What a beautiful green.
The angle makes it look like you are taking care to avoid it’s gaze.
It’s amazing how little it takes to make something look human.
Yeah, the heat and humidity may well be horribly oppressive, but we are treated to some very vivid colours.
I know eh? Quite unsettling really. I’d hoped to get much closer, but this year all the interesting ones were at least a few metres into the fields, and attempting to wade in for a shot simply wasn’t an option!
Are these things actually here to scare crows / birds? Here in BC, they use scarecrows, aluminum pans, boom cannons, etc and the crows / starlings just ignore them. Maybe they are more of a representation of Kuebiko, to bring good harvest?
That’s a good point. I’ve just alway assumed they were simple scarecrows, but they may not be.
One thing I have noticed is that they don’t make an appearance until quite late in the summer — not that long before the harvest. Now whether that means the crop is in the most danger then, or that they are there for less practical reasons, I don’t know.
Al says
Ha, love the expression! Awesome sky too! 🙂
Lee says
Thanks! Yeah, got very lucky with the sky. Doubly so as it didn’t rain.
Mareva says
This expression combined with the sky is everything! Kind of “the day after tomorow” thing.
Lee says
Yeah, definitely. Heading out I was disappointed the sky wasn’t blue like forecast, but in the end it turned out much better.
Good call. Hadn’t thought of it like that. That’s very much the feeling.
cdilla says
What a beautiful green.
The angle makes it look like you are taking care to avoid it’s gaze.
It’s amazing how little it takes to make something look human.
Lee says
Yeah, the heat and humidity may well be horribly oppressive, but we are treated to some very vivid colours.
I know eh? Quite unsettling really. I’d hoped to get much closer, but this year all the interesting ones were at least a few metres into the fields, and attempting to wade in for a shot simply wasn’t an option!
Ron says
Are these things actually here to scare crows / birds? Here in BC, they use scarecrows, aluminum pans, boom cannons, etc and the crows / starlings just ignore them. Maybe they are more of a representation of Kuebiko, to bring good harvest?
Lee says
That’s a good point. I’ve just alway assumed they were simple scarecrows, but they may not be.
One thing I have noticed is that they don’t make an appearance until quite late in the summer — not that long before the harvest. Now whether that means the crop is in the most danger then, or that they are there for less practical reasons, I don’t know.