Corner

Alright, alright- I know all of you have been wondering about how I could travel to Europe and Japan for three weeks and not have anything to show for it. Well, as for Europe, my D40 died on the second day in Venice and I only got off about 200 shots or so, almost all of which were of family and what-not. Nothing to spectacular to show in those photographs except for how we sheperded twenty-four people around Europe (poorly). The D40’s with Best Buy’s Geek Squad; I should have it back by the coming Monday, but no later than the following Monday. (In retrospect, 4 years is a REALLY long time for a warranty plan on a digital camera, isn’t it?)

Anyways, as for Japan, I just got back home yesterday night, and while I did all my processing on the flight, I like to let my final photographs sit for a couple days before I upload them- just to make sure I like them as is.

Maybe I shouldn’t call it “Japan” as we never really went anywhere other than Tokyo, but whatever. On the flight from Houston to Tokyo, the woman next to me told me that Tokyo was probably Japan’s worst place to see, that everything to see was in the north and west. If that’s true, then I can’t wait to return to Japan. In the springtime, when the cherry blossoms are out, of course.

As for the photograph you see above, the building you see is the Hōzōmon Gate at the Sensō-ji Temple (a.k.a. Asakusa Temple). I recall reading somewhere that it’s best known for the giant lantern that hangs inside the passageway itself, but I saw the gate and thought of how absolutely perfect this building would be for a double-corner shot, a la Michael Wilbur (Ventri on flickr). If you hold up a straight-edged piece of paper or ruler to your screen, you’ll see that both of the levels on this gateway do indeed peak up at the corners.