Hints of Autumn

Posted by GJC (Kyoto (京都), Japan) on 17 September 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

baobab from Cambridge, United States

lovely fresh colours and I really like all the repeating / contrasting lines and layered visual elements. the grass repeats itself, the strong diagonal bands of colour pull one through the picture, and the shaded layers of mountain draw the viewer into the central focal point, and are in turn echoed by the low clouds in the sky.

did you try a crop with less sky (i.e. without the clouds at the upper left)?

17 Sep 2008 5:06am

@baobab: Thanks so much for your detailed and thoughful comment. I suppose you are right, I did get a little carried away by that beautiful sky. I kind of like how it minimized the house and "shrank" the scene, but I think cropping it down is probably a good idea. Again, thanks so much for your thoughtful commentary and criticism.

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Nice contrast and colours, love the blue sky and the green grass, wonderful!

17 Sep 2008 5:09am

jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand

Beautiful layered photo gorgeous colours. I think I agree with baobab about the sky thou

17 Sep 2008 5:15am

ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States

complex simplicity. best...jerry

17 Sep 2008 5:54am

Hikari from Kumamoto, Japan

We are posting similar photos these days! , rice fields are so beautiful and peacefull !

17 Sep 2008 7:21am

KIJI from valenciennes, France

Very nice framing. Good balanced colours too.
Zuruii...boku mo osampo ikitakatana ;)

17 Sep 2008 7:31am

Arps from Hyderabad, India

Very well shot and framed ...

17 Sep 2008 11:05am

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

I love the angle of the lines in this image.

17 Sep 2008 12:57pm

Jonas from Vitória, Brazil

The black strip of land adds something different to these rice landscapes. It is here the human touch I'm always looking for :)

17 Sep 2008 1:12pm

Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States

I am loving this series

17 Sep 2008 3:54pm

daina from United States

Wonderful stips of yellow green, orange in the foreground make the bluish hills and blue sky seem even further away - a wonderful sense of depth and distance. Lovely image.

17 Sep 2008 5:28pm

gbe from kansas city, United States

another great addition. i also like the diagonal lines.

17 Sep 2008 6:22pm

Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States

The Japanese farm land is really organized
I like your balanced 50/50 composition.

17 Sep 2008 7:25pm

beanow from Poland

Cool!
I love the sky!

17 Sep 2008 9:25pm

JM@somedaysomewhere.net from Marseille, France

Excellent composition - everything at the perfect place !

17 Sep 2008 9:49pm

Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany

A masterpiece, GJC. These colors and the lines make this an exceptional works. Well seen and presented!

17 Sep 2008 10:33pm

Brian from Seattle, United States

I like the new angle here, the dirt path really give this image a new dimension.

18 Sep 2008 12:21am

Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan

Already......!Well balanced composition, good angle and a pleasant rural image!

18 Sep 2008 8:49am

DarkElf from Perth, Australia

fabulous colours and a cool layered composition... i really love places like this and you have captured its essence very well!

18 Sep 2008 10:09am

baobab from Cambridge, United States

to clarify... I'm not sure a crop would necessarily improve the shot, just make it different. I was just curious whether you'd tried it or not. as you note, altering relative scale would shift the sense of the shot dramatically, so I wondered if you had tried it.

18 Sep 2008 11:45pm