三月天氣難以看見秋冬的輝煌日出及奇雲美景,
誰知晴空下有奇霧?
以往很少拍攝霧景,
因此今天努力苦思:
究竟怎樣拍攝霧景才算是最美的呢?
那張照片最美?
效果好,是以甚麼準則?
所以這篇文章最困難的工序,
是在88張照片中作出選擇!

此外,發現原來濃霧下天色灰暗時,
可改用海灘/雪景模式拍攝,
令景象比較接近肉眼所見的明亮程度。
用運動模式亦較風景模式明亮,
且海水線條會更豐富清晰

Strange fog under sunny sky

The fog visited the harbour twice on 5/3/2018,
once in the early morning and then again in the late afternoon.
The fog displayed great variations in its form
and created varied and interesting scenery,
e.g. like big waves hitting the valley and hill slope,
white snow on the hill slope,
and like a big umbrella shading the boats underneath!

We often regard natural scenery as normal phenomenon,
But can we notice the unusual aspects in a normal phenomenon?
Just as the article ‘The Extraordinary in the Midst of the Ordinary’ 
on 6 March in the book 'Experiencing God Day by Day' has reminded us,
“There will be times when, immersed in the ordinary details of life, 
you may be oblivious to the extraordinary that is right next to you. 
You can be in the midst of a common moment, 
only this time the activity is filled with the presence of God. 
There may be times when, in the middle of your harried day, 
you notice something unusual…”


The author reminded us, 
“God usually speaks out of the ordinary experiences of life. 
Often, it is not while you are worshiping at church. 
Many of God’s most profound and history-changing encounters 
come during the ordinary experiences of life. 
When you see the unusual in the midst of the mundane, 
don’t continue business as usual. 
It may be that God has ordained that moment 
to be a life-changing time for you and those around you.”

The fog was white as snow and under sunny blue sky,
isn't this an unusual phenomenon?
As the weather in Spring here is usual unstable, humid and cloudy,
I have thought that there wouldn’t be any spectacular sights any more, 
such as the spectacular sunrise and strange cloud patterns
that I have seen in autumn and winter.
But then I witnessed such strange and interesting fog,
was this God’s response again to my hope of
seeing unusual scenery?

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