Yakumo's World
Tea for Three
Posted by GJC (Kyoto (京都), Japan) on 27 January 2009 in Lifestyle & Culture.
The second of four photos for my wife, a wise student of tea (茶道)
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Good use of color and depth-of-field. I would try cropping a bit tighter to the cups.
27 Jan 2009 5:03am
Liang from San Francisco, United States
very calm and soothing, tea is good for a variety of reasons! =D Lovely colors!
27 Jan 2009 7:01am
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
A very strong shot with perfect DOF. I am having a cup of (english) tea right in front of me...
27 Jan 2009 7:05am
Hikari from Kumamoto, Japan
I really envy the people who´s got the patient for tea ceremony ...
I find it really boring !
The shot really shows the calm process .
27 Jan 2009 9:35am
cat from Tel Aviv, Israel
The red of the mat is very striking.
The cups are exquisite!
And the nature just beyond is very calm and serene.
27 Jan 2009 11:21am
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
Wow, what a fantastic composition ... I like the view through the window as much as the set table!
27 Jan 2009 2:08pm
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
What a delight! Beautiful angle and colours... the slightly blurred scenery is such a wonderful background! Enjoy this very much.:-)
27 Jan 2009 2:37pm
Paradise from Iran
have a tea with a good friend ... its like a dream:)good job...really good
27 Jan 2009 2:58pm
daina from New York, United States
Splendid sense of design and mood – it is so still and quiet that the light itself is quiet and casts only the faintest of shadows. Lovely!
27 Jan 2009 4:11pm
Alivia from Saint-Etienne, France
épurée, contrastée entre le rouge violent et la couleur miel de sur la table, trois tasses qui correspondent aux tentes des arbres et qui en sont l'écho, belle composition.
27 Jan 2009 4:51pm
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
You have directed the viewer's eye directly to the focal point ... all the while providing a beautifully textured foreground and a hint of what lies in the distance. Simple and elegant ...
27 Jan 2009 4:56pm
grant from kansas city, United States
i love this! - so bright, open, and direct...
27 Jan 2009 6:50pm
Jasp from Plymouth, United Kingdom
I have to confess that I only drank English tea for many many years, then my daughter introduced me to Green and Jasmine teas when she went to Hong Kong. The art of drinking tea is now something to be cherished and to be taken slowly.
27 Jan 2009 8:16pm
Pixim from Nice, France
A composition at the height of the solemnity of the ritual, DoF is impressive of clearness, and I like the opening towards the outside world of the scene Bravo ;)
27 Jan 2009 8:36pm
Phototherapy from Switzerland
Apart the master comp, I like the light balance, white but warm light :)
The cups are inviting...
SwissCharles
27 Jan 2009 8:37pm
Alan from Southampton, United Kingdom
Lovely colours and the simple composition is very effective.
27 Jan 2009 9:07pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
Great point of view in this classy image.
27 Jan 2009 10:05pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
A simple, perfectly descriptive image, that puts across an understanding of the exquisite nature of god tea.
28 Jan 2009 12:07am
Grahame from Mt Maunganui, New Zealand
Even without a description you would know where this shot was taken.
Nice image.
28 Jan 2009 12:25am
Will from Gainesville, United States
great shot...I love the light, bokeh, and composition:)
28 Jan 2009 2:11am
baobab from Cambridge, United States
thanks for all your comments. I am running behind on aminus3 and catching up on other comments, but saving your blog... it's my tendency to save my favourite things for last so that they can be fully savoured and appreciated :-)
very nice depth of field, linear composition and tones in this shot.
28 Jan 2009 4:28am
ocorti from Vevey, Switzerland
nice composition. Its simplicity makes it strong. It suggests a lot. I really like it.
28 Jan 2009 6:25am
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
So significant to have rituals to observe. Civilization is the poorer for missing them.
28 Jan 2009 3:53pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
My daily tea ceremony is the complete opposite of your picture- I brew some strong oolong during lunch in a coffee mug, and I gulp it down before I drive home from work so it would keep me awake on the road.
29 Jan 2009 8:55am
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
This is a very representative image for what the "tea ceremony" is meant to be.....simplicity, but so elegantly rendered!
30 Jan 2009 3:08am
Laurent from Lyon, France
a typical image from Japan perfectly rendered.
First the light is superb. The use of the deep of field is perfect. Composition is neat. A really pleasant picture.
30 Jan 2009 9:59pm
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
A beautiful image of Japan. The image is cut in half, outside and inside. I usually prefer an other ratio but the rules can be broken...
2 Feb 2009 1:34am
Nicole from Komono, Japan
Very pretty and a cute title as well! I am not so good the title creation aspect of photography.
2 Feb 2009 6:14am
@Nicole: Thanks for the visit and comment. Actually I really don't like the title part of photography. I always just sit there thinking "well, I don't know......"
Nikon D300
1/15 second
F/5.0
ISO 400
105 mm (35mm equiv.)