Kansai (complete)

Carson

I saw 7 cats

chijeffrey

nice pics, i will be there in Feb next year

vincecharus

15.  Dinner at the onsen hotel


My food photos were really no good.  Coming to think of it, I really should have attended the Leica food photo workshop earlier just to learn the basics.  This was perhaps one of the nicest meal I have ever had, except I had dinner twice at the hotel (with different menus)!

This 10-course meal consisted of: steamed egg, tofu, grilled fish, stewed fish head, sashimi, Kobe beef salad, eel hotpot, rice with pickles, fruits, and green tea.  I'm a big eater but even I find it too much to finish!

I learned a good lesson with the last photo.  Even when using extremely shallow depth of view, I should pay as much attention to what was in the background as if I were using hyperfocal.  Unwanted objects ruin a photo even when blurred!

vincecharus

vincecharus 發表於 2014-11-5 14:37
4.  Bear Cafe

16.  Kyoto street view, inside and outside the Bear Cafe (color)

Jeansky

太正啦!!! 睇到我又想去!!!!!!!!!!!!

M3fans

difficult to making a booking for red leaves by now

bubu

Must be a very enjoyable trip, mate.

Nice set of pictures and ....the food looks very appetizing to me ahhhhh.

vincecharus

Thanks Jeansky, M3fans, bubu c-hings!


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17.  In the garden of Ginkaku-ji - pine

vincecharus

18.  In the garden of Ginkaku-ji - the afternoon sun

vincecharus

19.  In the garden of Ginkaku-ji - red leaves

LoC

Nice!!!!

vincecharus

20.  In the garden of Ginkaku-ji - greenery

vincecharus

21.  Ginkaku-ji

bubu

Japanese landscape, architecture and food arrangement are really born to be for photography.

Very nice set of color images, V.

vincecharus

22.  In the garden of Ginkaku-ji - greenery

vincecharus

23.  In the garden of Ginkaku-ji


The colors of the original M9 DNG image were so intense that I had to de-saturate!  The slightly unevenly-lit blue sky was due to the use of a polarizer on a 21mm lens.

The white line at the top of the image was the jet of an airplane.  The black dot at the upper right was a bird.

vincecharus

vincecharus 發表於 2014-11-5 14:38
5.  Philosophers' Path （哲學之道）

24.  duck swimming in the stream along the Philosopher's Path

chaos

beautiful set

Chak

vincecharus

Thanks M3fans, chaos, Chak c-hings!


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25.  sunset at Kodai-ji

The first shot was normal (EV = 0)

The second shot was HDR (3 shots combined, EV = -1, EV = 0, EV = 1)