The dark and white, a photo from Hiroshima, Chugoku

Photographer's Note

At the moment, I am trying to save all my pictures from C.Ds to DVDs, and whilst doing this I actually stumbled across some pictures I took a while a go in Japan, this particular one is from Hiroshima, it is funny because alot of my students in Nagoya havent heard of a castle there before.

I captured these statue in the foreground because they just looked odd in Japan in the sense that the west meets east?

Hiroshima-jo (Castle) is also called "Rijo" (the Castle of the Carp). This is due to the fact that 'Koi' in Koi-ura, the area where the castle was built, is a homonym of carp in Japanese. Originally constructed in 1589, it was dismantled after the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912) and totally destroyed by the A-bomb. The castle was rebuilt in 1958 from modern ferro-concrete.

weswang, MarekP, singuanti, jmdaoudal, Tue, ChrisJ, zig, jjbach, Fixfocus, alvaraalto, pamastro, Jeppe, davecall heeft deze opmerking als nuttig gemarkeerd

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capthaddock (28790) 2005-05-18 19:14

classical age Europe meets Japan, a good old one Dan. The statues look really good, I wish the castle in the background had a brighter light.

snuggleaphagus (4146) 2005-05-18 19:14

The western looking statues look very interesting with the eastern looking building in the background.

I really like the blue and green combination interrupted by the whitish colors.
Interesting photo seemingly mixing two styles both equally attractive.

MarekP (4750) 2005-05-18 21:22

Beautiful picture, Dan. I like its composition, DOF and sharpness. Colours could be a bit brighter.

Thanks for sharing,
Marek

pacd (132) 2005-05-18 21:25

Very nice and sharped picture. Good DOF choosed... congrats

singuanti (15250) 2005-05-18 23:59

Hi Dan, nice shot. The shot seems a little dark, I don't know if you had your polarizer set to strong or what. But it's still a great shot.

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Mafo (1339) 2005-05-19 1:51

Interesting photo Dan!
Interesting composition with monument in foreground and castle in bacground, nice sharpnes and colors!
Regards

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-05-19 3:28

This is a very good view, well composed for this castle. I find some contrast of style between the style from the statues and the castle itself, and it is surprising.
Quality is excellent here and I like colors and depth.
Jean Michel

Tue (93412) 2005-05-19 5:23

Hi Dan,
Very nice picture! I like the way you captured the statue and the castle in one picture! Very nicely done! :-D
Groetjes,
Lars

ChrisJ (172430) 2005-05-19 6:31

Hi Dan

A good daily life scene, with the castle in the bakground adding scale & context. Well done!

zig (2456) 2005-05-19 8:24

Hi. I had lived in Hiroshima 5 years ago. I have never seen the statue but this is a good mixed composition of 2 quite different kind stuffs. Very interesting. I actually laughed when I saw your photo. Thanks for sharing.

jjbach (9326) 2005-05-19 10:26

Hi Dan,
Excellent composition, very well captured. I like the point of view and the contrast among your two subject (the white statue and the dark castle). Wonderful shot with great details!

Regards John

weswang (18247) 2005-05-19 10:38

Hi Dan, You have hidden some good ones in your repertory. I am surprised by the western style of sculpture in contrast with the traditional Japanese architecture in the background. A well composed picture to have the foreground status lighted up while the background architecture dimmed a little. A clear and detailed picture. Well done.

Fixfocus (9385) 2005-05-19 12:27

A fine off-centered compo with the interesting castle in the background.A very crisp and clear image just a bit to dark,looks like the light meter in your camera got fooled by the white sculpture,-just a detail but overall a very well composed shot.
regards!
h.

mareseye (1209) 2005-05-19 13:39

Hello Dan,
A very nice picture. The construction, with the statue in foreground gives an original point of vue. I think that most of people ignore all about Hiroshima's caltle.
Regards,
Mare

nwoehnl (122) 2005-05-19 15:19

Nice composing for this one, Dan, with a good foreground placement of the marble statues and a nice contrast versus the pagoda-roofed temple in the back. A wee bit of brightening could do it good, I think. Nice photo.

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alvaraalto (42804) 2005-05-21 18:16

Hi Dan,
Beautiful picture. I like it. When I was there I tried after this shot one with a sharp statue and an unsharp pagode and one with unsharp statue and an sharp pagode.
groet Rob

pamastro (7296) 2005-05-22 0:24

It is an interesting contrast between west and east. The sculpture captures the classical look well while mixing it, itself, with Japanese characters. It seems like a piece that could be right out of a period when Japan was so intent on westernizing. It's really nicely balanced between the two, also, and connected well. Very well done, Dan.

danbachmann (1746) 2005-05-25 11:54

You have good composition here, but the exposure is under exposed. No doubt, the meter was confused by the light sky and white statue. I'll work on a correction as a workshop later

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Jeppe (18654) 2005-05-31 16:54

Wonderful composition of B&W (in Colour ;-) And yes - I never seen this kind of statue in Japan - but ok - I never been there eigther - Thanks Dan for this fine job. (And yes - better get a DVD burner soon)

davecall (575) 2005-06-10 14:31

Very well compositioned... sometimes even when a statue is interesting, such as this one, it looks boring on its own. But you have included enough background detail to ensure this is a livelier shot. Good work!