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Kaisando Hall at Tofuku-ji Temple

September 30, 2015 — Leave a comment

Kyoto has a wonderful temple complex with some amazing gardens, some old and some modern. Tofuku-ji Temple is a great stop. People come in groves to Fushimi-inari taisha with it’s 1,000 orange tori gates going up Fushimi mountain. You should stop right before or after that visit to Tofuku-ji which is only one stop away from the tori gates. This has a few buildings and great gardens as mentioned and this is Kaisando Hall where one side of the walk way has a stream and more wet garden before it slopes up to the forest. This side has a great area of gravel that is raked in a checkered pattern. It is quite great to look at and I needed a 21mm lens to take this picture and probably done better if I had the 15mm lens. We sat here for a while enjoying the serene seen.

Taken with Voigtlander Bessa R4M with 21mm f4 lens on Ilford FP5img048

Have a swing

August 29, 2015 — Leave a comment

I went to the Eastern Shore for work yesterday but had my girlfriend ride along since she had the day off. The day was perfect even though I was “sorta” working. Grabbed some seafood and ice cream and went to the beach for awhile.

This was taken while working at a house. They had a lovely swing with English ivy all around the tree!

Taken with my Fujica AX-3 with Fujinon 50mm 1.6 on Provia 100F
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Azaleas of Spring

May 20, 2015

The best thing to look forward to after cherry blossoms is the Azaleas blooming and they stay around for quite aqhile. All the colors bloom at slight different times and gives the blooming a longer run. They were great this year, espceilay at Bryan Park in Richmond. They use to have a spectacular azalea garden but it has declined.

Taken with my Fujica AX-3 on Velvia 50 using my micro lens at f3.5

These light purple ones are right behind my house…

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These were at a clients house and were large bushes with the morning sun just coming up…

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Thanks for looking…

Jefferson Memorial in Blossom

May 19, 2015

My girlfriend and I went to Washington D.C. during the peak blooming of the cherry trees that were given to us by the Japanese 100 years ago. The flowers are magnificent and lovely to see. The crowds are just unbelevialbe, no privacy just people everywhere.

Taken with Bessa R4M on Provia 100 

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Snow in the Woods

May 11, 2015

There was quite a bit of snow this winter in the North East this year. We got some and I enjoyed it each time…if it got me out of some work. I took a walk in the woods in a near by park that was deserted as the snow was starting to come down. Everyone was busy getting their milk and bread at the store.

Taken on a Nikon FM2 with Ilford FP4 using a Nikor 50mm 1.4

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