Yakumo's World
Snow Melt
Posted by GJC (Kyoto (京都), Japan) on 25 January 2009 in Landscape & Rural.
It just so happens that I took a photo of this very same rock in the summer. I don't know exactly why this little rock and I like each other so well, but it always calls me like an old friend when I visit Jakko-in Temple (寂光院) in Ohara, and wants its photo taken.
grant from kansas city, United States
i'm glad you added the note and link. i like this photo, but it's also good to see two of your takes on the same subject.
25 Jan 2009 5:43am
shallowregret from Kongsberg, Norway
agree, it ties in with the summer one really well, what are those fishes doing now?
25 Jan 2009 8:59am
@shallowregret: Thanks for the visit and the comment. You know, I don't know what happened to those fish. There were some others in the pond this time, but none of the beautiful carp that one sees in the summer. Perhaps someone here knows what happens to carp in the winter?
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Sometimes it just the simplicity of the placement of some object that calls out to us. I can see that I too would be drawn to a little rock such as this.
25 Jan 2009 11:11am
Giovanni from Milan, Italy
A beautiful little rock in every season! Looks like a very peaceful place. Very nice capture!
25 Jan 2009 12:31pm
Hikari from Kumamoto, Japan
Well as I like fishing ... I just can say that carps are in the same place but in winter they reduce their activity and are highly vulnerable to predation. One survival strategy they employ is to inhabit seasonally anoxic (low oxygen) ponds where predators are unable to survive.
I still can see some of them around ...
By the way the photo is very beautiful ... as always !!
25 Jan 2009 12:57pm
@Hikari: Thanks for that! And I thought it was that perhaps you'd fished them already. Well, I sometimes during winter feel like going someplace where predators are unable to survive, too, so it seems like a good plan. Thanks again.
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Beautiful work with lovely natural colors.
25 Jan 2009 1:35pm
EYES WIDE SHUT from United Kingdom
The seasons change but the beauty remains. Very nicely observed
25 Jan 2009 3:01pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
I see this as a little island, it's a cool shot, very nice.
25 Jan 2009 3:41pm
daina from New York, United States
Summer and winter – both are beautiful. The water ripple in the winter image is a good stand in for the fish and provides movement and life. : }
25 Jan 2009 3:52pm
Sugata from Newark, United States
I simply love that rippled reflection on the left side of the photo!
25 Jan 2009 5:15pm
jim from sebastopol, United States
i agree, this rock is charming. to me, it seems a miniature world of it's own with the cedar seedling growing in the moss.
the koi are still there, when cold weather comes they sink down into the bottom depths and fall into a state of semi-hibernation.
25 Jan 2009 5:53pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
A beautiful image. The reflection of that cap of snow really adds a lot. Nicely seen.
25 Jan 2009 6:02pm
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Very much worth a revisit and the rock itself is like a world in miniature. A delightful record of the passing seasons.
25 Jan 2009 8:39pm
Phototherapy from Switzerland
I like passing on your blog, what a serenity, an invitation to rest, meditating...
Beautiful potion :)
SwissCharles
25 Jan 2009 8:47pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
It's beautiful in either season. It's a tiny island supporting a variety of life.
25 Jan 2009 9:04pm
Grahame from Mt Maunganui, New Zealand
It's interesting how some places resonate with our psyche.
Peaceful shot.
25 Jan 2009 10:55pm
Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada
Love that ripple! Hard to find a non-photogenic inch in a Japanese garden.
26 Jan 2009 12:13am
ティモシー from Tokyo, Japan
this is great; has a wonderful, contemplative, serene quality to it.
26 Jan 2009 12:52am
Walter from Watkinsville, United States
How cool and refreshing. Although I would bet it would be very, very cold.
26 Jan 2009 1:33am
cat from Tel Aviv, Israel
It looks like a miniature mountain. Reminds me of that line of Blake's, "to see the world in a grain of sand".
26 Jan 2009 8:51am
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
Love the ripple on the water surface, and the snow too. The snows look like icing on a cupcake ;)
26 Jan 2009 9:29am
Jon Whittle from United States
I've always loved the use of ripples in the water in Japanese design, both real or representational. Very relaxing image made even more interesting by the slight disturbance.
26 Jan 2009 5:36pm
Pixim from Nice, France
A photograph which calls to meditation, and where clearness spouts out thanks to this rock Bravo ;)
27 Jan 2009 8:40pm
michele from Canada
it's good to have old friends in the landscape. and fun i think to photograph the same places again and again. both images are lovely.
27 Jan 2009 11:20pm
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
Both captures of this small "landscaping rock" are a world in themselves, they have a poetry that people attuned to Japanese culture and artistry can feel like a "call"......so much the more for YOU who are located at the very core of what Japanese culture is: Kyoto!!!!
30 Jan 2009 3:05am
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada
Super shot. The colours, the gentle water. It all works together.
31 Jan 2009 8:24pm
Nikon D300
1/60 second
F/5.0
ISO 400
123 mm (35mm equiv.)