[Sony RX100 III] Kong Ming / Sky Lantern (孔明灯, 天灯) Success!

2014-10-04 14

The sky lantern floated up successfully after one unsuccessful try. :D

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History
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The sky lantern probably was invented before Late Han Dynasty.
A prime minister Kung-Ming used sky lantern for military liaison purpose during Three Kingdom epoch (221A.D.). Some people still call the sky lantern as Kong Ming lantern.
During the night of lantern festival, Some people in Taiwan will fly the sky lantern by writing their wishes on the paper lantern and pray their wishes come true.
Long time ago, people thought the lantern will fly up to the heaven. The god of heaven will receive their messages and will give them blessing.

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Shot using auto mode XAVC S format without any post-processing. Night Shot!