Itsukushima
During my time in Japan I visited Itsukushima, an island in the Inland Sea off the coast of Hiroshima. The island, which is largely uninhabited and protected as a part of Setonaikai National Park, is best know for the unique Itsukushima Shrine that lies on it’s northern shore, but I found the presence of large numbers of tame deer to be far more interesting. From what I’ve read, the deer became tame over the course of many decades as a result of tourists feeding them and the superstitious beliefs of locals who allow them to walk wherever they please. As a result, they are a lot like cows in India and can be seen in most places where people can be seen as well. I think this photo sums up the atmosphere on the island in how tolerant people are of the deer. I had to skew and content-aware a small part of the photo (lower right along the bottom edge) in order to get the perspective right and didn’t spend to much time cleaning up the content-aware cloning so it might look a bit weird there.
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Päivityksiä / Updates
My fall semester at Clark University is coming to a close and with this the photography course that I have been making posts for over the past few months. It’s hard to believe but even with all the editing work that I’ve done I still have thousands of photos from this past summer that I have yet to edit or show anyone, most notably nearly all the photos that I took during my 10 days in Japan. I plan to work on these when I’m back in Finland for my winter break from late December to mid January. After I’ve presented my final prints for my photo course I’ll upload those to Flickr and possible here as well, but until then here is one photo from Tokyo. Lastly, be sure to check out this website.
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Palanut / Burned
About a month ago I posted some photos from an abandoned factory that I had recently found in Worcester. After visiting for the first time I knew that I had to come back with a wider lens and more time to explore further inside and around the massive complex. A few days ago I made another trip and this time concentrated on capturing the combination of fire and water damage and the unique marks that this history has left on the structures. I was most interested in a large wooden silo (that happened to have a perfect crack in it for photographing the inside) on the outskirts of the complex that looked like it could have collapsed at any moment. I haven’t processed these images much (only some RAW edits) and will work on them more extensively soon.
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