A Flower in the Night Sky

A colossal flower has just opened in the night sky. But this is no flower it is a firework. It’s popped at exactly the right moment, so it’s formed into a nice, round ball. There are dozens of bright white and pale yellow lines of light emanating from the middle. It resembles the petals of a flower with blinding white lights. The light is so brilliant against the black sky. It seems magical, like a secret signal you have received alone.

The sky surrounding the fireworks is a brilliant smoke-colored deep navy blue. Soft, warm clouds are drifting silently close by. They don’t obscurate the view, but rather contribute to making the firework more brilliant. Below the sky there is a wide, placid sheet of water to the north and south. It seems like a lake or a river that doesn’t have much current. The water is so still that it act like a mirror. You can take a perfect white flower and plug it in. Its bright flower appears twice – once in the sky and again in the water. It makes for a stunning, symmetrical photo.

In the distance, across the water, a dark city shape is visible. The buildings and trees are just stark, black silhouettes. They’re sleeping as this breathtaking display occurs overhead. The entire scene is serene and silent, but for the luminous eruption. You can almost hear the silence. The composition is very symmetrical in the photograph. The firework is the show off, straight to the middle. The water and sky share equal prominence, separated by the black horizon line. At the bottom corner, a tiny, handwritten signature reads, “Heng.Lu”. This is the artist who froze this single, beautiful moment in time. It defies photographers to catch as it flies past your eyes in a flash. It allows us to see and appreciate the exquisite simplicity of a flower fashioned from light in full blossom, alone against the vast dark night.