Near my apartment there is a large area filled with rice fields. It’s a relatively peaceful and quiet area, so is fairly popular with residents as an area to “get away from the city”, or at least pretend we are getting away. When the rice plants grow up but before the rice starts coming out at the top, they look very similar to giant blades of grass and will gently sway to and fro with the wind. The overall effect of this is very pleasant and adds to the feeling of peace.

There are always a lot of people walking around enjoying the atmosphere of the place so it is sometimes a challenge to get a photo without anyone in it, but sometimes I get lucky. Here’s one I rather liked from this past fall. I have versions of this photo with the camera at ground level so as to better capture the rice, but for some reason I liked this one the most. Can’t really say why, just do. Enjoy!

Thanks for reading! ~David LaSpina