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31/05/2010 James Clarke

Strange things seen at night

Shinkyogoku Arcade, Kyoto, Japan view map

It was on the last day of May in 2010, that I went out to Kyoto to do some more testing of my D700 + 24 f/2.8D combo. I went back to Pontocho (some of the shots of Pontocho from this day will be posted later). After spending a while in Pontocho, I decided to head for the Shinkyogoku arcade were I saw a few truly strange shops. So this is a little collection of them, plus a self portrait. If you're observing carefully, you might even notice I'm wearing a sports parka. Such is the weather in Kyoto that it can be pretty cool even on the last night of Spring. Actually coming from beautiful warm and sunny Perth, the amount of cool days in Kyoto for me, greatly out weights the amount of warm days. Then again the short summer here in Japan feels even more hotter than the summer in Perth. I can go on an on about Kyoto's "hena tenki" (strange weather), that I might make a gallery devoted to it one day!
Note 31/10/2011: Well it took me much longer to get back to Pbase than I expected... But well... I had visitors from Australia, a Sports Carnival, a Tax Return, and heaps of other work on, so I've been as busy as, and it still is pretty busy, but it might quieten down after next week. So I'm not sure when I'll be able to post the next PBLOG... We'll see...

Nikon D700 ,Nikkor 24mm f/2.8D AF
(tl) 1/40s f/8 at 24mm iso900 (tc) 1/40s f/4 at 24mm iso2200 (bl) 1/40s f/4 at 24mm iso280 (r) 1/125s f/2.8 at 24mm iso200 (all cropped) full exif

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shatterbug03-Nov-2011 07:20
This camera and lens combination looks terrific...great series!
Guest 01-Nov-2011 13:17
Love it... : ) v
Raphael_E01-Nov-2011 08:58
A 4 stars montage, James ! BV.
Guest 01-Nov-2011 04:28
Beautiful set and well presented! ~v
Sam_C01-Nov-2011 03:45
Fantastic set and another great posting! BV
12331-Oct-2011 23:46
Awesome places. V
Simon Chandler31-Oct-2011 22:58
Fantastic collage. Very interesting. v
norbi31-Oct-2011 20:25
An excellent tableau in Your own design. v. norbi
Zoltán Balogh31-Oct-2011 18:54
A great montage James, congratulations! V
Ali Majdfar31-Oct-2011 18:25
Lovely combination! ~V
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