A moment of Kyoto Photo

Photographer’s Note

This kind of cherry blossam is called "Yae-zakura". Yae-zakura have generally bigger flower and bloom later than "sakura" ,which normally we call that.

This pic was taken at Gokokuji( or called Toji) in Kyoto in Japan. This architecture which exists behind Yae-zakura has five-story and established A.C.796 ( more than 1200 years ago), but due to some times fire accident, current one was built again in 1486.

Yae-zakura on this photo was nearly before falling, so I guess it was lucky for me that I could take this shot on fine day. To make Yae-zakura blighter, I used Flash.

in Kyoto, there are a lot of old temples and you can see them and Sakura blooming in same area at the begging of April. Hope you feel its nice combination in my pic.

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fanni (8879) 2009-04-19 6:21

Hello Yosuke,
very nice capture! You took the right decision to use a flash. Beautiful flowers are clearly seen, and their soft colour looks nice against the bluish sky. I also like the inclusion of a pagoda in the shot. Good POV, good composition :)
Best wishes from Moscow,
Elena

ChrysK (495) 2009-04-19 6:26

Hello Yosuke,
Good choice of perspective and framing in this picture. The delicate blossoms of the cherry tree position in front of the solid offset the very intricate and man-made structure of the temple. Well done.
Chrystyna

shevchenko (10072) 2009-04-21 20:09

Hi Yosuke,
Nice to see zakura again in this season, creative pov to include background traditional style pagoda, nice colorful sunny day, thanks for sharing.
Ally

Juzo (552) 2009-10-13 8:53

Hi Yosuke,
Great idea with the flash I will remember that, the effect is fantastic. Kyoto looks beautiful I must say.
Regards
Justin