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09/25/2004 11:09:32 AM · #1 |
Hi everyone,
I went down to Kamakura, the ancient capital of Japan, yesterday and took a bunch of pictures of the temples and the giant Buddha statue there. Here are a few of my favorite shots. Hope you like them! As always, I love receiving comments almost as much as I love giving them. :-)
This is the giant Buddha statue:
  
These statues aren't as big, but there are WAY more of them:
  
And a few other shots around the temples:
  
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09/25/2004 11:24:19 AM · #2 |
Great work! I like the first Buddha shot with the trees framing his head. I also like the perspective of the bamboo shot. The "incense" girl looks more like the "incensed" girl. She doesn't look happy that your taking her picture. LOL. But I like that shot too! Cheers....Martin
Message edited by author 2004-09-25 11:34:23.
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09/25/2004 11:51:39 AM · #3 |
Thanks, Martin! Yeah, I don't know what that face was about since she just sort of wandered into the shot while I was trying to photograph the incense. :-)
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09/26/2004 09:47:21 PM · #4 |
| superb composition on your shots...great work, love these shots!! |
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09/26/2004 10:51:18 PM · #5 |
Really nice shots and brings back fond memories. We lived in Okinawa Japan for 8 years, so photos from Japan make me wish we were still there.
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09/26/2004 11:07:02 PM · #6 |
Some great shots, Philip. I like the bamboo, too. The little statues are Jizo, who protect children. I heard they're placed there for the repose of children who have died and aborted foetuses.
Here are some photos I took a while ago of another sitting Buddha statue (that's certainly not so well-known as the Kamakura Daibutsu, and not as large).
Three Beans Buddha and Three Beans Buddha
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09/27/2004 11:22:23 AM · #7 |
Thanks everyone for your comments in this thread and on the photos as well. I really appreciate it!
I had heard about those Jizo, David, but didn't know these were the same thing. Thanks for the info and for sharing your Buddha pics as well.
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09/27/2004 11:38:14 AM · #8 |
wow those are awesome shots! thanks for sharing them!
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