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Twitter is alight with delight over this stunning shot of a kimono-clad girl and her dainty deer friend.

The power of skillful photography is such that you can be struck breathless by a city scene from halfway across the world, or a even peek into the lives of those who lived long ago.

Occasionally a photographer snaps such a stunning shot that it causes all who see it to hold their breath, and Japanese hobby photographer saizou has captured an especially mesmerizing example.

Using a powerful camera lens, saizou presented a luxurious autumn image: streaming golden light, leaves painted in dusky hues of red and gold, and the focus of the piece, a pretty young lady in a kimono approaching one of Nara’s famous deer.

▼ “While photographing the fall leaves in Nara, I happened upon this scene right out of a storybook.”

奈良で紅葉を撮っていたら物語のようなシーンに出会いました。 https://t.co/b6h6nXzPvP

—
saizou (@saizou4) December 02, 2019

The resulting photograph looks more like a still frame from a fantasy film: fantastically unreal. What could even be happening here? A princess communing with one of her forest familiars? A young girl receiving her quest from an emissary of nature? The picture is not only gorgeous to look at but incredibly stimulating to the imagination.

▼ The same shot as shared by the model in the photo, Reina Onishi (translation below).

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_ 驚くほど、たくさんの人に写真が 広まっていきました。 Twitterで35万いいねと7.4万リツイート してもらっているこのお写真。。 _ 私は奈良生まれで、名前に奈良の奈があるのど なにかのご縁なのかななんて。。 _ たくさんの人から反響もらい、 見てもらえてうれしいです。。。 _ またどこかで物語が生まれる場所に わたしも出会えますように。 写真は @saizou4 さん。 またどこかでお会いしたらぜひ写真撮ってください︎ _

A post shared by おおにし れいな ︎ (@_0170_) on Dec 4, 2019 at 4:01am PST

“This photograph has really startled me with how far it managed to spread. This photo earned 350,000 likes on Twitter, along with 74,000 retweets…
I was born in Nara, and in fact the ‘na’ in my name is written with the same kanji as the ‘na’ in Nara. It feels like fate, somehow…
All kinds of people have shared their comments, and I’m so happy to know you all saw this picture.
I hope I can happen on a place like this again someday, someplace where a story is bound to unfold….
My photographer was saizo. If we encounter each other again at some point, please take my photograph again ︎”

Naturally, with such a widespread social media impact, the photograph earned a lot of praising comments:

“Beautiful. I feel like I’m looking into a scene from a legend.”
“When I caught sight of it before I thought, ‘Huh? Is that a painting?‘. That’s how pretty it is!”
“A gorgeous, ethereal photograph. As a Nara resident, thank you for taking such a picture of one of Nara’s highlights!”
“Brb, going to Nara Park.”

Investigating saizou’s social media reveals a treasure trove of similarly breath-taking photographs, depicting everything from statuesque temples to haunting winter landscapes to yawning, endless fields of flowers.

▼ Taken at Nachi Falls in Nachikatsura, Wakayama.

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艶や、ちりふみふみて #那智の滝 #和歌山 #滝 #雨

A post shared by @ saizou4 on Jul 21, 2019 at 8:30pm PDT

▼ The “Blue Pond” (Aoi-ike) in Biei, Hokkaido.

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ホーリー #北海道 #美瑛 #雪 #ライトアップ #青い池

A post shared by @ saizou4 on Mar 6, 2018 at 4:09pm PST

▼ A gorgeous shot of the Hakuba mountains and tulips in Toyama prefecture.

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Spring Quartet #富山 #桜 #チューリップ #菜の花 #白馬連峰 #朝焼け #船川

A post shared by @ saizou4 on Apr 16, 2017 at 3:24pm PDT

Of course, Twitter is a great place to find all kinds of stunning photographs besides just this one. Keep an eye out for hashtag challenges and search up your favorite shrines or photogenic, seasonal occasions!

Source: Twitter/@saizou4 via Japaaan Magazine
Featured image: Twitter/@saizou4
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