Open edition print
Hilltop Trees, a Still Moment
A row of winter trees on a high Hokkaido hill, caught in the one windless moment after several tries, a quarter hour before sunset. A long, quiet panorama for the wall above a sofa. Free replacement if it arrives flawed, and a 30-day return if it does not feel right on your wall. A low hill behind the trees, the kind of image the feng shui tradition hangs behind a sofa or desk chair; details below.
About the photograph
These trees stand on a high hill seen from a road, far off across the fields, and from that distance even a light wind blurs the picture. After several tries, waiting for the lulls, I made this one in a moment of no wind. It was 17:11 on 7 March 2018, a quarter hour before sunset, a 60-second exposure.
What it does for the room
The long 3:1 panoramic shape is made for wide walls. The 12×36 sits over a headboard or along a hallway. The 16×48 fits above a loveseat or a sideboard. The 20×60 suits a standard three-seat sofa. The 24×72 holds a large living room wall or a long dining wall on its own. Most of the frame is white snow and soft grey sky, so it reads light and open rather than cold. The fine dark lines of the branches echo light oak, linen, stone and plaster without competing with them.
Real photograph
One exposure, made on location. No composites, no generated content. Tone and light are refined in editing, as with any fine-art print.
Where it fits
Living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, offices and reading corners in Japandi, Scandinavian, wabi-sabi and quiet minimalist homes. As a present, it suits someone who has travelled to Hokkaido in winter, or anyone who wants a calmer room, and the story of the wait for still air is something to tell when it is opened.
Feng Shui Application Info
In feng shui tradition, a low hill behind your seat is the “backing mountain”, a picture of steady support. This panorama shows a snow crest and a bare grove in Biei, Hokkaido.
Placement in the tradition: behind a sofa or a desk chair, with no water in the frame.
Kua number: in the Eight Mansions school the desk chair faces the Sheng Chi direction of a person’s Kua number, so the picture goes on the wall behind it: Kua 1 north-west, Kua 2 south-west, Kua 3 north, Kua 4 south, Kua 6 east, Kua 7 south-east, Kua 8 north-east, Kua 9 west. This pairing is read from the published direction tables; no text was written for this picture.
It is a real photograph for your wall, with no promise of luck or fortune.
- Photographed
- 7 March 2018
- Place
- Biei, Hokkaido, Japan
- Exposure
- 60 s f/9 ISO 100
- Made
- A single exposure, as seen.
- Paper
- Archival pigment print on acid-free matte paper
Ref# 2018-0307-12 · andreluu.com/p/2018-0307-12
On the wall, true to scale
Frames and mats shown for illustration only and are not included. Your print ships unframed.
