Thanks for reading! ~David LaSpina

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Tweaks

I did a few more tweaks to the website. Let me know if you run into any problems. Included in this update is a handful of social buttons to the footer, and new fancier ad buttons on the sidebar, on parts of the site that have a sidebar.

The end of dSLRs?

Recently Trey Ratcliff wrote about how dSLR cameras are doomed and mirrorless cameras are the future. Do you agree with him?

I was going to write my thoughts, but it started to get a bit too long, so I will do it as a separate post later today or tomorrow. Look for it soon.

Lonely Dirt Path

I shot this photo with my iPhone. It is HDR, but I thought the scene was just crying out for an older look so I converted it to sepia and added some grain to help with the effect.

When I post photos everyday, I pick a photo to post first and draft what I want to say in the post second. I say that to tell you that I really didn’t plan to post an iPhone shot to illustrate the point that dSLRs are dead. It just worked out that way

Thanks for reading! ~David LaSpina

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This shrine is called Ohira Hachimangu² (大平八幡宮), a small shrine right off the old Tōkaidō Highway. I know that info isn’t too terribly important, but it’s my habit to always write down the kanji of shrines and temples I visit and later try to puzzle out the pronunciation. This time it was easy to read, but sometimes the kanji is pretty challenging!

The temizuya (手水舎) is where one is suppose to cleanse one’s self before praying. Traditionally you would bow (to the dragon, I guess), clean your hands, feet, and rinse out your mouth, clean the ladle itself, then bow to the dragon once more before moving on to pray at the shrine. There is even an order to which hand and foot first if you want to get hardcore. These days most people wash their hands, and occasionally rinse their mouths, but I’ve never seen anyone clean their feet!

Look at this poor dragon—he is chained up! A small chain… but a magic one, no doubt, so he can’t get away.

By the way, anyone know if the dragon at the temizuya has a special name? I couldn’t find any in my shinto books.

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In autumn in Japan, sometimes I’m not sure.

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