His best pictures achieve a harmony between the picturesque and the realistic and a balance between the material and the human. Lin often told his friends, "If I don't shoot it today, tomorrow will be too late." Outside of the responsibilities of job and family, Lin spent all his remaining time and energy traveling about, photographing the world around him.
以他所拍攝的「收成」為例，逆光下的農夫正揮打著稻穗，站在網外的一人，其明晰的身影、與網內明暗交融的另一個模糊剪影，結構成一幅意象生動、層次有致的畫面。