Pond, Bamboo Forest

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  DWThomas

• Nov 4, 2015

I like the mood this establishes.

 

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  mfohl

• Nov 4, 2015

Nice light.

 

• HiHoSilver

• Nov 4, 2015

Andrew, you do something I don't see much - which is the soft, reflective mood with hard focus. Hard focus is a bias of mine - espec. in portraiture. I have a harder time describing the wonderful effect of the very busy tones in the forest. I like where I live, describing it as having a 1,000 shades of green. You've made alot of beauty with the shades of gray without resorting to tricks of focus. Its gorgeous.

 

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  mooseontheloose

• Nov 4, 2015

I like this one a lot Andrew. The soft light, the incredible detailed busyness of the trees and leaves, the soft tones...it all works! I need to find some quiet places like this here (or near) Kyoto.

 

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  Micalngelo

• Nov 4, 2015

Beautifully done.

 

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  blansky

• Nov 4, 2015

Totally agree about the subtlety and the almost cathedral feeling of the top.

 

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  Andrew O'Neill

• Nov 4, 2015

Thank you kindly, everyone! The bit of fog really did something special to the light. I caught the tail end of the fog, as the wind picked up. Calm and foggy one minute then, whoosh! The sounds made in a bamboo forest when it's windy are pretty special...

 

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  mooseontheloose

• Nov 4, 2015

Andrew O'Neill said:

The sounds made in a bamboo forest when it's windy are pretty special...

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Don't you mean creepy? The way bamboo creaks and moans in the wind almost always creeps me out (sometimes in a good way) - especially in low light or if I'm alone.

 

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  Andrew O'Neill

• Nov 4, 2015

Yes, it is pretty creepy. I don't think I could handle a night in there...The groaning and moaning is like they're talking to each other... I like all the different knocking sounds. An interesting fact about bamboo is its ability to grow from a metre tall to several metres in just a week. I found this beautiful little bamboo shoot of about a metre in height. I came back exactly a week later, and I could not find it. Eventually I did. The darn thing towered over me!

 

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  ColColt

• Nov 4, 2015

Maybe I've seen "Predator" too many times but that area looks like a good place for him. Well done. I wouldn't want to be there at night either!