I have greatly enjoyed watching the enormous progress that Ayako has been making since I first got to know her on Flickr. She is now a photographer of the first order and has demonstrated vividly her innate sense of composition, color, and lighting. Her beautiful and evocative work reveals the essence of nature's subli… Read more

I have greatly enjoyed watching the enormous progress that Ayako has been making since I first got to know her on Flickr. She is now a photographer of the first order and has demonstrated vividly her innate sense of composition, color, and lighting. Her beautiful and evocative work reveals the essence of nature's sublime allure. She has mastered composition fluently and is consistently surprising me with the high quality of her work. And it should be patently obvious that she works hard at her art, this discipline of hers is illustrated throughout the body of her work. Bravo, Ayako!