[DEEP JAPAN] Selfie under cherry blossoms📷👩🧑🌸

The cherry blossom season is a beautiful selfie chance :selfie: . People sometimes shoot for themselves, but often boyfriends take pictures of girlfriend. That is a smiley scene :couple_with_heart_woman_man: . Of course she sometimes takes him.

In order to introduce the culture this time, I asked my friend @user_not_found for a model. I often shoot men and women self portraits as volunteers to improve photography technique. Because this is the most shortcut​:running_man:‍ :male_sign: .

There are technical limitations to photos posted to Google Maps as a Local Guides. Being a descriptive picture, aligning the horizon, being sharp, etc. Because Google Map needs an accurate context description.

However, some processing will be acceptable when uploading as selfy. That’s because the processed photos sometimes reproduce the scene of the place you actually saw and felt correctly.

Japan is an art in which the whole country uses nature as a canvas. In fact, the ancestors artificially planted trees to complete the art. In retrospect, it’s so broad art :japan: . Even me who is Japanese originally is surprised :open_mouth: .

If you come to Japan, please enjoy selfie :selfie: :older_woman: :adult: :cherry_blossom: .

Let’s talk about photography techniques by everyone!

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These pictures are extremely beautiful @YasumiKikuchi :slight_smile:

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Hello @Kavita1
Thank you so much😃

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Great job @YasumiKikuchi and very beautiful model!

Thank you for sharing with us! My sister really likes to take photos and sometimes I am her model :slight_smile: And we enjoy that time together a lot.

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Thanks for tagging, @YasumiKikuchi . The whole scenery and the photos themselves look amazing. Cherry blossoms are something to get inspired by everyday. :cherry_blossom::cherry_blossom::cherry_blossom:

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Hey @YasumiKikuchi ,

I like your photos a lot, especially how the yellow skirt contrasts with the pale pink cherry blossoms. I’ve seen something similar in this post Using color to make your photos stand out. You used the technique on point.

At what time of the day did you take the pictures? I know that the best photos are shot early in the morning or late in the afternoon. What is more, you miss the crowds.

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Thank you for your reply @Ivi_Ge
You are very good at Selfie in Japanese scenery​:shinto_shrine::japan:. Your selfie tells us that you love Japanese tradition​:camera:. I would like to see selfie in collaboration with your sister​:smiley:.

Hello @IrrPavlova
That’s really what you said. Cherry blossoms in Japan refer to the entire life cycle of the life and are therefore planted in many public facilities and parks. We come to think about the remaining time of life carefully​:cherry_blossom::hourglass::thinking:.

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Hi @MoniDi
Thank you for the great insight🔍. As @Christina-NYC says, in order to make use of color coordination in the industry of Google Map and Connect, scientific observation of colors such as the color method is indispensable. Nevertheless, the reason we show interest in Japanese distinctive colors is that they are very different from Western color rules. I want you to compare. You will be surprised of the difference.

Japan color chart
Western color chart
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These photos were taken afternoon​:sunrise_over_mountains:. In fact, we have devised the camera angle, as the crowd never stopped​:camera::sweat_drops:

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Very beautiful @YasumiKikuchi I especially love the photo of your model’s shoes walking on the path covered in cherry blossom rain. Great perspective.

Keep up the practice and sharing!

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Hi @YasumiKikuchi ,

I couldn’t agree more with what you said about Japanese people using “nature as a canvas”! This is a unique quality of the entire Japanese art and I think it’s fantastic. :slight_smile:

By the way, the links that you shared of the Japanese colours and the Western colours are quite interesting. They show the difference in the perception, right? I’ll be curious to read a post about this. :slight_smile:

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Thank you @DeniGu !

I think this is a result of the development of a common culture of public goods by the custom from the Edo era of Japan🗾.

The reason why there is a Japan color chart is that both the medical and folklore opinion that the eyes and brain of the Japanese people are too sensitive to color, so it became a habit to enjoy slight differences in color🎨. Therefore it is characterized by a lot of pale colors and slightly dull colors. The vivid color is too strong for the Japanese🕶

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Hi @KimberlyAnnG

Thank you for noticing my point of view! It is difficult to take a picture of the fallen cherry blossoms. The intention of this photo is loneliness with the end🌸

I love how you took those cherry blossoms with the beautiful model, perfect match up!

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Hi @BearMi thank you!

Each of our cultures likes Selfie very much🤳

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Hi @YasumiKikuchi ,

Beautiful photos and model! Seeing your photos made me miss Spring, and that means a lot considering how much I like Autumn :slight_smile:

Thank you for sharing more about photography and Japan with us!

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Thank you for your subscription @Jesi
As you say, Japanese natural art is always devised to make us miss. Because Japanese people are much more sensitive to loneliness than pleasure🌸.

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Hey @YasumiKikuchi ,

By the way, I’ve noticed that your post has a Japanese language label. Please note that I’ve removed it as your post is written in English.

To learn more about those labels I recommend you to take a look at the following article How do I find posts in my preferred language?.

Hello @TsekoV
Because Connect does not have a search function for each country, I used Japanese tags for convenience.

Other moderators had some understanding of why. But I understand that in the future such methods will be tightly controlled.

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