Sunset#
Although I have been in Shenzhen for a long time, I haven't really been to Master Bridge many times.
What a beautiful sunset! Following a group of old masters, the Houhai Bridge is thus named Master Bridge.
The picture below was taken by Ding Ding, and I made some simple color adjustments based on it. Brightening the buildings makes them look better.
The picture below was taken with the ultra-wide-angle lens of my iPhone 13 Pro, and the overall atmosphere feels great.
Who says my camera doesn't have an ultra-wide-angle lens for now? The feeling captured at the 24mm end looks like this.
Thinking back from being a complete novice with cameras to now having bought two cameras, a drone, and a pocket camera, I have quite a bit of equipment now. 🤣
My love for photography is also continuously accumulating, and most of the recommended posts on Xiaohongshu are related to photography and color grading.
Color grading is something I really enjoy doing. I used to have a misunderstanding about post-processing in photography, thinking that it had to be straight out of the camera to be the most authentic. In fact, it was just a deception of my own laziness.
Because cameras are different from the human eye, no matter how good the equipment is, it has its limitations. Post-processing is merely restoring the colors of the photo to what we see with our own eyes.
Especially in various lighting conditions like strong light, weak light, and dead light, post-processing is necessary. Moreover, the techniques for post-processing are not necessarily complex; the basic principles of color grading are traceable. Concepts like saturation, vibrancy, brightness, hue, color temperature, contrast, highlights, shadows, white levels, and black levels are not that difficult to understand.
Writing this, I am reminded of the instructor's words: "Do you want to obtain firsthand information? Then go out and investigate." Only through practice can true knowledge be gained. "If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear and taste it yourself. If you want to understand the structure and properties of atoms, you must conduct physics and chemistry experiments to change the conditions of the atoms."
Yu-Gi-Oh! Real Card Duel#
Let's have a real Yu-Gi-Oh! duel! On Sunday, I had a real duel with HH. Below is the final scene I launched with the Dark Magician Snake Eyes deck. I actually made a bit of a mistake, but it's not a big deal. I set two other cards in the back row, one is Infinite Impermanence, and the other is the Tomb's Nominee.
I feel that many people still have prejudices against Yu-Gi-Oh! This actually reflects how easily people rush to express opinions about things they don't understand (I reflect on myself in this way too).
For example, Wenjie asked me a question, "What rules do you use to play Yu-Gi-Oh!?" At first, I found it a bit strange since the rulebook for Yu-Gi-Oh! has always been public, but then I realized that when we were kids, we were just playing by village rules without really knowing the actual rules.
But I still want to educate those who haven't truly understood this game. Yu-Gi-Oh! is one of the three major TCGs (trading card games) in the world, the other two being Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon. The rules of Yu-Gi-Oh! have been adjusted multiple times, and it is now a very interesting and playable game. It has both physical cards and online video games.
In my opinion, the summoning methods in Yu-Gi-Oh! are its biggest innovation. I have to admire the designers' rich creativity. Starting from the original tribute summon, fusion summon, and ritual summon, synchro summoning can be said to be a very well-designed summoning method. Adjusting monsters and adding star levels makes it both strategic and fun.
The introduction of Xyz monsters, as indicated by its Japanese name XYZ, adds a three-dimensional stacking action to the two-dimensional cards while also limiting the number of times powerful monster effects can be activated.
Pendulum monsters are also the biggest innovation, as they can combine with any of the aforementioned summoning methods.
Link summoning, on one hand, is to reduce speed, and on the other hand, the design of link arrows adds a new interactive relationship between cards on a two-dimensional plane.
Making Dumplings#
On Friday night, I made dumplings with Xiao Mo Green, Man Ge, Guagua, Xiao Hu Ying, and friends from 706.
Indeed, making dumplings yourself is best done by steaming them, as boiled dumplings can easily fail, while steamed dumplings are relatively stable.
After a long time of busy work, although I can only help out and make dumplings that don't look very good, I still feel very happy to see the freshly made dumplings.
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