Category: 04 Award Winners
夏威夷大島
這個清晨的感受難以言喻。當我在月光下徒步穿越冒煙的脆裂熔岩時，一股詭異的電流充滿空氣，我不禁覺得即將有重大事件發生。直到很久以後，我才意識到可能造成這種感覺的原因。一位朋友告訴我關於佩蕾的故事，她是夏威夷傳說中的火女神。佩蕾是一位喜怒無常、有時甚至報復心強的女神，她以毀滅土地和創造土地的力量為樂。傳說她和她的妹妹納馬卡-奧-卡哈伊（海洋女神）不斷互相破壞，導致佩蕾沿著島鏈遷移，最終佔據了大島上的莫納羅亞山。你可以在左上角看到她的美麗側影——彷彿她正在向海洋吹氣或低語，使下方水面上的蒸汽分開。每次看到這張照片，我都會起雞皮疙瘩。這是我一生中最重要的拍攝。
The crater floor glows through this piece in a way that stops me every time I glance at it—that pre-dawn tension between black lava and pale moonlight is captured perfectly. It’s hanging above my desk now, and I keep finding myself lost in the texture of those crunchy, smoldering ridges.
The eerie, electric mood of that pre-dawn lava hike really does come through in this piece, almost like I can feel the crunch of the lava underfoot. I only wish the description went on a bit longer to capture more of the actual scenery.
The moonlight-over-lava scene in the description really comes through in the color palette, but the piece feels a bit flat unless you catch it under direct light. I’ve had it up for two weeks and it’s growing on me, though I wish the texture matched the volcanic crunch it hints at.
