Yakumo's World
Harmony in Green and Gold: Rice
Posted by GJC (Kyoto (京都), Japan) on 28 September 2008 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.
Taken from the high-speed shinkansen train between Ichinoseki and Sendai, going about 250 kph (155 mph).
beanow from Poland
Sunning image! Beautiful, fragile coposition and natural colors - all is perfect!
28 Sep 2008 7:31am
Giovanni from Milan, Italy
Wow, great composition! I love the colours and the softeness. Wonderfully done.
28 Sep 2008 8:04am
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
This is really beautiful, GJC. The effect achieved looks so effortless... Wow!
28 Sep 2008 12:07pm
@Mirko Herzner: Thanks so much for your visit and for your kind comment. Funny thing about the "effortless" part is that I took about 40 shots that were each worse than the next, but then I got this one. The shots after this one were also pretty poor as well, but having this one made all that frustration magically go away!
Doris Doppler from Austria
Oh yes, this one is really great. And the "story" behind it makes it even more adorable.
28 Sep 2008 1:15pm
Jonas from Vitória, Brazil
Wow! Your efforts were paid with such an incredible result. This is just fascinating!
28 Sep 2008 2:16pm
daina from New York, United States
Wonderful color and sweep of landscape like a quickly executed watercolor that captures the essence of a place.
28 Sep 2008 2:26pm
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
print it large! best...jerry
28 Sep 2008 2:31pm
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
This is without a doubt the softess photo I have ever seen, the luminiscense is divine, Bravo GJC, I adore this!
28 Sep 2008 2:37pm
baobab from Cambridge, United States
lovely abstract shot... worth the many tries to get such a magical capture!
28 Sep 2008 3:09pm
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Beautiful! Surreal mood. The effect of the motion from the train is a lovely soft and poetic image.
28 Sep 2008 3:10pm
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
Amazingly beautiful! Admire your creativity and passion!!
28 Sep 2008 3:48pm
TILALA from Bordeaux, France
J'aime beaucoup le flou de cette photo ! Like a painting !
28 Sep 2008 5:24pm
Jasp from Plymouth, United Kingdom
Harmony indeed... simplicity is often the best....simple and perfect.
28 Sep 2008 7:49pm
Lucca from Cologne, Germany
Wow! Did you expect such a great result while shooting out of the moving train? It looks like a wonderful painting.
28 Sep 2008 9:10pm
Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States
Gorgeous... who says 'perfect is always pretty'...
28 Sep 2008 10:47pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Seriously...... that would make a fantastic abstract poster sized print. Super shot.
28 Sep 2008 11:32pm
Anita from West Nottingham, United States
Fabulous! Gorgeous, soft colors. Looks like an abstract.
29 Sep 2008 12:52am
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Nice shot, the speed smooth the details and makes the picture more simple. There was often a continuous wall when I have taken last time the shinkansen which makes difficult to take pictures.
29 Sep 2008 1:00am
@akarui: Yes, yes! I had the same thing going to up north because I was on the lower level of a double-decker car. But coming back we were in a regular car so the wall wasn't in the way. Isn't that a frustrating thing, watching concrete for 90 minutes?!
Hikari from Kumamoto, Japan
So this is probably the so called zen ! , I love it !
29 Sep 2008 1:58am
Laurent from Lyon, France
just a superb motion effect.
The result is Worth 40 attempts and even more
29 Sep 2008 4:42am
ABW from Colorado, United States
I love how the motion worked so well in this shot! Gorgeous!
29 Sep 2008 5:39pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
Doh, I missed this one. This is amazing like a painting.
1 Oct 2008 9:07am
farmermarn from Baltimore, United States
Beautiful. This looks like a lovely watercolor.
1 Oct 2008 11:55pm
Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States
This is absolutely stunning...the soft colors are exquisite...it looks like a watercolor. Just stunning.
7 Oct 2008 12:28pm
Francesco Gallarotti from New York, United States
Surreal and magical... I really like your blog
8 Feb 2009 10:15am
Nikon D300
3/5 seconds
F/25.0
ISO 400
36 mm (35mm equiv.)