Spring Field: Rice Planting

Posted by GJC (Kyoto, Japan) on 15 May 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

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 4:16am

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 4:59am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

You've captured a magnificent moment to photograph GJC, bravo :)

15 May 2008 7:30am

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

bneautiful scene with great colors

15 May 2008 11:35am

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 12:43pm

standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France

Beautiful capture showing very well how hard this work is! I like the green shades.

15 May 2008 2:51pm

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 3:58pm

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...

15 May 2008 7:05pm

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 5:26pm

Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan

This is a great photo, beautiful!

17 May 2008 11:02pm

dee from Innsbruck, Austria

A beautiful documentary shot and very thought-provoking. Well done!

18 May 2008 5:20am

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 3:14pm