Seiza... Traditional Japanese Sitting Style

[picnik]

Last night was our Aikido Club's Belt Ceremony... and here's the first photo from the ceremony I wanted to share with my DPS friends... I have more... will share once I finish in pp... thanks for looking

[jakethepig]

Very nice capture Nikki. Great DoF. I can't wait to see the rest of them. I wish I could still sit like that lol

Dave.

[SoxAddict]

Lovely shot, very poignant. Great effect with the neutral tones.

[macrobaby]

Lovely shot. Beautiful job on the processing. Tones are wonderful.

[picnik]

Originally Posted by jakethepig

Very nice capture Nikki. Great DoF. I can't wait to see the rest of them. I wish I could still sit like that lol

Dave.

Hi Dave... thanks so much! I've got so many to go through... but the lighting in the dojo is terrible... Flourecent lighting really sucks but I did adjust my white balance so *fingers crossed* we'll see how they turn out. After about 30 minutes... everyone's feet fell asleep.

Originally Posted by SoxAddict

Lovely shot, very poignant. Great effect with the neutral tones.

Thanks Nicky! I thought it looked better with these tones rather than in color.

Originally Posted by macrobaby

Lovely shot. Beautiful job on the processing. Tones are wonderful.

Thank you macrobaby for your nice comments.

[leonaashlee]

Looks painful to me....but great shot. One I wouldn't have thought to get.

[Hayward Taylor]

Hi Nikki - at least they have some form of padding on the floor .. I like the angle .. looking forward to more

[picnik]

Originally Posted by leonaashlee

Looks painful to me....but great shot. One I wouldn't have thought to get.

Hi Leona... it's only painful after you sit like that for a while... everything goes numb Thanks for your kind words.

Originally Posted by Hayward Taylor

Hi Nikki - at least they have some form of padding on the floor .. I like the angle .. looking forward to more

Hi Hayward... yeah... they need the padding... they do a lot of rolling and falling in this form of martial arts. Thanks for checking it out. Take care

[plangereis]

Hi Nikki. Love the treatment of this shot, and the depth of field as well. An interesting perspective you have chosen. Thanks for sharing.

[picnik]

Originally Posted by plangereis

Hi Nikki. Love the treatment of this shot, and the depth of field as well. An interesting perspective you have chosen. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Paul for your very nice comments I think I was getting funny looks when I was taking this shot... I was pretty much lying down