Yakumo's World
Quiet Afternoon
Posted by GJC (Kyoto (京都), Japan) on 8 March 2009 in Lifestyle & Culture.
An interior shot taken at Daitokuji Temple (大徳寺).
Thanks for all the kind words on yesterday's image. Several hoped to see some images from the tea ceremony itself, but photography isn't allowed. I am hoping that someday my wife's teacher will give me the chance, but up until now it is not considered appropriate. So . . . back to the temples.
cat from Tel Aviv, Israel
A beautiful study in light and shadow! I love how I can't tell how big or small the wooden structure is, it could be a table leg or a giant pillar.
8 Mar 2009 5:34am
kiji from Valenciennes City of Lights, France
Very quiet indeed!
Beautiful light :)
8 Mar 2009 7:27am
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
Again we an clearly see your style here. A perfect play with shadow and light.
8 Mar 2009 8:51am
Stu from Kyoto, Japan
This says GJC all over. Simple, pure, evocative, and as in the title; quiet.
8 Mar 2009 9:17am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
That precious afternoon light makes the beautiful, outstanding...
8 Mar 2009 11:56am
jim from sebastopol, United States
what a vision of serenity this is.. i not only see but feel a deep quiet.
regarding the photoblog competition, i think it's good you entered it because if you hadn't you will always wish that you had entered it. i think you will do very well with it, my friend. jim
8 Mar 2009 5:51pm
Ian from A tranquil leafy place, United Kingdom
It may be "back to the temples", as you say, but you always handle it so well ... I adore these shots and I'm glad more of them are populating your archive/portfolio. Superb, man.
8 Mar 2009 7:51pm
Robert Kruh from Slovenia
What a superb choose of view! Great composition and ligths, lovely work!
8 Mar 2009 10:01pm
Anita from West Nottingham, United States
Lovely and peaceful. I'm delighted you submitted your blog to Photoblog Awards. I have voted for it with great satisfaction.
8 Mar 2009 11:40pm
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
One of your best. best...jerry
8 Mar 2009 11:40pm
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Beautiful! I love it. An excellent picture.
I will have a look to your link of PhotoblogAwards after posting this.
9 Mar 2009 12:37am
Tracey from Maryland, United States
So simple, yet so powerful. It reminds me of some images I just took of snow drifts and shadows from the telephone poles along the street. Very calming.
9 Mar 2009 12:59am
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
I come back... I have left a comment after registration on PhotoblogAwards. I could not see the place for voting on the page. May be votes are on Cool Photoblogs as they seems to be connected?
9 Mar 2009 1:07am
@akarui: Thank you very much! Yes, the voting is confusing. But if you go to the place where there is the number of votes (on the left side, top) it says right under it "Vote." If you click that "Vote," you're done. Thank you very much.
Nathan from Los Angeles, United States
This shot does have a peaceful feeling to it. Great work.
9 Mar 2009 4:07am
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Another of your bold statement shots where light and detail play.
9 Mar 2009 1:17pm
grant from kansas city, United States
i go lots of places i'm not supposed to to take pictures, but i'm actually glad to hear that some things, like the tea ceremony, are off limits to cameras. i think, as another example, that cameras have become too present in most american weddings. but, i ramble.
you must know i love this one! the light and shadow are lovely.
9 Mar 2009 7:50pm
@grant: Thanks for the visit and comment. In fact, I agree completely with you (even when it sometimes frustrates me). There is something so utterly ineffible about the whole ceremony, the quiet whisps of steam and the soft silks and hushed voices, that that the crack of a shutter seems a massive, distracting intrusion.
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
My I suggest sketching the ceremony? I wonder if that's allowed. When I was in college, there was a professor that wouldn't allow us to bring cameras to class trips, and we visited a lot of very scenic places with snow, pine tree groves, etc. She wanted to train us to sketch/draw, so the landscape we sketched would be imprinted in our head instead of on a photograph. It takes a while to produce the scene but it worked.
9 Mar 2009 10:53pm
@Howard F.: Thanks for your thoughtful idea. Actually, I can promise you that you do not want to see any of my drawings. In fact, the reason I like the camera is that I can have no artistic skill and yet still create art.
Nikon D300
1/40 second
F/4.8
ISO 400
82 mm (35mm equiv.)