The Golden Pavilion or Kinkaku-ji 金閣寺, as it’s known to the locals, was a major highlight of last weeks trip to Kyoto.
Once again i tried my hand at a few HDR images, both with different levels of aggressiveness applied, here’s one reasonably subtle.

The 3 images i used to combine into one using photomatix were.
Spotted while walking up to Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto were these 2 Geisha, the one on the left doesn’t look too happy with me … but you get that on the big jobs.

Unfortunately there were masses of people around and this was the one and only picture i was able to get.
Be sure to check out it out a bigger size or two on flickr.
Last week i had the folks in town, i took the week off work and we went to Hiroshima and Kyoto … a great time was had by all.
Despite it being a bit cold at times i was able to get out and about heaps and take a lot of photos.
Here’s my first attempt at some HDR images which i think turned out pretty well.

This 5 story Pegoda was an impressive site, looking over Miyajima Island.