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Continuing from this weekend's Setsubun Festival at the Heian Shrine in Kyoto, with nasty demons representing the ills of the past year, being banished in the hope of a better year to come...
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f/2 — 1/2500 sec, f/2, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Bamboo Sprig
just an excuse to get the shrine building out of focus in the background
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Waiting
for the event to begin
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f/2 — 1/1600 sec, f/2, ISO 3200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Door
slightly misleading
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f/2 — 1/1600 sec, f/2, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos
Cherry
will be magnificent in about two months
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Eaves Above Me
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Evil Spirits Make Their Appearance
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Richly Appointed
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Menacing the Crowd
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Celebration of Victory
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Goading Dance
“tee-hee-hee, it's great to be an evil demon lording over powerless humanity”
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Enter the Cavalry
beans a flyin'
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Smack
right in the kisser
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Thwarted Counter Attack
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On the Run
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Nah, None of That
Driving away demons with relaxed nonchalance
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 300mm f/2 — 1/1600 sec, f/2, ISO 1250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Banished for Good
at least until next year
I captioned the third picture with “Door, slightly misleading” because, as you can see in the final photo, what look like door handles are really brackets to hold a huge brace.
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The last is a particularly fine shot!