Quiet Temple

Quiet Temple
Originally uploaded by typh00nrider

This temple is along the path to Shasui Falls in Tanzawa. I was taking several photographs of the colorful small statues in front of the temple, then stepped back to take a broader look to realize that this was a quite colorful photo opportunity. Sometimes it just works out that way.

I was reviewing some of my photography basics yesterday and come across something that I never considered in framing my shots recently - hyperfocal distance! When I was taking photography classes in high school and an enthusiast in college, I exercised hyperfocal distance in a lot of my photos, but forgot completely about it. Here is a great article on the topic with a pre-calculated chart here and an Excel version here.

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