Kids [2 of 3] - 舞妓 (Maiko)

Yes, Stu... sometime I got really hard to exprain this "Geisha" mean in Canada.
When someone asked me what is Geisha? or Geisha-girl ? and people mix up Geisha's image usually.
Of course my English skill not enough that's why but very hard for me that :D
Anyway really nice shot !! 　たいへんよくできました！スチュワートさん　（＾＾

Beautiful subject!

Enlightened by your commentary, Stu, thank you. This one and yesterday's shot are classics of the culture, quietly but surely underscored by your eye for pose and fabric and color.

beautiful tones and colours.i like the way they ve designed the umbrella spokes. maybe you could try getting a close up of the center=P haha. this is a great take.. i feel there...

Very cool indeed! Is it a rare oportunity to be able to photograph the Maiko?

There's a winner. Nice twist to a stereotypical image. Super.

Very strong image! She looks so sad!!!

Great work on this Stu.

breathtaking mate. I love this shot...I've said it before but I'll say it again. Duncs and you have got great opportunities. I can only wish to take such photos here in Tokyo. I'm going to have to make a trek back to Japans old capital. The colours and her expression are full of emotion. Excellent work mate. You've managed to fill the frame really well. Did you crop this at all?? If you did great job. If you didn't fantastic shot mate!!

Very good. She has that young-but-old look.

Wonderful pose and expression. The details in the costume are beautiful. Superb shot.

i like this shot - the colours are very deep :)

Really fine expression!

superb colours--willing subject--another winner--billy

superbe! je n'ose pas imaginer le temps qu'il faut pour la préparer, la pauvre.

Maybe I'm totally wrong but it looks like this isn't a photograph and it's all just photoshop. I don't mean that in a derogatory way, it just looks like you've taken various pieces of the Geisha costume, make up, a kid's face, someone's hands, and a background and photoshopped them all together to make it look like it was a photo. I say this because the perspective of the umbrella to her body doesn't look quite right, the proportion of her head to her body looks nothing right at all, and the way her clothes fall on her neck looks like she is a paper doll with cutout clothes pasted on her. The hands are throwing me off as well, they look like they go with the custome but not the head.
Maybe I'm totally wrong, maybe it's just the way you processed this, but I still can't help but look at this and wonder if it wasn't just a good photoshop job of putting multiple images together. If it was, good work, if it wasn't good photo. Some clarification on this would be nice.

excellent work!

Nice work Stu. You could sell this image to a Kyoto guide book. I think the way you've framed this shot is great and you are becoming very good at your hobby mate. Keep it up.
Daz

well captured, nice ecplanation about japaneese calture, thank you

A stunner.

I'm with badala--she does look sad! But great job fishing her out of the halo of photographers.

Love this shot!

lovely, i like her face. seems to be sad

That is a fancy get up.

Superb image, Stu. Really striking. perfect composition, colours and contrast. You've captured the essence of your subject here.

love it! the colour and composition - superb