Sightseeing at Kiyomizu Dera 3

Posted by Daryl Johnson (Farnham, United Kingdom) on 16 October 2008 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Although I'm now in England, this blog will still feature photos from Japan for the foreseeable future.

I apologise in advance if I'm tardy with commenting on your blogs or returning comments during the week... I will get to you though!

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Comments (14)

Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom

Beautiful composition Mirko and I love the shape of the roof and that sky is wonderful too....what a great photo!

16 Oct 2008 7:12am

@Ian Bramham: Cheers Ian! But who / what is Mirko!?

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

You have desaturated some parts of the picture. The roofs around the pagoda on the left and the balconies and balustrades stands out in the picture. May be it is what you wanted to show?

16 Oct 2008 7:18am

@akarui: Olivier, actually the original was very dark and I lightened it, did some dodging and burning. I didn't apply any desaturation, although the high pass sharpening did drain some colour. I am e-mailing you the original for comparison! Thanks!

Makoto from Sapporo, Japan

Very nice composition!

16 Oct 2008 11:37am

@Makoto: Cheers Makoto!

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

WOW, what a fantastic compo, I'm awestruck, bravo Daryl ;)

16 Oct 2008 1:34pm

@Lorraine: Thanks Lorraine!

Peter Knoop from Antwerp, Belgium

What an impressive construction! Nice composition.

16 Oct 2008 6:31pm

@Peter Knoop: Thank you Peter.

Hoshisato from Ealing, United Kingdom

Ah, the 7mm lens is really paying off in this shot!

16 Oct 2008 6:45pm

@Hoshisato: Thanks Hoshisato... is that good then?

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

From this view it is quite a large building..

16 Oct 2008 8:30pm

@Observing: It is very large Mike. The balcony can get very crowded with tourists.

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Thats a massive structure, what a grand presence it commands.

16 Oct 2008 9:59pm

@Richard_Irwin: It's a very impressive place Richard.

Wolfgang - vu@granby from Granby, Québec, Canada

I can see that it needed some more light, good work!

16 Oct 2008 10:00pm

@Wolfgang - vu@granby: Thanks Wolfgang!

amos from Jerusalem, Israel

It's really tough tell if this is b&w or color. I love it!

17 Oct 2008 12:26am

@amos: Cheers amos!

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

Thank you for your mail and picture. First I was not sure what PP you did as I could see still some colors...
Looking again your picture more carefully I wonder if I would prefer a crop on the right more or less on that trunk that we can see in the foreground and also remove that plant at the bottom. There will be a loose of depth but the picture should be more simple. Just a thought...

17 Oct 2008 12:59am

@akarui: Thanks Olivier!