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| One of the thousands of figures dotted about the graves in Okunoin cemetery, Koyasan |
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| Soujin (our monastic accommodation for the night) |
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| Even in the freezing sleet, Koyasan is beautiful |
Saturday 30 November 2019
Overnight trip to Koyasan
Thursday 28 November 2019
Tuesday 26 November 2019
Using Elements' Scene Cleaner
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| How often do you experience this: a beautiful location but too many people. Thanks to cheap travel this happens a lot - here I am in the World Heritage Sagano bamboo forest on a Monday arvo and it is very busy with people streaming past this vantage point. I waited quite a while for a gap in the traffic and this shot was the best I could get before more tourists came past. So, one neat trick to simplify your shots is to take several snaps of the same scene (but with the walkers all in different places). Once done, open the files into the Guided Edit mode of Photoshop Elements. once open, you can choose Photomerge Scene Cleaner and follow the steps to remove some of the clutter. |
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| There I was trying to find a shot among the crowds in Sagano and this big boofhead stopped right in front of me! Too many tourists in Kyoto... |
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| Here's my final scene, cleaned and polished using Photomerge. A quite scene in an otherwise overcrowded world... |
Saturday 23 November 2019
Going Bananas
Japan is renowned for producing exclusive and very expensive items of food, such as a US$40 bunch of grapes or, as you can see here, a very expensive banana...
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| Here's a banana from Daimaru department store priced at A$27 |
Four Temples in One Day
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| Selfie, selfie, selfie... Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Temple |
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| Doorway leading to Ninna-ji Temple |
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| Ninna-ji Temple |
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| Ninna-ji Temple |
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| Five-story PagodaNinna-ji Temple |
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| Religious celebrations at Ninna-ji Temple |
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| Monks, monks and more monks, Ninna-ji Temple |
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| Monks, monks and more monks, Ninna-ji Temple In this example I deliberately slowed the shutter speed then panned the lens to follow the priests to produce a greater sense of movement... |
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| Autumn colour Ninna-ji Temple |
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| Autumn colour + Monks Ninna-ji Temple |
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| Autumn colour + monksIn this example I deliberately slowed the shutter speed then panned the lens to follow the priests to produce a greater sense of movement... Ninna-ji Temple |
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| In this example I deliberately slowed the shutter speed then panned the lens to follow the priests to produce a greater sense of movement... |
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| Monks on their way up the steps to the main shrine Ninna-ji Shrine |
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| Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Temple Shot using my infra-red converted Canon EOS 400 |
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| Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Temple Shot using my infra-red converted Canon EOS 400 |
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| Ceremonial umbrellas folded and waiting for the exodus of the monks... |
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| Kinkaku-ji through autumnal leaves |
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| Leaves settled into the radial shapes drawn in the gravel at Enko-ji Temple, Eastern Kyoto |
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| Water tub Enko-ji Temple |
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| View of the garden Enko-ji Temple |
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| Bell tower Enko-ji Temple |
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