Yukihiro Shooting the Chickens at the Temple

Love the scene, and his expression, like you've caught him doing something wrong..........I like this in an off beat, cool moment kind of way.....................BR, Holger

Thanks, Holger. I liked this myself for much of the same reasons you cited. I was a little disappointed when it failed to receive any comments. That's often the case for some of the pictures that I think are pretty good....silence.

Love the Tripod composition plus 1 (viewer). It seems just a snap shot of a buddy, but it has the quality of being caught in the act. And the prime witness is the seemingly nonchalant cluck cluck in the background. Really the elements add up to a little vignette in the story sense.

Shooting chickens in a cage - is that like shooting fish in a barrel?

Yukihiro's pose is fluid, dynamic, stable with some tension. He's halfway toward a yoga pose. It goes well with the sweep and slope of the roofs of the structures.

Barry, Mark...............thanks for the comments; much appreciated. Barry, astute comment about the "tripod" composition. I hadn't consciously realized that myself until you mentioned it. That's a really good observation and something I'll try to be more aware of since I think you're on to something important.

 

Mark, I enjoy reading your comments as much as I like seeing your pictures. This side of PN has fallen into something of a state of disrepair lately. It sure would be nice to get back to the way it was 4 or 5 years ago when interesting dialogues between members were more common. Alas, I think we've entered an era of "likes" and "admires". Better than silence, I suppose but no substitute for real communication.

I like the moment that you have captured, Jack, but the photo also makes me want to be there in that place, to understand it and the culture better, and to appreciate the overall aesthetics even more in person. --Lannie

Thanks Lannie, after 30 years I sort of take everything for granted. It's always a struggle to see things with fresh eyes.

" It's always a struggle to see things with fresh eyes." Really, Jack? I suspect what you meant to say, as is the case in connection wit this image, you need to be convinced that the subject matter you see is worthy of clicking the shutter. In my opinion, your photographic eye never is at issue. And, by the way, since I find myself unable to provide a comment different from the earlier ones, suffice it to say that I agree with them all.

Awesome photo, one of thous moments in time perfectly captured. The expression on photographers face is priceless.