The main shrine for the Hakata Gion Yamakasa (博多祇園山笠) Festival during a late night downpour of rain

Yesterday’s photo of this shrine was taken during my morning walk at about 6 a.m. (Yes, jet lag sucks.)

Today’s pic is of the same place about 15 hours later. The rain was coming down in buckets. I came back through the shrine to take a brief rest from the rain, not to take photos, but the lit-up shrine looked too good to just leave without saving an image. I took this hand held with a shutter speed of 1/13th of a second so I’m a bit surprised that it came out without any shake.

Posted on June 22nd, 2013 under Japan • Tags: fukuoka, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF-S NIKKOR G ED N, Nikon D600, shinto. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed