Leading up to the Asakusa Temple is a menagerie of vendors, selling everything under the sun. From samurai swords to hand carved wood chopsticks to clothes, along with food vendors, this place had everything. Though it was somewhat diametrically opposed in the setting, the hustle bustle of this shopping area, and then off in the distance the calm peaceful temple.
If it wasn’t for @adams39, who I just met the night before shooting the Milky Way behind Delicate Arch, I would have never got this shot. As us photographers know, when traveling, you are getting up early to shoot sunrises, out all day hiking to shoot some more, catching the sunsets and then staying up at night to shoot the stars. In addition, you are eating at odd hours and up late to work on and backup your photos. Let’s just say I never heard my alarm go off at 5am. Luckily, @adams39 knocked on my hotel door a few times and finally I rose. And because of that, was able to capture this stunning, beautiful sunrise at Mesa Arch. An absolutely breathtaking moment I will never forget, as us and a bunch of photographers gathered there that early morning. Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Moab, UT, 84532 Google Maps Location video was taken from: https://goo.gl/q3iWjD
Spending most of the day in Arashiyama, I started to make my way back to the train station, to catch a ride home after a long day of shooting. Knowing the tourist hordes would be at the Bamboo Grove, I figured I should check it out regardless. So happy I did. With long exposure, you can effectively wipe out any existence of people in your shot. They end up being a blur. I just LOVE the lanterns on the ground, dotting the path, casting their glow up on the wood stick fencing. And then the lights they have turned on in the bamboo grove, to illuminate them. Just wow. Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Sagatenryūji Susukinobabachō, Ukyō-ku, Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu 616-8385, Japan
