Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/30 sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Dark Room of Lanterns
Daisho-in Temple (大聖院、宮島)
Miyajima Island, near Hiroshima Japan
今回は二年毎の宮島旅行の写真。
Last week I caught a cold that absolutely lay waste to me... I think it was the worst cold I've ever gotten. I'm mostly recovered now. Somewhere along the line I heard a friend was headed to Miyajima, and that reminded me that I've got plenty of photos I've not yet posted, so while I recover, here are a few photos from a trip to Miyajima two years ago...
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 29mm — 1/500 sec, f/5, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
View from the Hotel
Kinsuikan Hotel (錦水館、宮島)
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/160 sec, f/8, ISO 220 — map & image data — nearby photos
The Famous Torii Gate
of the Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社)
I've posted photos of the famous gate many times, including in:
- Main Gate of the Itsukushima Shrine, at Night
- Why I Shoot Raw: Recovering From Disasters
- Miyajima at Low Tide
- Itsukushima Shrine at Low Tide
- The Richness of Miyajima’s Itsukushima Shrine at Dusk
- Pre-Typhoon Low-Tide View of the Itsukushima Shrine Gate at Sunset
Those posts started over eight years ago; in comparing the early ones to the last one, I can see the quality of my photographs improve. So I'm not sure what happened with the shots on this current post...
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 40mm — 1/80 sec, f/2.8, ISO 1800 — map & image data — nearby photos
In-Room Arrangement
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/125 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Five-Tiered Pagoda
Just above the main shrine
Hokoku Shrine (豊国神社)
Eight years ago I posted a bunch of views of this tower, here.
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 48mm — 1/800 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Photo Ops
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 35mm — 1/640 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Budding Photographer
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/640 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Below Water
The sign in the lower left is almost invisible at high tide
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 66mm — 1/640 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Selfies
Most visitors to the island visit the main Itsukushima Shrine, but a short 15-minute walk off the beaten path brings you to a wonderful gem of a temple...
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Back Streets
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 31mm — 1/60 sec, f/10, ISO 560 — map & image data — nearby photos
Picking Weeds
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/50 sec, f/10, ISO 250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Path To the Entrance
Daisho-in Temple (大聖院)
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 32mm — 1/60 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Prayer Wheels
The path to the entrance has what looks like “prayer wheels” similar to those in a different part of the same temple, seen and explained here.
Once you get to the top of the stairs, you can continue forward into the temple, or look back to see the big pagoda and the rest of the main part of the island behind you...
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 32mm — 1/80 sec, f/7.1, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Looking Back
Miyajima's Daisho-in Temple is built on a mountainside, with stairs going all over, and it's easy to miss interesting parts. For example, the main path is seen heading up in this next photo...
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/320 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Main Path Right, Small Alcove Left
A quick glance at the alcove makes it appear entirely skipable, but if you venture into it, you're rewarded with a hidden entrace to the cave-like room seen in this post's lead photo...
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/50 sec, f/2.8, ISO 110 — map & image data — nearby photos
“Cavern of Universal Illumination”
大聖院の遍照窟
Tripods seem to be allowed, but I didn't have one, so I had to make do.
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 50mm — 1/60 sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Nap Time
cute little statues were here and there
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 26mm — 1/50 sec, f/2.8, ISO 280 — map & image data — nearby photos
Hall Entrance
Daishoin Temple's Maniden Hall (大聖院の摩尼殿)
This scene above was the title subject of “Finding a Rainy 25-Year-Old Memory on Miyajima Island” two years ago.
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 62mm — 1/125 sec, f/2.8, ISO 800 — map & image data — nearby photos
Fell Asleep Studying
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/160 sec, f/2.8, ISO 900 — map & image data — nearby photos
Happy Gourd
Making my way back to the hotel, the tide was already going down at the main shrine...
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm — 1/640 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
The Most Inland
part of the Itsukushima Shrine
Such beautiful lanterns, they have something otherworldly about them.
Can i ask what camera r u using?
It’s listed under each photo. These were with a Nikon D4. —Jeffrey