Yakumo's World
Spring Field
Posted by GJC (Kyoto (京都), Japan) on 19 April 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
Utterly beautiful. Love the way you've framed this.
19 Apr 2009 8:08am
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
Picking out the beautiful flowers for the market or a meal to sustain life- that's the gift and power of spring and the sun. Awesome shot.
19 Apr 2009 8:27am
Stu from Kyoto, Japan
Love how everything in the focal range is packed into the bottom of the frame, and the top is full of those luscious bokeh greens (and pink!).
19 Apr 2009 10:12am
MrsAmber from United Kingdom
Super picture, wonderfully composed. I echo wht Stu says really. Lovely colours
19 Apr 2009 10:33am
cat from Tel Aviv, Israel
Superb, especially the framing. It is very effective, because it allows us to see the pink blossoms in the tree, and gives the feeling that the picture is about more than just the figure, it's about the place, the time.
19 Apr 2009 12:57pm
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Your framing is so wonderful and your depth of field is perfect. Lovely and emotive...full of life and colour.
19 Apr 2009 1:16pm
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
A beautiful image of warmth and hope! Wonderful clarity, tonality and the DOF is soooo lovely! Thanks for brightening up my day.:-)
19 Apr 2009 3:00pm
Marcie from United States
Love the composition..with the figure in the low foreground. Really nice!
19 Apr 2009 5:14pm
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
cutting the mustard. best...jerry
19 Apr 2009 5:16pm
Stovepipe from Ames, Iowa, United States
One of those few portraits where the personality is enhanced by the face being shadow: the subject is part of the landscape, in the world and of it. It speaks of everyday life, dignity, self-possession.
20 Apr 2009 12:26am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
This is marvelous. The whole image is perfect.
20 Apr 2009 2:50am
Nathan from Los Angeles, United States
Lovely capture, what is that person picking?
20 Apr 2009 6:24am
zanfifotos from Pignans, France
i love it !! the frame, the dof, really great pic
20 Apr 2009 5:07pm
Anita from West Nottingham, United States
What is she picking? I want a hat like that! Love the lushness.
21 Apr 2009 2:47pm
@Daniel: Thanks for the visit and comment. This was taken in Kyoto, in the upper northeast of the city in an area called "Shugakuin" (修学院). Though of course there are many houses in that area of Kyoto, there are still some lovely small farms there as well as the imperial retreat that dates back many centuries.
Nikon D300
1/100 second
F/8.0
ISO 160
255 mm (35mm equiv.)