Tatami Mats, Chionji Temple (知恩寺)

Posted by GJC (Kyoto (京都), Japan) on 13 May 2008 in Architecture.

madcat from Los Angeles, United States

The windows seem to be blowing out but the blacks disappear too... leaving only the tatami mats. I like the effect. It seems to focus one's attention on what one does on a tatami mat. I feel like sitting down!

13 May 2008 7:14am

Observing from Chester, United Kingdom

Simple light. So many possibilities to transform this image, nice quality.

13 May 2008 8:55am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Wow you've set quite the mood there GJC, bravo! Nice play of light :)

13 May 2008 11:47am

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

great image, lovely light

13 May 2008 12:46pm

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

Beautiful light and warm tones ... the strong vertical lines of the mats are very inviting, pulling one in to discover what lies in the darkness ... beautiful composition!

13 May 2008 4:44pm

Martin Gervereau from Paris, France

very good light and texture

13 May 2008 5:12pm

Will from Gainesville, United States

great composition, color and light:)

13 May 2008 5:22pm

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Love these minimalist statements you are able to make. The absence of detail broadens the thoughts and all that!

13 May 2008 8:12pm

e. from New York, NY, United States

Beautiful patterns! I love the feel of tatamis. :)

13 May 2008 11:19pm

Julie McLeod from Ottawa, Canada

I just love the texture and the light. Beautiful, simple statement...

14 May 2008 1:05am

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

This is again one for a calendar I'd like to have near my computer.

14 May 2008 8:16pm

Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

Beautiful interior picture with full attention to the mat surface as the core ingredient stretching over the central part of the picture, which I find a Japanese kind of composition, excellent.

15 May 2008 9:13am