Oh Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom white

[Davie Hudson]

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Ahhh! Spring! I'm getting in the mood for some warm weather. The blossoms a nice and the color good. What lens are you using? The roud circle bokeh is a little distracting. Man I can't wait until I can shoot a scene with flowers blooming!

 

[Davie Hudson]

i just used my kit lens ...i love cherry blossoms lol it's an obsession

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Bonny, Davie, bonny.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I'd have to agree with Ralph, it's a shame the oof is not a smooth as some lenses can render especially in the second two
Still that aside the flowers them selves are pretty and well captured!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Really like the first comp - with the blossom offset by the tree trunk - very nice

 

[Pete Askew]

I keep coming back to these and trying to decide if it is the subject or the tones you have used. They look very Japanese. Was that deliberate?

 

[Davie Hudson]

it wasn't so much deliberate as attempted Pete, i'm a big fan of Japanese culture and aesthetic so when i think of cherry blossoms i automatically think of the old block paintings by the likes of Hokusai etc ( I have one of his paintings tattooed on my left arm )

 

[Allan Batchelor]

Oh god Davies got the blossom bug again

 

[Davie Hudson]

Oh god Davies got the blossom bug again

i'm thinking of going to see frankie during the week and telling him to let his needle go cherry blossom nuts for 2 hours lol

 

[Pete Askew]

The reason it came to mind was partly due to the paintings but also due to the fact that you have chosen to photograph small groups of blossoms. I was in Kyoto during the plum blossom 'season' a few years back and what struck me odd at first when I went to the Imperial Palace to see the famous displays was that, a, it wasn't a spectacular vista as I was expecting and, b, all of the Japanese were looking closely at the trees and taking pictures of individual blossoms. This was my first understanding of how different the Japanese aesthetic is to our own (and explains probably why their cities look such a mess to the 'Western eye'). They see beauty at the detail level more than than at the macro level I think. So they see beautiful clusters of blossoms where as the first impression I had was that it was some rather tatty trees and pretty 'threadbare' grass!!

 

[Davie Hudson]

The reason it came to mind was partly due to the paintings but also due to the fact that you have chosen to photograph small groups of blossoms. I was in Kyoto during the plum blossom 'season' a few years back and what struck me odd at first when I went to the Imperial Palace to see the famous displays was that, a, it wasn't a spectacular vista as I was expecting and, b, all of the Japanese were looking closely at the trees and taking pictures of individual blossoms. This was my first understanding of how different the Japanese aesthetic is to our own (and explains probably why their cities look such a mess to the 'Western eye'). They see beauty at the detail level more than than at the macro level I think. So they see beautiful clusters of blossoms where as the first impression I had was that it was some rather tatty trees and pretty 'threadbare' grass!!

absolutely !! they are seen as very symbolic in japanese culture and as such are revered and respected, as they should be ! they've been a fascination for me for a long time

 

[Pete Askew]

Well, get that arm scrubbed up then!!

 

[Davie Hudson]

Well, get that arm scrubbed up then!!

hahah it's the shaving thats annoying

 

[Pete Askew]

One must suffer for one's art, Davie!!

 

[Davie Hudson]

One must suffer for one's art, Davie!!

something like that, got them done last night and it smarts a bit

 

[Chris Dodkin]

we want pictures!

 

[Davie Hudson]

we want pictures!

they haven't been coloured in yet, i took an iphone shot for facebook ... i could stick that in the iphone section if i tart it up a bit haha