Shutter Speed: 5 seconds, Aperture: F/3.8, ISO: 500
I took these photos on an evening stroll through the old samurai quarter of town – adorned and glittering with twinkling lanterns, strewn about like stars.
Without a tripod I propped my camera wherever I could find and set my shutter for some long exposures. Leaving the photos up to chance and producing some happy accidents.
Please click on any of the images to see a a full size version.
Shutter Speed: 4 seconds, Aperture: F/3.5, ISO: 560
Shutter Speed: 30 seconds, Aperture: F/20, ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 14 seconds, Aperture: F/8, ISO: 100
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raguthititti January 22, 2014
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corneliaweberphotography January 23, 2014
Really interesting images, thank you for sharing!
soniajonestravel January 25, 2014
Were they taken at Nijo-jo? I love those lanterns – I struggled to get good pics of them when I was there. Great job 🙂
winegums January 27, 2014
They were actually taken in my home town Hagi, in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Are the ones at Nijo-jo worth checking out? Do you know exactly what they are for by the way? 🙂
soniajonestravel January 27, 2014
No, I don’t know. I found an image of some small ones similar to the ones I saw there for Cherry Blossom light up – http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_elfling/3494372203/
winegums January 27, 2014
They are pretty similar to the ones I saw! I thought maybe that they might have been for the same thing but if they were for the cherry blossoms then it was a different time of year. Pretty none the less 🙂
Valent Lau January 28, 2014
Very beautiful area
winegums February 15, 2014
Thank you! I checked out your site, great studio work
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