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standley on Seirei, Myokenzan 4
Stunning shot. Great lighting and contrast!

Paul van der Meer on Seirei, Myokenzan 4
really beautiful strong black and white!

saeed on Seirei, Myokenzan 4
WOW! Great B/W shot! nice one!

Inki on Seirei, Myokenzan 4
Stunning photo, love the way the sun hits the building. Looks great in black and white.

Craig on Seirei Details 3
Very interesting shadow effect! Well done!

standley on Seirei Details 4
Great framing here. I find the site slow too since two days.

danthro on Seirei Details 2
cool series of abstract shots! like the patterns

Cheryl on Seirei Details 4
nice framing! I've not had problems with the site being slow

Adiemus on Seirei Details 4
Another striking B&W shot. Love it.

Camiller on Seirei Details 3
Great play between light and shadows. Excellent.

standley on Seirei Details 3
This is magical! I love the broken lines.

yiannis krikis on Seirei Details 3
I like the lines and the contrast in this image

malahat on Seirei Details 3
nice shadows ... i like blach and wite pics ... so good

Lorraine on Seirei Details 3
very interesting perspective, well done Daroru :)

vu@granby - Wolfgang on Seirei Details 3
I agree with Ian!

Cheryl on Seirei Details 3
love the broken shadows! good capture!!

Ian Bramham on Seirei Details 3
I love the graphic art quality to this one Daroru!

Makoto on Seirei Details 2
A creative image.

Makoto on Seirei Details
I like the atmosphere that seems to be swallowed up in the darkness. Very cool shot.

Richard_Irwin on Seirei Details 2
Love it, such striking contrasting black and white lines, top image.

standley on Seirei Details 2
Great backlight shot. I like the graphics!

Lorraine on Seirei Details 2
Brilliant use of shadows, wow, excellent!

vu@granby - Wolfgang on Seirei Details 2
I like the graphical pattern here!

yiannis krikis on Seirei Details 2
I agree with Gnaf - excellent work

Gnarf on Seirei Details 2
Nice b&w image, the shadows creates a cool pattern.

Gnarf on Seirei, Myokenzan 3
Actually I think its a cool angel. The extra surrounding details just adds to the complexity of the building. Good job with ...

Gnarf on Seirei, Myokenzan 2
A true architect's house :) Nice shot!

Cheryl on Seirei Details 2
very nice! I love the lines in the shadows, nice capture

isabel on Seirei Details 2
love the pattern and shadows

Alfredo J. Martiz J. on Seirei, Myokenzan 2
This is very cool, great photo and gorgeous architecture!

Saeed on Seirei Details 2
nicely shot and great reflexes! well done!

Cheryl on Seirei Details
ohh this is so dark and mysterious! great job

gandz on Seirei Details
beautiful shot! moody!

standley on Seirei, Myokenzan 3
Such an amazing place. I love the geometry!

Paul van der Meer on Seirei Details
I like it very much!!

maria on Seirei Details
I like texture

Hercules on Seirei Details
i like the juxtaposition that is going here.

Twelvebit on Seirei Details
Looks sort of bleak here.

vu@granby - Wolfgang on Seirei Details
This photo makes it appear very stark, like going down into a concrete bunker...

Saeed on Seirei Details
thats wonderful shot! so nice!

vu@granby - Gilles Martineau on Seirei, Myokenzan 3
Very impressive worship hall.

Twelvebit on Pine Grove, Myokenzan
Lovely trees.

Twelvebit on View of Osaka Bay from Mount Myoken
BTW, this might be a good candidate for hdr treatment. As I had an Olympus similar to yours, I believe you can make manual ...

Twelvebit on View of Osaka Bay from Mount Myoken
To be in Japan with a lousy camera is simply unacceptable, especially after you posted those photos of all those people with ...

Twelvebit on Seirei, Myokenzan
I think it takes on sort of an "evil" or "dark side" aura here, like something you'd see in the ...

Twelvebit on Seirei, Myokenzan 2
I do like the use of wood here. Is wood an expensive building material in Japan?

Twelvebit on Seirei, Myokenzan 3
Interesting. At first glance I thought it was some kind of wacky multiple exposure filter. It seems like those corners ...

Saeed on Seirei, Myokenzan 3
such an amazing place! nice shot!

gandz on Seirei, Myokenzan 3
what an interesting building this is!

Saeed on Seirei, Myokenzan 2
Thats very nice angle and nice shot! what an amazing building! well done!

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