Harvest

Posted by GJC (Kyoto (京都), Japan) on 30 September 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

This is the final shot in the rice series. Most of the rice is now harvested in our area and the fields are now home to hundreds of small birds who poke around in search of stray grains.
This series may have been a little too long (starting on the 14th of this month) so I hope it didn't get too tedious for you. But perhaps like me you now enjoy your rice just a little more, knowing how lovely it is not just in our bowls, but in our fields.

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Comments (26)

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

just amazing! love these textures! and what color! a stunning capture mate -- bravo!!

30 Sep 2008 6:11am

Giovanni from Milan, Italy

Beautiful shot! I love the colours and the texture. Thank you for your fantastic rice series!!

30 Sep 2008 7:31am

Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany

A perfect series, GJC. Don't worry about it being long... Thanks for giving us some new insights into our everyday meals...

30 Sep 2008 7:37am

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

I wonder if it is common practice in Japan to burn the dried clumps of harvested rice stalks. I know I have seen then in Taiwan, and the charred remain will be mixed into the soil adding nutrient. Perhaps you can add one more in the series :) I liked it a lot, thanks for sharing.

30 Sep 2008 7:40am

@Howard F.: Thanks for your comment. I always enjoy reading your thoughts. Yes, they do burn off the stalks here. Since there are many rice fields in this area the air can get rather polluted with all the burning, but it also is kind of nice, too -- the smell of fall.

Morgane from Laroque Timbaut, 47, France

amazing colors and composition !

30 Sep 2008 10:02am

Morgane from Laroque Timbaut, 47, France

amazing colors and composition !

30 Sep 2008 10:03am

ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States

an enjoyable series. now you can focus on the processing : ] best...jerry

30 Sep 2008 2:34pm

hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong

Wow, love this so very much! Beautiful colours, textures... and this must be a moment of joy!:-)

30 Sep 2008 3:12pm

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

This is just wonderful. Again one shot of yours which looks a bit like a beautiful painting. I enjoyed your rice-series a lot.

30 Sep 2008 4:10pm

Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand

Somehow I missed a lot of your photo's, but they are beautiful! Love the fresh green colors of the paddyfields. The harvest makes an impressive picture also, great compo and colors and I like the green detail in the photo.

30 Sep 2008 4:15pm

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

and there's the Grande Finale!!!! Your collection was wonderful never, ever tedious, this is really outstanding GJC, great work :)

30 Sep 2008 4:36pm

baobab from Cambridge, United States

glorious golden glow and great detail on the texture of the stalks and sheaves. great series.

30 Sep 2008 4:38pm

Yvonne S. from Tilburg, Netherlands

What a fantastic photo! beautiful!!

30 Sep 2008 5:10pm

beanow from Poland

Fantastic meeting of varied invoices. The composition and the colouring of picture - super!

30 Sep 2008 6:33pm

MEC from Setúbal, Portugal

Beautifull! Great Picture

30 Sep 2008 8:57pm

gbe from kansas city, United States

i absolutely enjoy my rice more. and this final shot is outstanding.

1 Oct 2008 12:56am

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

Beautiful harvest picture with the rice placed in position for drying.

1 Oct 2008 1:01am

farmermarn from Baltimore, United States

WOW! I LOVE THIS!
All that texture is just fantastic!
I hope you get an enlarged print of this and frame it!

1 Oct 2008 11:54pm

Laurent from Lyon, France

a superb picture with a wonderful light.
I like the way you composed it with a kind of patchwork of 3 different patterns

2 Oct 2008 11:17am

bisha from Saitama, Japan

How fitting to end your rice field series with one of the harvest. It was wonderful to see some of rural Japan that I usually don't get a chance to. Thanks for sharing.

2 Oct 2008 2:09pm

daina from New York, United States

That little bit of green sets of the rest beautifully.

2 Oct 2008 2:15pm

ABW from Colorado, United States

This is almost my favorite shot in the series! Great color and texture. The whole series was wonderful!

2 Oct 2008 6:39pm

Anita from West Nottingham, United States

Beautiful light and composition. Those little red flowers (?) are a perfect touch. The series was not too long for me.

4 Oct 2008 10:59am

Jonas from Vitória, Brazil

A wonderful composition, the green area making a kind of oasis in a golden place.

And congrats for the rice series!

5 Oct 2008 1:33am

Polydactyle from Montréal, Canada

Beautiful compo and colors!

5 Oct 2008 1:50pm

Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States

beautiful textures and (of course) light. love the composition.

7 Oct 2008 12:31pm

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