ASAKUSA Taitō, Japan, 5th November 2010 - I took very few panoramic pictures in this trip. Mostly because there were just too many people milling about.
These two pictures I've posted below are 2/3 of what I took of Sensoji - on one side of it in daytime, and one of its gate at night, when thankfully very few people were left.
This is Tokyo's oldest temple, founded in the 7th century.
Dedicated to Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy, this is also popularly called Asakusa Kannon Temple.
* Camera used: GE G3WP (waterproof)
* Unedited, no tripod, but I hope you can see a side of Sensoji not usually seen during the heavy tourist season.
ReplyDeleteLeft side of the temple, November 5, 2010
ReplyDeleteFront of Senso-ji, November 5, 2010
There were actually workmen who were repairing the temple all day long and its only at night I guess they were able to do more work....
The traditional old buildings are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe dark red color is very attractive.
before, gusto ko bahay ko red and gold..tapos nakita ko temples...arah!
ReplyDeletevery nice Cat! i love temples...crowds you can't control when you take a photo, i guess you just have to accept it.
ReplyDeleteyeah, unless may power tayo to shoo them away....
ReplyDeletebut in my walking around and outside from Sensoji, I found a more peaceful temple...not as visually-colorful as this, but peaceful, like an oasis, tapos may cemetery pa sa gilid...
kaso nga lang w/ autumn it wasn't that sunny, most of the time it was just cloudy outside, although luckily it didn't rain during this part of the trip, so medyo dark and gloomy ang dating...
i like to take photo shoots in cemeteries, i missed Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, where famous people are buried...Jim Morrison of Doors...the statues are works of art, it is interesting...in Sagada, i found Yamashita in a tombstone...but i would do it in the light of day of course.
ReplyDeleteor at twilight...para add to the mood...
ReplyDeleteah...eh...mommy...mommy
ReplyDeletePersonally, I'm not bothered by figures/people in my shots. They help tell the story of what the subject is about, as opposed to a clean, sterilized and abandoned-looking landscape. Again this is subjective and also depending on each shot.
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Also to avoid figures if you must, a slower shutter speed might do the trick, but you have to have a very steady hold of your camera, or use a tripod.
may mummy lumabas....
ReplyDeletehi Mar,
ReplyDeletenormally I'd be ok w/ that, except that my camera uses manual stitching...so unless the people freeze, when I try to stitch the right and left side, its going to be obvious because of the people moving about :-) unless siguro its a big crowd and not so obvious unless one enlarges it...
maybe this can be done thru software, i.e. having 2 or 3 shots stitched together and cutting out the parts where people may smudge the pic, but I confess I don't know how ...ok, I can confess am lazy and do not do it...LOL
I think at this point, my tripod's use is to take pictures of myself when am on a trip, otherwise, all my panoramic shots are just using my elbows and hands...*wink*
ReplyDeletelater, I promise I will invest in a good tripod, preferably lightweight...and di na sana metal...masakit sa kamay sa cold weather...
Ganda nito, Cat! Don't you have a bigger version?
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ReplyDeleteI just loaded it sa flickr..kaso when I tried burying the code for its bigger size here, di gumagana..so ganito na lang po...
I now find I have to eat my words...
ReplyDeleteI have to do this in the future because my other cam doesn't do automatic or manual stitching...:-) there goes my plan of just bringing 2 cams during my travels/trips