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Moonlight Serenade
Moonlight Serenade
Rikki


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Date: Jan 3, 2006
Aperture: f11
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/80 seconds
Galleries: Black and White, Travel
Date Uploaded: Jan 16, 2006

Viewed: 1503
Comments: 19
Favorites: 11 (view)

 This was a weeping willow that I captured just before sunset at a Temple in Kyoto.

Here's a peom from Robert Ward. Thanks bear_music.


Kyoto Dialogue

Willow whispers: "In my twisted way
I sieve the light of sunset out of day
and from it spin the thread of midnight, thus
to weave a tapestry no moon could dare."

Sun replies: "It is not light you weave;
it is the stuff of dreaming, and you sieve
the best of it way; your dreams are dark
and somber arabesques that wake the night."

My thought: each of them has a tale to spin —
each tale begins with light, and each will end
(whether in light or darkness) in still air —
the light is all, and it is always there,

and nothing else can touch us as they do
(branches and light, shadows and dreams of you).

Robt. Ward

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 06/07/2006 11:23:13 AM
AMAZING shot! Highly emotive and very well composed.
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 05/16/2006 03:58:55 PM
How on this earth did I miss this??? Just lovely. Reminds me of a Louisiana bayou. So deep and moody and mysterious. This is gorgeous, Rikki!!!
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 05/16/2006 03:41:01 PM
Great job capturing/creating a mood for this image. I love the lighting you used/captured....it works really nicely with this type of tree.
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 02/26/2006 05:30:25 PM
that is an amazing picture
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 02/25/2006 03:17:13 PM
oooh...this is gorgeous!
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 01/24/2006 09:58:02 PM
Another great one Rikki. Good use of sepia tones, not overdone. This reminds me of the these trees they have in Jamaica that have these weird root kind of things coming out of them and into the water. Thanks for taking me back to one of my favorite places.
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 01/24/2006 03:02:50 PM
Very nice. Excellent.
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 01/24/2006 01:47:52 PM
Excellent capture! An image I'd love to be able to take someday :)
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 01/24/2006 10:46:40 AM
After the Branch challenge I thought I would never enjoy a photo of branches again LOL but this one has a really nice moody feel to it, love the sepia it just completes it. Great shot and processing.
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 01/23/2006 10:10:24 PM
Excellent photo. I love the lighting, and the semi-soft-focus/gothic glow.
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 01/23/2006 09:29:55 PM
Just stunning...little sharper maybe but its just beautiful.
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 01/19/2006 02:49:18 PM
i love to put this in my fav box both for the image and poem
great stuff
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 01/19/2006 01:24:18 PM
helluva nice shot rikki. love the sharp softness of it.
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 01/19/2006 09:20:02 AM
Whoa Rikki! VERY nice! This is awesome... Certainly establishes a very strong mood. Beautiful captured and presented.
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 01/17/2006 11:24:13 PM
Awesome. Great light and very spooky.
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 01/17/2006 06:02:48 AM
I get a creepy feeling looking at this. Can just imagine some creature lurking in there. Very cool.
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 01/16/2006 10:39:35 PM
This an awesome picture!
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 01/16/2006 09:42:52 PM
There is a story hiding in here Rikki.
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 01/16/2006 04:07:05 AM
I like it a lot!!
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