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Kyoto is an interesting mix of the traditional old blending in well with the modern new.
With the city being one of the few cities in Japan that was not devastated by Allied bombing during World War II, one can thus see historical temples such as Kiyomizu-dera blending in with the rather low lying skyline of Kyoto.
Seen and photographed while wandering with Kome, Roger, and Teruhide-san. Ikuta Jinja, Chou-ku, Kobe. February 28, 2013.
Late afternoon.
Loved the streets leading to the Kiyomizu-dera!
Lots of character here, even Starbucks here has more character than usual!
"Legend" has it that if you fell along the steps leading to the Ninenzaka, you'll only have 2 years to live, "Ni" (二) being "2" in Japanese. Pity the poor souls who used to jump off the "butai" of Kiyomizu-dera on the belief that should they survive their fall, they would have their wish granted (85% survival rate, no info about severity of injuries sustained by the survivors). The practice was mercifully banned in 1872.
Been playing with NEF RAWs from Z7, curiously I found them rather similar to Sony ARW RAWs somehow. Decided subsequently to look into NEF RAWs from the DSLR D850 and I actually preferred the look of the NEF RAWs from D850 even though the sensor is the same one as in the Z7, both processed similarly with the "latest picture control" in NXD. Perhaps the lack of on-sensor PDAF points on the D850 sensor accounted for the different?