Category: Temples and Shrines

Temples and shrines- from different regions and different relisions.

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Day 54- Temple Lights

Shutter Speed: 0.5 seconds, Aperture: F/3.5, ISO: 560 Walking around Kyoto you can’t fail to stumble across a temple; big or small, modest or grand. I saw this one on an evening stroll- an arched gateway framing gleaming city lights and people bustling by enjoying a hazy summer evening. I used a shutter speed of […]

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Day 52- Fushimi Inari

Another tick on Kyoto’s impressive list of things to see is Fushimi Inari, a shrine marking the first of a thousand Tori gates. They wind a vibrant red tunnel up a mountain path, climaxing in a spectacular summit view. It is a photography wonderland- with deep reds, unusual compositions and plenty of tourists to catch […]