lion - 獅子舞

tetsuさんはじめまして。
じろさぶ兄と申します。

私はモノクロ写真をあまり撮らないのですが
久しぶりに撮ってみてトーンの難しさに改めて
気づきました。これからは少しずつ撮っていきたい
と思いますので今後ともよろしくお願い致します。

これは獅子に風船がついているのでしょうか？
不思議な感じのする画ですね。

じろさぶ兄さん、ありがとうございます！
この獅子には風船が付いている訳ではありません...。獅子の後ろに風船を持っている人が立っていたのです...。
こちらこそよろしくお願いします。

Nice shot! Is it a mask?

Thanks Mats!
Yes. It is a mask. Dance with the mask was made for the celebration for a new year.

makes me feel like a new year more than anything! thx

Awesome picture...it looks like the ballons are attached to the mask...or is it??

This is a nice photo and works great as a black & white. The photo contrast also works very well.

I got kind of a creepy feeling from this photo initially as I saw the balloon strings as puppet strings and the mask as some monstrous marionette. Good work.

Nice photo - like always. This one is a bit scary! Cheers.

This lion mask is similar with the one I usually see in a Chinese New Year. And was the balloons attached to the lion or was just in the background?

Thanks Mohammed, Paul, Armadillo44, David and Eric!
The mask was introduced from China, I guess. And balloons were not attached... The man with balloons in his hands was just in the background of the mask.

Kcさん、ありがとうございます！
三が日に靖国神社に行ったら舞ってました。

very curious, the picture with the balons! (^^,)

Thanks Siri!

I really enjoy the reflective surface of the mask in comparrison to the hair and the thin strings of the balloons.
What equipment do you use?
Regards, G

Thanks Gregor!
My camera is Canon EOS 1V.

I would not have ever thought of traditional Japon as black and white. Color are so beautiful and important. And though, your photos are amazing! Congratulations.

Thanks Geneline!