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Poetry and Pictures

內容簡介

內容簡介 This book of “poetry and pictures“ is dedicated to people and artists, who appreciate imaginary arts of water waves, undulating like painter's brush to mirror nature's objects, resulting in vivid, lovely images of poetic sentiments.

作者介紹

作者介紹 許昭彥、程聖雄▌Francis ChengFrancis S Cheng holds PhD in Chemistry, and DSc in Chemical Engineering. He had postdoctoral training; worked for many industries including Exxon, Monsanto, and Vanderbilt Chemicals.He had industrial experiences for 45 years ranging from organic additives syntheses for auto and aviation industries, high-performance poly-materials for communication and oil industries, and polyester bottles for beverage industries.Career-wise, he had 8 publications, and 8 patents awarded.In addition, he had 15 poetry anthologies published with Faxon-Poetry Group.He chose retirement after suffering from hearing impairments. Retirement meant time for break and new experience, while facing tough choice of either walking three miles daily, even suffering chronic arthritis, or succumbing to weight gain, and infirmity.In fact, Mother Earth was best role model for guiding us to stay healthy, with daily exercise, and to avoid falling into victim of another statistic.▌John HsuAfter taking pictures for many years. I have realized that the ideal photo-art picture is water image.To differentiate from most other water image photos, my photos are comprised entirely of water image, in absence of real object. While this provides a vast water image of sky as outstanding background for desired composition, and creation of painting-like photo. Because water wave is like unique stroke of painter's brush. John holds B.S. in Agricultural Chemistry and M.S. in Food Science. He had worked 32 years for the Nestle Co. as a food technologist and obtained 24 patents. He has two life-long hobbies.One is watching baseball and the other is photography. He has published 8 baseball books in Taiwan and 1 baseball article in The New York Times.Two of his baseball books are kept in Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown in New York. He has published 8 photo books, 7 of them are water image photos. One of his photos (“Labyrinth – Goodspeed Opera House”) won the Best Photography Award at New Britain Museum of American Art. He had 23 solo exhibitions in Connecticut.

產品目錄

產品目錄 A Tribute to Gifted Photographer A Scientist, Poet and Gentleman 1 Joy of Happy Company 2 Blooming Aqua Images 3 Dancing Rabbit on Cloud Nine 4 River of No Return 5 Coy Windmill 6 Impish Cat Flees Fires on Water 7 Camouflaging Octopus 8 Imaginary Fire Propagations 9 Splendid Scenery of Digitized Painting 10 Charming of Fallen Foliage 11 Spectacular Growing Weeds 12 Sparkling Beethoven Image 13 Aesthetic-Treasure of Spring 14 Allure of Water Reflections on Fall Scene 15 Kaleidoscopic Fall River Scene 16 Beautiful Scenery of Charming Spring 17 Pleasant Aqua Images of Spring Sun 18 Memorable Departure of Charming Fall 19 Nature’s Sparkling Beauty 20 Pretty Lotus Sailing on Mosaic Skies 21 Splendid View of Green River 22 Nautical Pier Posts 23 Flag and Soldier 24 Bon Voyage to Happy Cruising 25 Water Reflection of Heroic American Flag at Sea 26 Marine Crew 27 Set Sail for Long Journey 28 Job Done at Gleaming Sunset

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自序 : ▌A Tribute to Gifted Photographer　　Francis Cheng
Mr. John Hsu, a gifted photographer, who likes to present water image rather than real object in his photos.
Because it can show water image of sky, as outstanding background for desired composition. It also creates best painting-like photo, aided by water wave as painting brush.
All photos displayed in this book are created this way. And the “Joy of Happy Company” is best example. Reader may view the original photo by turning it upside down, the scene will just look like common water image photo, not a picture.

▌A Scientist, Poet and Gentleman　　John Hsu
Dr. Francis Cheng holds a Ph. D in Chemistry and D. Sc ,. in Chemical Engineering. He is a professor and poet as well. Not only that he is well respected, but also beloved by all of his friends. He is a genuine gentleman.
I have never met another Taiwanese in America, who is much courteous and gentle than Francis. And I feel deeply honored that he wants to write narrative poems for my pictures.
Francis is a science-oriented poet, who wrote about enzyme, planet and octopus in his poems. In fact, readers can find at the beginning of his poems, what he really meant to say, and this “Joy of Happy Company” poem is a wonderful example.

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內文 : ▌1 Joy of Happy Company
Mother Earth has eight famous sibling planets in company for four billion years.
Their sizes are from biggest Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, to smallest Neptune in solar system.
Each planet has their own mysteries and power of survival after undergone billion years of evolution and transformations in life cycles.
The key to survival may be having compassionate, loving, inspiring company, helping one another, and sharing fruits of success together.

▌7 Camouflaging Octopus
Octopus is mollusk family similar to squid, which has no spine with eight tentacles; yet possessing nine brains and three hearts.
Each tentacle has its own brain for actions besides head main.
It uses three hearts to pump blue blood for two gills and whole body. Blue blood contains copper-based oxygen binding hemocyanin
proteins.
Octopus can survive in, cold, deep sea, with ability to extract oxygen through gills and skins.
Octopus has color changing cells on skins, and muscle-stretch ability affords easy camouflage like menacing yellow dragon, innocent reef for fish playground, or spitting dark melanin ink for retreating.

▌11 Spectacular Growing Weeds
Wild weeds pop up on land, riverbank and seashore – nature's marvel.
Their dynamic energy keeps them growing to greet the sun.
Green leaves swing in rippled waves as if waterfalls are seeking fun.
Vivid green leaves flaunt their charms amid cascading drab bundles.

最佳賣點

最佳賣點 : ▌如詩、如畫，水中畫影作者許昭彥與程聖雄合作譜寫的人文詩集