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January 15th, 2012 8:34pm JST (1 month, 7 days ago)

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f/2 — ¹/2500 sec, f/2, ISO 1000 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Like a Boss
Staring Down His Opponent
( a small target 70 or so meters away )

I went to the tooshiya archery event for the first time, held annually at the Sanjusangendo Temple in Kyoto today. The official name of the event is 「第62回三十三間堂大的全国大会」. Mostly it's for ranked archers who have turned 20 years old this past year (and there were 2,132 that took part today), but this was one of a couple dozen instructors who got to shoot, and who ended up placing.

Having hauled a massive lens around all day, I got home to find that I was more exhausted than I ever recall. After an hour's power nap and a hot bath, I've just enough energy for one photo. More certainly to come.

Continued here...

May	11th,	2011	Me and My Little Lens
January	16th,	2012	Total Discipline: Anatomy of a Japanese Archer's Shot
January	17th,	2012	Flip Side of the Japanese Archery Rite-of-Passage Event: Way, Way Too Crowded to Enjoy
January	21st,	2012	More Badass Japanese Archery
January	27th,	2012	Traditional Japanese Archery: More Ladies, Part 1
February	22nd,	2012	Traditional Japanese Archery: the Instructors' Turn

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