Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Ducks
Inawashiroko, Fukushima-ken. I think this is the third largest lake in Japan. Even with rangefinder and 40mm lens to hand I try to make wildlife photographs.
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I think I see the funny side to this. I mean, do those people know they are being followed? Dare they look back? How long have they been trying to lose them? Are they utterly fed up? Quack!
Quite simply, a wonderful picture. The pictorial aspects are so strong that I have to force myself to even approach the human/humorous angle, which John-Jo has, quite rightly, highlighted. The picture looks tilting but in fact is cleverly using the symmetrical shape of the lake. The tree toys with scale when set against the people. The tones are very Japanese. I'm glad to see that there are mad dogs and Japanese to stagger out in the mid-day snow!
As a further twist to the duck parade: it looks as though the females, closest to the people, have decided to leave their menfolk behind, the ones behind the tree, and throw in their lot with some better providers!
Love it.
I like the composition here with the tree balancing the 2 people. It does have a nice humourous touch with the ducks following the people. Is that snow? For some reason I have always associated Japan with a hot sun, apart from Mount Fuji that is.
Not, I think, a picture to try and analyse too much, but one just to enjoy. Great timing, great humour, great composition and just plain great.
nearly high key. like how the ducks are following the couple maybe expecting some bread...the little tree adds a nice detail completing and balancing the scenery.
Many thanks for the comments.
Yes it is snow.
Japan stretches across many lines of lattitude. The northern part (Hokkaido) is sub-artic during winter and pretty much like England during its summer. The southern part (Okinawa) is sub-tropical. Fukushima-ken is somewhere in the middle - about 300km north of Tokyo. Cold snowy winters and hot sticky summers.
The simplicity of this appeals to me and the curve of the beach links the main contituients of the composition.
I know there is no true horizon but I have a strong feeling of a slope to the right.
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As a further twist to the duck parade: it looks as though the females, closest to the people, have decided to leave their menfolk behind, the ones behind the tree, and throw in their lot with some better providers!
Love it.
Yes it is snow.
Japan stretches across many lines of lattitude. The northern part (Hokkaido) is sub-artic during winter and pretty much like England during its summer. The southern part (Okinawa) is sub-tropical. Fukushima-ken is somewhere in the middle - about 300km north of Tokyo. Cold snowy winters and hot sticky summers.
I know there is no true horizon but I have a strong feeling of a slope to the right.