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While taking long exposure night shots of Itsukushima Shrine's Gate (厳島神社、宮島) in Miyajima, the brilliant illumination was turned off, and the area became quite dark. I thought I'd give it a try with the lights off, but as you can see above, my one attempt came out completely dark. Since it was late, I didn't want to spend the time trying again for a more reasonable exposure, so we packed up and returned to the hotel.

When I got home and loaded all the images into Lightroom, I intended to delete this one along with all the other rejects. More [...]

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I mentioned in my post about the Kousuke Atari concert in Miyajima that the shrine (Itsukushima Shrine) had a big, famous gate (as many shrines tend to have, including the one near me).

After the concert, we walked around a bit taking pictures (actually running into the singer at one point, but that's for a different post), and I liked this guy sitting at the edge of the water.

I didn't have much time before the concert, but snapped this next picture from in front of our hotel just before we walked over.

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We awoke this morning to find a car-repair scene on the livingroom floor.

To repair the black car, Anthony's imagination called in three fire trucks, two helicopters, a large crane, a dump truck, an ambulance, a car, and assorted workers.

The Lego building to the left in the picture above is the workers' rest area.

He makes these kind of things every day, from the simple (valet) to the complex (heavy industries) to the unexpected (airport security gate). If they catch my fancy as a parent or photographer, I'll try to grab a few shots.

I thought it'd be a [...]

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