Ashinoko - Hakone Photo

Photographer’s Note

This pleasure ship on Hakone's lake Ashinoko caught my eye with the brightly painted Union Jack. The red pillars are a Torii (Shinto Gate), and that's Mount Fuji in the background. The photo is a bit crowded, but I like the colours. I mounted a grey Neutral Density filter at the same angle as the line of the trees to enable me to stop the snow on Mount Fuji from blowing out and making the sky a little bluer.

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rjamin (1169) 2002-12-21 14:46

Three objects(the gate, the boat and mt. fuji) that is interesting by itself. Most of the time it doesnt work when so many strong objects placed together in a single frame. But it works very well on this picture.
I also like the contrast of color of the objects(blue boat, white mountain, red gate and blue sky).
Only small critique I can say is that probably better if your composition include more on the left and less on the right.

rbcy1974 (20742) 2005-03-14 15:32

Great Picture, DOF, and coulours.

Klapaucius (623) 2005-12-08 7:18

You have combined so much. The extravagant boat, the Tori and Fuji-san himself. Excellent. The composition is good, and the colkours good although the woods seem too dark. Well done.