Traveling up Fushimi Inari-taisha

August 29, 2015 — Leave a comment

The Fushimi Inari-taisha is a shrine that is for the Fox god. The hike up is splendid if you  can make it early where you see hardly anyone and its serine. It can be long so be ready though older people do it a lot as you will see heading up the mountain. The tori gates keep going up and up the mountain and the trail will follow through them. It is almost in everyone ones plans that is visiting the city of Kyoto to go here and see the thousands of them. This was my 3rd visit early in the morning.

Taken with a Fuji X-pro1 and 35mm at 1.4

Orange Tori Gates

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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Shoren-in in Monochrome

August 26, 2015 — Leave a comment

Shoren-in Temple is in eastern Kyoto and a nice garden and temple to boot. The temple allows you to view it from inside but also to take a path that travels the garden. Moss, azaleas and pond. It is a great gardens and place to visit and if you make it in the morning when the open it’s quite and enjoyable. So tranquil.

Taken with Fuji X-pro

Shoren-in temple

White in the Night

August 25, 2015 — Leave a comment

Walking around the streets in Japan in the city or just in the suburbs you will notice lanterns at shrines or in the front of restaurants. They are almost all different and look great at night as the light up the night provoking you to come eat or drink there.

Taken on my X-pro1 with 23mm at 1.4 lens

White Lanterns

My office Plant

August 24, 2015

When I am at the office I have a large room that has widows. I have had the position for about 2 years now and I realize that I still have nothing that is “me” in there. Others have family photos or pictures framed. Other items that they have and enjoy. I have these two plants that were given to me by a co-worker and I like plants. Probably the only thing in there that show me. I really need to add more things like my photography or a corny figure on the desk rather then stacks of files and sticky notes.

Taken with Ektar 100 with my Bessa R2 with 50mm

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