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Clearing the backlogg
And fubbing up the dev temperature :P
Linköping
Solid focus, lol
I lost my tripod mount ok?
Bronica SQ-A, 80mm P
Rollei CN200
i got so bored over the weekend so i started to draw...and draw...and draw...untill i covered the page
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Taken in the underground kitchen of Bianchi bistrot, in Milan.
Please comment or even better make a critique ;)
O-mikuji are random fortunes written on strips of paper at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan. After making a small offering you choose one randomly from a box (a little bit like fortune cookies).
The o-mikuji is scrolled up or folded, and unrolling the piece of paper reveals the fortune written on it. It includes a general blessing which could be anything from a Small Blessing to a Great Curse... bit of a lucky dip really.
The o-mikuji predicts the person's chances of his or her hopes coming true, of finding a good match, or generally matters of health, fortune, life, etc. When the prediction is bad, it is a custom to fold up the strip of paper and attach it to a pine tree or a wall of metal wires alongside other bad fortunes in the temple or shrine grounds. A purported reason for this custom is a pun on the word for pine tree and the verb 'to wait', the idea being that the bad luck will wait by the tree rather than attach itself to the bearer. In the event of the fortune being good, the bearer has two options: he or she can also tie it to the tree or wires so that the fortune has a greater effect or he or she can keep it for luck.
(Thanks Wikipedia)