"Chinese Landscape with Mountain and Full Moon"

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As soon I saw this image on the LCD , it stuck me as a Chinese landscape painting.
Maybe It will be too presumptuous perhaps, but that’s how I saw it and later visualized it.

Those are lines created by receding waves on sand. The “Moon” a broken shell.

Technical Details

Nikon D810
Tamron 24-70

I just see a dirt road ?

Ok, no more feedback?

I do see the mountains and the full moon. Wonderful abstract scene Joao.

I see it. It is evocative rather than literal and kind of playful, too. My immediate reaction is a stylized landscape that you could find in lithographs. I like the darker lines of stuff down below, giving way to lighter and the “moon”.

I absolutely can see it. You’ve evoked a Chinese scroll painting (that’s undoubtedly not the correct term). The way the black bits that outline the “mountains” fade to white up the frame gives a sense of the mountains fading into the distance. Well seen!

I do love your eye and imagination. The texture is nicely captured and I can “see” the mountain and the full moon. Well done…well seen. A minimulistic type shot…awesome!

For me this is one of these cases when the title is SO important.
I would have probably liked your image anyway, as a details / abstract image. But after reading the title - it really reminds me of rice fields, and / or a Chinese style painting. I can totally relate to your interpretation, pretty genius in my opinion.

Thank you all for your comments and critiques.
It’s kind of a difficult image, this one.

I’m sorry for the late reply but been very busy with examinations on University.

A wonderful abstraction and I almost wished I hadn’t seen the title. The aspect ratio and clean lines immediately speak of Asian aesthetics to me, as does the high imagined horizon. I love the lines and layers building up tension until the reach the “moon”. Great work!

And sorry for my late reply, I only joined a few days ago. But this image immediately jumped out on me when I saw it!

I see a sandy beach. I am lead through the image by the progression of light to the light object. Is it a stone.