Today’s photo is a peek of the torii gate at Miyajima Island.
The island is popularly known as Miyajima1, but the real name is Itsukushima2, which is the same name as the shrine. Until recent times, commoners weren’t allowed on this island. Something of a holy place.
You probably recognize the torii gate you see. It is one of the symbols of Japan. At high tide, the gate appears to be floating on the water. Unfortunately, the tide was going out when I visited — if you look closely you can see most of the water is already gone. It’s much larger than it looks in this photo. Big enough that at high tide, incoming boats sail through it.
The middle of the shot is blurry on purpose. I wanted to make it seem like you are peeking through the hole in the wall at something secret, some kind of mythical, dream-like land. Does it work?
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Haha success. I was the first one to Digg it.
I love this.
I’m glad to hear that!
Interesting shot, I do think it works really well!
Hehe thanks! I didn’t see you did, so I submitted it too… Oh well. But you win this round!
Thanks! ^^