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Arashiyama is a wonderful place and is located just west of Kyoto and next to Sagano. Arashiyama is perhaps most famous for it’s bamboo groves. Sagano bamboo groves are found behind Tenryuji Temple and along the trail to the Okochi Sanso. It is something you should consider seeing if you want to get out of the main city – which is always infested with tourists.
BTW, just found today that I won the third place at Darwin Wiggett‘s Travel Photo Contest. Judge was brilliant travel photographer David duChemin. If you haven’t read his books I strongly suggest doing that. Start with “Within The Frame, A Journey In Photographic Vision” and continue with his eBooks “Ten Ways to Improve Your Craft. None of Them Involve Buying Gear” and other ones from Craft and Vision series.
More Arashiyama and Kyoto images: Kyoto Stock Images | Japan Stock Photography.
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Fushimi Inari Taisha is a shinto jinja (shrine) dedicated to the spirit Inari, located in Fushimi-ku in about 2km south-east of Kyoto station, Japan. Fushimi Inari Taisha is without doubt the largest and most impressive Inari shrine in Japan. Fushimi Inari Taisha is also famous for appearing in the film Memoirs of a Geisha.
Fushimi Inari Shrine is also famous for the countless vermilion torii gates, offerings by worshippers, that cover the hiking trails of Inarisan, the wooded mountain behind the shrine’s main buildings. It takes about two hours to walk along the whole trail. The 4km walk through the torii tunnel to the top of the Inari-san hill can be a strenuous one, especially in the heat of summer. That does not discourage some joggers to use the place as a training ground, at the stupefaction of tourists. Two large ponds and several small waterfalls can be found in the maze of torii, depending on which path you decide to follow. The torii gates are all donations from individuals, families or companies. The Inari spirit is considered to be the protector of grains, especially rice, and has thus historically been associated with wealth. Companies often make offerings to Inari shrines in the form of barrels of rice wine (sake) or torii gates.
Statues of menacing kitsune (foxes), said to have the magic power to take possession of human spirits, alternate with torii gates. The fox is however referred to as the god of harvest (rice and other cereals), and is often seen carrying a key in his mouth, which is for the rice granary. Foxes are said to love rice balls rolled in fried tofu, which are called for that reason “o-inari-san”. They can be purchased in about any sushi shops.
More images: Japan Stock Photography.
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Street food stall, Shanghai, China
During my last trips to Japan and China I had to shoot a lot with low light and without a tripod so after that I decided to put down a few notes on how to shoot photos with handheld camera and at slow shutter speed.
Here are a few tips for better handheld shooting. Following these techniques will help you take sharp photos in shutter speeds as low as 1/10s or slower with a normal lens. To achieve that use the classic army approach to sharpshooting. Good shooting is a HABIT – proper Holding, correct point of Aim, controlled Breathing, Instinctive body position, and gentle Trigger control. (more…)
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by Ilya Genkin
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