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Published: 2016-10-04 01:17:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 3818; Favourites: 248; Downloads: 0
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A spirit wanders Fushimi Inari shrine by night.(or actually, I used my phone to make a simple light painting)
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Amazing effect.
I really like the idea of wandering spirit.
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This is beautiful, and does justice to the spirit of the place.
Next time, I'm going at night.
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Nevermind, sorry I saw you already answered that question in the comments already
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Cool shot, can't wait to visit there next month. Β What is the best time of the day to visit? Β Is it open 24hrs a day?
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It's always open public ground. The best times are super early in the morning (around 6 or 7) or late at night (around 8 pm) to avoid crowds and get good light. Actually, my company runs workshops on light painting at the shrine at night. I dunno if you'd be interested but you can check them out here: eyexploretokyo.com/
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I always regret not visiting this spot when I was in Kyoto. People convinced me it was too expensive + not worth the trouble.Β
But c'mon... all them Tori gates!Β
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Expensive? It's completely free and it takes about 2 bucks and 10 minutes by train from Kyoto central station. It's easily the most worthwhile place to visit in all of Kyoto.
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Hey, do you find that if you ask people for directions in Japan, they act like it's really really far -like, an insurmountable distance- and it actually winds up being a very reasonable walk?Β
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Can't say I've gotten this. Perhaps the people you talked to just didn't know where it was.
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ah, an original shot of this abused place!! great!!
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Thank you very much! Yeah, not as many people go there at night.
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You have ever an interesting point of view!!
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Very cool pic bro, I wonder how do you make such effect? I presume its long exposure, the camera is on the stand, but why do we only see the flash? Why dont we also see you carrying your phone?
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Yes, it was a 30 second exposure on a tripod. In order to get the correct exposure for 30 seconds, we have to let very little light into the camera. This means that only bright things or station things will come out in the photo. A dark moving object will mostly disappear. And in fact, on the right sight your can see a blue wisp and actually those are my shorts being lit up by the phone.
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Thanks for explaining it, really interesting technique. I was always mesmerized by these kind of pictures
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No worries! I love explaining all about photography. In fact it's my job!
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Thank you very much!
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yes, the best place for spirit and lightpainting...
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Almost looks like a lightning bolt but too clean.
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A bit surreal. Maybe ball lightning.
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I'll back that story up.Β
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