Chado, a photo from Tokyo, Kanto

Photographer's Note

The Japanese tea ceremony is a unique cultural tradition, which began in the 15th century.

Although the ceremony was restricted to only the wealthy in the past, today it is something in which everyone can take part.

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jjcordier (79299) 2012-09-03 23:30

André
Très bon focus sur les mains pour magnifier cet auguste geste rituel.
Amitiés
JJ

vishaal (1042) 2012-09-03 23:44

Hi André,
Oh, what a beauty! The hands.....! I am amzed to see such awonderful shot my friend. A real time capture. No words...!
Bravo!
Vishal.

bukitgolfb301 (53894) 2012-09-04 0:40

Hi dear Adrew

Nice shot indeed, you cropped the most chracteristic parts and actions exactlly. Yes your note is quite right. My wife also sometimes enjoys this wonderful hobby. Thanks for your shring with great posting and have a good day!

Takero from Tokyo.

ManuMay (36447) 2012-09-04 0:47

Hi Andre!

A wonderful work yours...

The perfect focus on hands enhances its importance on the ritual, we could see hatd hands that seem to have worked for many years...but even are treated with care...a very important part of the ceremony...every angle, every moment is delicate and studied...

Very good skills...excellent light, colours and sharpness...it is a great work...

Congratulations...

Manu

JFS (32459) 2012-09-04 3:20

Your shot is just delicious: the colors, the sharpness, the subject....My compliments!
Cheers,
Juan

Bartleby (13552) 2012-09-04 4:59

Hiyya,
j'aime beaucoup le petit coup de lumière et la profondeur de champ sélective. The fact his head is chopped-off nous permet de focaliser l'attention sur les mouvements et ton sujet.
Swell!

Phil the teacher

sevy (58) 2012-09-04 6:25

Salut André,

Je n'ai jamais assité à une telle cérémonie. Je suis un peu curieux car je suis aussi un grand amateur de thé (mais pas trop de thé vert comme au Japon).
Pas mal cette faible profondeur de champs placée sur les mains en pleine action, mais ton en conservant une certaine lisibilité sur le kimono en arrière plan. Un bon équilibre.

Yves.

kathryn_weir (2056) 2012-09-04 12:03

Hello Andre
A superb capture with the shallow depth of field bringing the attention right to the hands and bowl. Wonderful sharpness and perfect cropping to convey the gravity of the ceremony and it's importance being the main point of focus instead of the person performing the ceremony...elegantly conveyed
The soft and natural golden side lighting falling on the hands is also perfectly captured
Thanks for sharing
Kathryn

ACL1978 (7511) 2012-09-04 13:36

Gorgeous and delicate focus, Andre - just a perfect choice of DOF and framing to isolate the hands and bowl, but also to give them context from the BG. Such nice, balanced light, too - it brings out the texture of the hands and brush particularly well. Lovely capture.

Andrew

korbee (6619) 2012-09-04 13:45

this is topclass work andre,the way you focussed on the hands is great,and it tell the details of the famous ceremony,could go right into the glossy Insight guide travel book ;=]

jan

delnaja (2056) 2012-09-05 12:34

Bonsoir André,
heureusement que je tombé sur cette photo car je commençais à être désespérer ... Après un break ici, je reviens, je vois environ une vingtaine de photos publiées par jour (je me rappelle une période où c'était un tsunami de photos), et de piètre qualité, loin d'être inspirante et voici cette merveille. Un close-up bien pensé et une technique parfaite.
Fred

Suppiluliuma (3931) 2012-09-11 23:16

Again a festivity of colors and punctuality in terms of focus.

Although I understand your capture of 1/3, I tend to prefer a landscape mode, which would entail more details of the delightful brown fabric on the right and more emphasis on the hands.

Amicalement,

Erdem