cherry blossom festival in Macon Georgia
Posted on 26 March 2009
Okay so truth be told I wasn’t so happy about the turn out of this even. I was a bit bummed out once I got there. It wasn’t anything as I had hope and expected. Sucks I know. Also a two hour drive from my location down to Macon Georgia was suppose to only take me 2 hours but it ended up taking me over 4 hours to get there. Once we got on I75 we were pretty much stuck in a horrible traffic. A roadwork traffic, on a freaken busy interstate on a saturday, come on how smart was that? Well anyways, the weather was great, everything was nice, except the festival wasn’t anything as how I was expecting. I wasn’t able to take alot of pictures, we only stayed for about an hour and a half, maybe two and then we came back home and got stuck in traffic once again.
I wasn’t able to get any good images, but do enjoy what I am able to capture. Sorry about the horrible images.
7 responses to cherry blossom festival in Macon Georgia
I think you still have a good eye!
I forgot to tell you I have so many blogs. I’m going to link yours on my Hmong blog and Asian one cause you focus more on that.
Here they are
Asian cinema
http://kimnicki.blogspot.com
Hmong blog
http://nickihawj.blogspot.com
I really like the last 2 photos, I think you’ve captured the people well. I’d love to visit something like this, but we don’t have anything here. I used to visit the Brooklyn Botanical Garden when I was little and they’ve rows and rows of cherry blossom, very beautiful.
Nice. I especially love the close up shot of the blossoms. It’s still gloomy where I’m at.
wow, the closeup of the blossom is just so pretty. reminds me of why i love blossoms so much.
Your photos looks awesome…don’t be so hard on yourself. I also have a friend just like you that always complain about how his photos never satisfy him. Don’t get me wrong he’s a great photographer but he lacks confident in his work. You on the other hand have a great eye and you know how to capture the beauty of the blossoms. I love your second photo you’ve posted. Now that photo has the whole package. I love how you try to capture everything…such as the event and the people there. Your third photo down is gorgeous. I love the whole color coordination. That picture just inspired me to design a garment with those specific colors. And I also love the second to the last photo on your page. The photo where the guy is trying to take a photo of the little girl. Even though you can’t see what the event is the whole quality of the photo and how the photo is taken… has great balance of beauty. This whole set of photos is just beautiful! Nice work! In China the cherry blossom symbolizes feminine beauty, the feminine principle, or love in the language of herbs. In Japan cherry blossoms also symbolize clouds due to their nature of blooming, besides being an enduring metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life, an aspect of Japanese cultural tradition that is often associated with Buddhist influence, and which is embodied in the concept of mono no aware. The association of the cherry blossom with mono no aware dates back to 18th-century scholar Motoori Norinaga. The transience of the blossoms, the extreme beauty and quick death, has often been associated with mortality; for this reason, cherry blossoms are richly symbolic, and have been utilized often in Japanese art, manga, anime, and film, as well as at musical performances for ambient effect.
Dijune-thanks for your kind words. I know I am always harsh on myself when it comes to my images. There are lots of room for me to grow and I hope to be able to grow some more as time passes and as I get more experience. Thanks for the brief explanation of the purpose of “cherry blossoms”.