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Gnarf on Ghosts of Miyako
That's why I liked Kyoto so much. it is a good mix of the modern and old areas. Nice capture!

Tracey on Ghosts of Miyako
This is different from you and I love it! The crop makes it that much more intriguing!

Ekaputra Tupamahu on Ghosts of Miyako
Great night shot... well done!

Lorraine on Ghosts of Miyako
Interesting, I'd love to see more of its ghosts :)

Laurent on Shade and Sun: Summer
as always, a very beautiful light and harmony.

kiji on Shade and Sun: Summer
I am ready for a walk there! splendid !

Cia on Shade and Sun: Summer
Lovely place! Good captured

valenttin on Shade and Sun: Summer
what a wonderful place!

yiannis krikis on Shade and Sun: Summer
beautiful place - great green tones

Tracey on Shade and Sun: Summer
I swear the light in Japan is more ethereal. You always capture such a gauzy quality to the light. And don't get ...

Makoto on Shade and Sun: Summer
Love the bright green leaves. Beautiful photo.

Lorraine on Shade and Sun: Summer
How splendid I love the green shade on the wall that matches the tree, it's so beautiful, yo live in a beautiful ...

Mirko Herzner on Shade and Sun: Summer
I am sure that you already know that I love your 'greens'. They always remind me of endless walks in ...

Gnarf on Shinto Shrine, Mid-Afternoon
Very cozy little shrine you found. And I love the foliage of those trees! Do you know the name of that kind of tree? ...

Mackenzie on Old Temple Wall
Great contrast, you've done well again! I love the flowers against the building against the stone. Well layered.

Mackenzie on Shinto Shrine, Mid-Afternoon
Nice composition, it does feel like a hot summer afternoon!

Tracey on Shinto Shrine, Mid-Afternoon
I was just thinking that yesterday, here in Maryland! The cicada has a way of making it seem at least 5 degrees ...

Lorraine on Shinto Shrine, Mid-Afternoon
Golden light of the afternoon, so perfect :)

payam on Shinto Shrine, Mid-Afternoon
the photo realy has a sense of silences found in mid afternoons specially when I was a kid not going to school in ...

Andrew on Old Temple Wall
Crisp scene with sharp, beautiful colors. Nice image!

Laurie on Old Temple Wall
I am amazed how old some of these temples are and how well they have stood up against time and elements. Lovely shot.

Howard F. on Old Temple Wall
Beautiful shot as usual. I love the blue hydrangeas above the wall, it steals the whole scene with its blue. Plus, I ...

Lorraine on Old Temple Wall
Divine, greatly composed, one of my favourites Bravo GJC :)

Laurent on Old Temple Wall
lovely composition and management of light. Just great

Vink on Old Temple Wall
Always beautiful ! Excellent contrast

Mirko Herzner on Old Temple Wall
Wow. Nice detail-shot. I like the patterns where the roof ends. Works well with the flowers, too.

Anita on Summer (夏)
Those blue mountians pull at my heart. They make a lovely contrast with the bright green. I like the farmer's ...

Anita on Farmhouse (田舎家)
What a great roof!

Richard_Irwin on Summer (夏)
What a wonderfully verdant image, full of summer indeed.

SKHallisey on Summer (夏)
i like the picture a lot. though you say you have trouble incorporating people into a lot of pictures without having ...

Jasp on Summer (夏)
What is being harvested ?

payam on Summer (夏)
Oh , but I sensed the affect first time seeing this photo !

Lorraine on Summer (夏)
Your photos are always brilliant, and I admire how well you photograph structure within the light and shadow, it's ...

cicelle on Summer (夏)
I AM A NATURE LOVER AND I LIKE YOUR PHOTO.THE PLACE SEEMS VERY QUITE THAT WILL FELL ME COMFORTABLE TO STUDY MY LESSON ...

payam on Summer (夏)
I like how you have put the farmer not in the middle of the photo , have you seen how a live creature( a bird , man ...

Mackenzie on Farmhouse (田舎家)
Very nice positioning, against the mountain. Well done!

Mackenzie on The Path of the Gods
I just love images of paths, and you captured this one so well, I can really feel the spiritualness in the image's ...

Mackenzie on Summer (夏)
A great capture, I think the worker really adds to the mood and feel of this image. Well seen!

kiji on The Path of the Gods
Nice walk to the shintô shrine

Laurent on The Path of the Gods
lovely mystic light for a beautiful perspective.

Gnarf on The Path of the Gods
Great colors, great perspective, great picture GJC!

Vink on The Path of the Gods
This perspective is excellent with this superb Torri at the background. great work

Illuci on The Path of the Gods
One can feel how divinity is around you... Wonderful title just suiting the picture, very well done! BTW I have also ...

Lorraine on The Path of the Gods
I can see why you call it that, it's stunning, wow, that emerald green, the feeling of a saintly passage, ...

Lorraine on Farmhouse (田舎家)
I've never seen a farm that looks like that, that's neat...I'd love to see the inside if you ever get a ...

Stu on Rainy Season (梅雨)
Love this one. Great composition and textures. Afew weeks ago I tried to capture a similar scene and failed miserably. ...

akarui on Rice field (田んぼ), 4
A nice picture of rural Japan. I love rice fields too and I will enjoy to watch some more as the rice grow.

zOOm on Rice field (田んぼ), 4
Really amazing how green it is !

Anita on Rice field (田んぼ), 3
Very nice series of rice fields. Fabulous emerald greens! This is my favorite of the 4 photos. I like seeing the ...

Lorraine on Rice field (田んぼ), 4
I might have adored yesterday's but this, this is very precious as well, the shape and form of the greenery is ...

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Abstract & Conceptual Photos

• Harmony in Green and Gray: Rice Field
• Lacquer (うるし), Part 2
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• Windows and Gates, 3: Kennin-ji (建仁寺)

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• Old Temple Wall
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• Shade and Sun: Summer
• Summer (夏)
• Rice field (田んぼ), 4
• Rice field (田んぼ), 3
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• Rice field 田んぼ
• Softly Comes the Evening
• Rainy Season, 2 (梅雨)
• Rainy Season (梅雨)
• Rainy Season (梅雨)
• Rice Field
• Farm, Ichihara (市原)
• Late Afternoon, Myomanji Temple (妙満寺)
• Spring Rain, Iwakura Jisso-in Temple, 5 (岩倉実相院)
• Spring Rain, Iwakura Jisso-in Temple, 3 (岩倉実相院)
• Spring Rain, Iwakura Jisso-in Temple, 2 (岩倉実相院)
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• Spring Field: Awaiting the Seed
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• Ghosts of Miyako
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• Rainy Season, 4 (梅雨)
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• Hosenin Temple, 3 Ohara (宝泉院 大原)
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• Hosenin Temple, Ohara (宝泉院 大原)
• Spring Rain, Iwakura Jisso-in Temple, 6 (岩倉実相院)
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• Spring at Iwakura Jisso-in Temple, 2 (岩倉実相院)
• Spring at Kiyomizu Temple (清水寺)
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• Shinto Shrine, Mid-Afternoon
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• An Invitation to Worship, Ohara (勝林院 大原)
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• Cold Rain, 3
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• Old Home of Chen Ci Hong (陈慈黉故居)
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