Xinjiang Winter Love Song 4: The Beautiful Ili Swans (Part 2)

Continuing from the previous article

(3) Return to Swan Spring three times

Although people have left Swan Spring, many teammates are still thinking about it and are still thinking about it. Opportunity awaits those who are prepared. At midnight when the team was in Tekes, Mr. Ma suddenly received an inside message from Swan Spring - "There is a high probability of rime tomorrow morning, and frost has already begun to hang on the trees." So he immediately reported it and asked for everyone's opinions. Everyone decided to give up their originally planned journey to Zhaosu and return early in the morning. The hard work paid off, and when we entered Swan Spring again early the next morning, we were already excitedly convinced that this time we finally saw the rime!

There is a scene of rime on the roadside on the hillside leading to the pond.

Looking down, the pond is surrounded by snow

All the vegetation and branches by the pond are covered with snow and frost

 

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The scenery completely changed. Regardless of whether there are swans or not, therime scene itself is already super beautiful and everyone is already intoxicated.

But strangely enough, after finally waiting for the beautiful scenery of rime, some people actually left early. The picture above was taken when Lao Gu temporarily returned to the car to pick up his things when he arrived. I met two young people on the road, armed with photography equipment and walking outside the scenic area. Lao Gu curiously asked them why. They said the weather was bad and there was nothing to take pictures of. Hearing this, Lao Gu was speechless for a moment, and even gave up the idea of ​​persuading him before the conversation. There is such a huge difference between people’s ideas! Some people climbed up the pole to rush back to see, but some gave up so easily. If they had a chance to see the photos taken later, I wonder if they would regret it.

It was a bit foggy early in the morning and the sun didn't show up for a long time. But with the "quacking" sound of Lao Han's feeding call, the pond has begun to come alive.

The swan moves according to the sound

The wild ducks joining in the fun are also busy occupying seats

Against the backdrop of rime, the pond looks like a dream. magical , like a picture Oil painting in general.

 

This one seems very interested in the snow and frost on the branches

Gradually, some light began to shine through, making the entire pond more dreamy.

Living in the legendary Ili Swan Wonderland, everyone couldn't believe their eyes that there is such a beautiful place in the world. The creation of nature is really beautiful!

Throughout the morning, everyone was immersed in admiring and capturing these beautiful images.

God is also very powerful. The mist in the pond lingers for a long time and is ethereal, which further highlights the beauty and elegance of the swans under the rime.

 

"Flying Edition" under the rime

 

Another chase is going on in the distance

After lunch, everyone's interest continued and they returned to the pond. However, the light was already a bit too strong at this time, and the rime at the top of the trees began to gradually melt away.

The only few flights

Later, the rime basically melted away. Fortunately, the sunlight turned to low side light again, and the color of the pond became beautiful again.

Swans gather again to feed

The driven ducks rose up in a flurry

At dusk, the swan bathing scene is once again staged in the pond.

Thank God for giving us such a perfect day!

The next morning, we headed to another swan habitat newly discovered in recent years. The evening we arrived at Swan Spring was originally the place to take pictures of the sunset, but unfortunately it was late and we missed a magnificent sunset.

Seeing that I couldn't make it, I went into the service area to take pictures on the way.

How beautiful it would be if it were in a swan habitat!

This trip was mainly to take photos of "flying" swans. After all, there are too few "flying editions" in Swan Spring this year.

There was a short-eared owl sitting on the tree outside the door.

This place is more like a section of a river. The environment is like this:

There are still snow-capped mountains in the distance. Compared with Swan Spring, because there is no obstruction by nearby woods and reeds, the field of view is wider, which is very suitable for shooting in the morning and evening.

Sure enough, everyone has gained a lot of "flying versions" here.

take off

landing

In the afternoon, the team set off for a new journey, and the trip back to Swan Spring ended successfully!

Lao Gu is also grateful and proud that his trip to Swan Spring three times in two years finally realized his ideal. Beautiful Ili swan, see you next time!

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