love the lanterns, feels like a guilty pleasue

monochrome fish

One of many rows of stone lanterns at Kasuga taisha shrine. Nara Japan. Hasselblad X1D.

Lanterns set high among the sweeping arches of the cloister roof. Ringing Art Museum, Sarasota Florida USA

Lantern and shidare blinds at Shimogamo shrine, Kyoto. Mamiya 7 film scan.

The holes in this slightly rusty old garden lantern seem appropriate for today's theme for Macro Mondays - Holes

Met medewerking van mijn vrouw

With the help of my wife

Evening lanterns illuminate a group of ema votive tablets. Izumojisaino Shinto shrine, Sainokamicho, Kyoto Japan. Film scan.

Texture PS oil & OnOne perfect effects.A little note for invite Admins.If you are kind enough to send me an invite to a private group could you make it possible to actually join please?I'm not being rude or ungrateful when I do not join after an invite ( I really want to) ,it's just seem's impossible to find out how to.Is it not possible to make an invite work like the other groups do? .Thank you .

One of the many rows of lanterns at Kasuga shrine, Nara Japan. Hasselblad X1D.

Chinese Lantern Festival, Philadelphia

Kitzbühel, Tyrol

Kloostri ait. Monastery's barn.

Katariina käik

Chinese Lantern dipped in olive oil and after that wet from soapy water on a colorful reflector in the sun ...

Nashville Chinese Lantern Festival

"Light is radiant

because there is Darkness.

And Darkness is sublime

because there is Light..."

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Okinawa Summer Festival

Hair / ZAO Whisky Hair Fatpack

Lantern / +SEKAI+ Japanese Lantern - Fatpack

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Mask / VRSION SLS12 Mask with Horn FATPACK

Back Arms / [ContraptioN] Vazu-d4r4 Prosthesis

Shuriken / KuZ - Ninja Shuriken FATPACK

Jacket / VRSION KNV68 Jacket FATPACK

Pant / VRSION KNV68 Pant

Shoes / FLite.- AIR BLITZ - FATPACK

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Knives

XxX

YOKAI

One of the lanterns hanging from the Tipuana tree, backlit at sunset and swaying in the soft breeze.

Taken up at our friends' farm.

No ed's.

Old stone lantern framed by a pine branch. Shoren-in, Kyoto. Hasselblad X1D.

Looking across the metal lanterns strung across Moonta Street in Chinatown, through the bars of the Adelaide Central Market capark Level 1.

reflections day

Looking up at modern flat lanterns with strip lighting at the top stretched over Chinatown Adelaide's Moonta Street. I have to catch these at night when they are all lit up.

Chinatown, Nagasaki, Japan

Wishing Lanterns. Traditional launching a wishing lantern into the river in honor of loved ones, hopes, dreams, and wishes.

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A Japanese lantern, surrounded by its reflections and foliage.

You are not one you are a Thousand. Just light your Lantern

Rumi

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One cold day I spotted a stem of Chinese Lanterns that were sticking out from the snow, what a treat! I didn't have my camera with me, so I took a phone shot, then pulled lots of sliders in Topaz Studio. Happy Slider's Sunday! HSS!

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seen in Parkslope

seaside promenade

Lanterns on sale in Crete.

Fading Light

Vertical shot. Jogyesa Buddhist Temple, Seoul, South Korea.

Matthew 25:8-10 King James Version (KJV)

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

A colourful moth with very big nose.