Young Ningxia photographer wins top honor in intl contest

Editor:李莎宁
Source:chinadaily.com.cn
Updated:2019-12-18 09:48:28

　　Dong Shuchang, a 21-year-old junior student from Ningxia Hui autonomous region, takes photos of the sky. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Dong Shuchang, a 21-year-old junior student from Ningxia Hui autonomous region, has gained recognition among more people since he became this year's top winner as a new photographer at the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 contest.

　　A photo by Dong Shuchang, a 21-year-old junior student from Ningxia Hui autonomous region. [Photo by Dong Shuchang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Dong was given the Sir Patrick Moore Prize as Best Newcomer Joint Winner for his work Sky and Ground, Stars and Sand, which was taken at Pingluo county in Ningxia, with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera, 50 mm f/1.8 lens, ISO 250 and 60 x 25-second exposures, according to Dong.

　　"There is so much to enjoy about this picture: moonlight bathing the dunes in its silvery glow; the dramatic shadows seemingly sculpting the sand into cliffs and ravines; and the meeting of cosmic time and geological time," commented Melanie Vandenbrouck, curator of art at Royal Museums Greenwich.

　　Dong has been studying how to take astronomy photos for only about two years, and won a series of prizes for his works.

　　A photo by Dong Shuchang, a 21-year-old junior student from Ningxia Hui autonomous region. [Photo by Dong Shuchang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

　　The photo Sky and Ground, Stars and Sand by Dong Shuchang wins him top honors at the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 contest. [Photo by Dong Shuchang/for chinadaily.com.cn]