Castles are different in Japan- ornate and beautiful rather than gothic and grungy. The one in Hiroshima is a faithful replica of its original, unfortunately destroyed.
To make the shot more engaging I used some trees as a frame, bare winter branches lending themselves to black and white rather than colour.
See part two here.
snow monkey photography 
poetryofamadman March 5, 2012
Beautiful
winegums March 7, 2012
Thanks! One of those things that its hard to take a bad picture of 🙂
theotherwatson March 5, 2012
Love these pictures! And what a great blog, too! 🙂
winegums March 7, 2012
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. By the way, I was reading your book challenge posts and Catch 22 is my favourite book too. I love that it seems to go round in circles, you have no idea where it is going until the very last page!
Tippeh March 5, 2012
Love the framing, you did well! 🙂
winegums March 7, 2012
Thank you! Always good to do something different to the postcard image 🙂
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