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★ Daily Photo: Building Triangles, Textures, and Clouds [159/365]

JapanDave — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:29:45 +0000

So here’s an interesting building I came across the other day. What do you suppose those triangles on the roof are for?

Some texture fun today! There are a lot of rainy clouds back there (this is still rainy season, after all), but I covered up most of them with the textures.

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★ Daily Photo: Breaking Through the Forth Wall [57/365]

JapanDave — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:53:43 +0000

I don’t know if I read it in a book or saw it in a TV show—maybe both (it does seem like a common sci-fi story idea)—but I recall the idea of a prison of the mind that someone was trapped in. Eventually he would figure out what was going on and that the “reality” he saw was all fake and when he did this reality would shatter into a new one. But it wasn’t just one fake reality, there were several, like layers of an onion all on top of one another.

Hmm… kind of like Inception too. Like I said, it’s probably a common sci-fi idea.

This photo reminds me of that idea. Every layer is different but similar enough to provide a repeating effect that might become disorienting if you didn’t keep your eyes on the end, or the path out.

This is actually under a bridge, as I’m sure many of you may guess. Interesting pictures are everywhere, you just have to keep your eyes open and find them.

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★ Fall at the Oto River

JapanDave — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 02:29:07 +0000

Having grown up in a place without a river (well, we had one, but truthfully it could barely be called even a creek) I am always drawn to the Oto River and find myself walking along it frequently. Here is a shot from along side it that I took a few months ago when the leaves were just starting to change. I added some textures to make it a bit more interesting.

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★ Daily Photo: Shirakawago Farmhouse Woodblock [16/365]

JapanDave — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:13:23 +0000

I’ve visited a lot of places in Japan, but Shirakawago has to be one of my favorites. The farmhouses there are amazing, and it’s such a nice, peaceful area. Granted, this is made a little less so by the huge amount of tourists, but the area is so nice that you can overlook that. However, it does make photography a challenge. Most people were happy to move out of my way when I asked, but there were just so many, it proved impossible to get many shots without people in them. Oh well.

I was playing around with textures a bit again for this shot. Most of you know my feelings on textures: I like photos that use them well, but I am almost never happy with how I use them. Because of this, I normally avoid them, but occasionally I do get the urge to try my hand again. With this photo below I used a handful of textures that either were wood or had a wood feel, hence my use of “woodblock” in the photo title.

Check out other photos that use textures.

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★ Gate to the Shogun's Shrine

JapanDave — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 02:22:02 +0000

Looking up at the gate of Rokusho Shrine, Ieyasu’s family shrine where only a few were allowed to enter in pre-modern times.

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This was a very special place back in the day. This was the family shrine of the Matsudaira family when Ieyasu was born, and because of that it was considered sacred and was protected and funded by the Tokugawa bakufu during the Edo Era. Only the most powerful daimyo (regional lords) were allowed to climb those steps and enter the main shrine.

See other shots from Rokusho Shrine.

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