文書は英語ですが、写真は共通
(though I'm taking a break from blogging for a while)
Archive for the 'Pretty Photos' CategoryPosts including photos that I think are particularly pretty, usually about nature. The short path on Miyajima Island that fronts the ocean between the Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社、宮島, where we saw Kousuke Atari in concert), and our hotel (Kinsuikan Inn -- 錦水館) was lined with benches and large stone lanterns. Deer run wild over the whole island. Continued here... 
View full post » Continuing with the Fall Color Preview from last week, here are a few more from Kyoto last year. The next few pics are from Enkouji Temple, where I took many of the pictures that appeared in last year's Fall Foliage Desktops post. The next shot is of one of the fusuma (sliding doors) inside the temple. The next shot is representative of a common scene around town, with many colors mixed together. The problem is getting a nice shot without wires, poles, signs, and other visual litter. Here's a wider shot of the same scene, showing that the [...] 
View full post » Looking at my server logs lately, it's clear that people are looking forward to fall, as I can see the popularity of posts like the following bubble higher: The Color of Kyoto — Desktop Background Kyoto Fall Foliage Desktops Photoshop's "Darken" Blend Mode (and more fall-foliage desktops)Those three are particularly popular at the moment, mostly via people coming from the search engines' text and image search. As fall gets closer, more and more posts from my Japan, Fall Colors category will become more popular. Fall hits Kyoto a month or more later than it seems to hit elsewhere in [...] 
View full post » I woke up this morning to find an exceedingly pleasant day, partly sunny, with a mild breeze. It was very disappointing. The forecast had been for typhoon #4 to blast right into us at about 9am, which would have made for quite a bit of excitement. Having grown up in Midwest America, I enjoy a good thunderstorm or the frenzied winds of an occasional typhoon. Sadly, it sped up and went way to the south, leaving its last rain in our area at around midnight. Sigh, we never get any fun. Kyoto is normally hazy (often exceedingly so), but it's [...] 
View full post » It's hot and humid in Kyoto now, so I'd like to try to cool off by returning to the quintessential pleasantness of Kyoto's spring. The image above was made by applying the same Photoshop "Darken" blend-mode technique that I used to create the Color of Kyoto foliage desktop background last fall, but this time to a pair of pictures I took during a cherry-blossom outing in April. Links below the picture are to desktop-sized images in both widescreen and standard versions. Unlike the previous time where I used three pictures, I used only two this time. Also, instead of [...] 
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