Yakumo's World
Spring Field: Rice Planting
Posted by GJC (Kyoto (京都), Japan) on 15 May 2008 in Landscape & Rural.
First of four showing the awakening fields in the Iwakura section of Kyoto.
Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands
Beautiful work picture. One should realize this more when eating a spoonful of rice, how much hard work it took and how cheap the end product is. They should honor these people with a medal.
15 May 2008 9:16am
mherizat from Malaysia
There is no rice in the world till this lady do it the same job for tomorrow.
nice story telling
15 May 2008 9:59am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
You've captured a magnificent moment to photograph GJC, bravo :)
15 May 2008 12:30pm
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
What beautiful shades of green ... you've said that D300 loves red, well, I think it has a special fondness for green, as well ... you've documented so well, here, the back-breaking work necessary to put the basic staple rice on the table ... well done!
15 May 2008 5:43pm
standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France
Beautiful capture showing very well how hard this work is! I like the green shades.
15 May 2008 7:51pm
danthro from Suburbia, United States
great capture. well, she's obviously not responsible for the rice shortage. thankless work feeding the world, i wish the extra money from the rising rice prices was going to her.
15 May 2008 8:58pm
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Interesting shot. In Japan even if the machines are doing the job we still can see some people planting rice by hand in the fields. I was invited to do it last year...
16 May 2008 12:05am
Anita from West Nottingham, United States
Beautiful photo. The colors are magical: the various shades of green and the woman's colorful clothes. The exposure and light are soft and fabulous. The lines make it a very strong composition: diagonals, verticals and horizontals. I think you brought your architectural eye to this photo.
I think we should pay more for food grown by small farmers like this. That would be the best way to value their work.
16 May 2008 10:26pm
dee from Innsbruck, Austria
A beautiful documentary shot and very thought-provoking. Well done!
18 May 2008 10:20am
farmermarn from Baltimore, United States
I love this.. It captures a scene that tells a lot about where you are. I find it difficult to
capture a moment like this because it can seem so ordinary- until you are somewhere else and then realize you don't see that kind of thing. Does that make sense? Like when I lived in the Southwest US and then moved back east. I realized how much I had missed the old historic brick buildings. Now I am so used to them that I don't really see them anymore.
In addition, the layers here make the composition interesting. The diagonal bands create the foreground, middle and background that each have distinct color compositions- from red to blue to green...
19 May 2008 8:14pm
Nikon D300
1/100 second
F/5.6
ISO 250
300 mm (35mm equiv.)