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AlainPhoto
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p.3 #1 · Japan Photography

I'm still at it

here is a new one

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Carefully moving a Mikoshi ( 神輿 ) , Yasaka Jinja, Gion Matsuri, Kyoto, 2008.
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Edited on Aug 07, 2008 at 02:20 AM

Aug 05, 2008 at 02:57 AM

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p.3 #2 · Japan Photography

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Hanagasa Junko, Gion Matsuri, Kyoto, 2008.
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Aug 07, 2008 at 02:20 AM

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p.3 #3 · Japan Photography

Great images, well done!

Aug 07, 2008 at 03:19 AM

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p.3 #4 · Japan Photography

Alainphoto

Post more photos. Fantastic to look at.

John

Aug 07, 2008 at 05:51 PM

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p.3 #5 · Japan Photography

Thanks guys

I'll post some more soon

shooting and learning japanese take time so expect a new image about every other day

Aug 08, 2008 at 01:07 AM

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p.3 #6 · Japan Photography

Off to Shikoku until the 14th, I'm shooting Yosakoi Matsuri and Awa Odori

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Katana Dance, Gion Matsuri, Kyoto, 2008.
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Aug 08, 2008 at 02:47 PM

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p.3 #7 · Japan Photography

Great eyes, great style, and great DOF uses.
I really enoy them all.

Aug 08, 2008 at 03:16 PM

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p.3 #8 · Japan Photography

This is good work... very nice.

Aug 10, 2008 at 08:19 PM

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p.3 #9 · Japan Photography

Thanks ! I'm back from Shikoku

Yosakoi Matsuri was great as always

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Yosakoi Matsuri, Kochi, 2008.
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Aug 14, 2008 at 02:51 AM

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p.3 #10 · Japan Photography

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Yosakoi Matsuri, Kochi, 2008.
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a few links about this picture :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosakoi
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ZASf61rdx08&feature=related
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=HKRuSNPZbmc
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=hwj2_mfnYsM&feature=related
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=IqTelkdk5kk

photo details : 1/1000, f2.8, 200mm, 640iso, 70-200 2.8 IS / 1D3

Aug 15, 2008 at 02:13 AM

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p.3 #11 · Japan Photography

Stunning, love your website as well.

Aug 16, 2008 at 03:07 PM

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p.3 #12 · Japan Photography

It is difficult to be a bad photographer in Japan, but these are really outstanding. Thanks...

Aug 16, 2008 at 03:21 PM

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p.3 #13 · Japan Photography

Grognard > thanks

I've got some old pictures on my website, I hope you can see a sort of progression

dhogan > that's right but don't underestimate your pictures, you've got some really good japan shots in your gallery, I enjoyed browing through your favorites !

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Awa Odori, Tokushima, Shikoku, 2008.
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Aug 17, 2008 at 03:11 AM

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p.3 #14 · Japan Photography

Alain, I enjoyed your series. Great work and I love the format. It inspires me to do some in that size too. Keep it up, love seeing new ones. Do you do much post-processing to these images (esp. curious about the saturation)?

Aug 17, 2008 at 03:29 AM

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p.3 #15 · Japan Photography

Arigatou

Aug 17, 2008 at 04:20 AM

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p.3 #16 · Japan Photography

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Drum player waiting for its turn, Hanagasa Junko, Gion Matsuri, Kyoto, 2008.
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Aug 19, 2008 at 03:25 AM

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p.3 #17 · Japan Photography

hobbes wrote:Alain, I enjoyed your series. Great work and I love the format. It inspires me to do some in that size too. Keep it up, love seeing new ones. Do you do much post-processing to these images (esp. curious about the saturation)?

thanks for your warm comment

about post processing, I do very very little, thanks to the colorful kimono my subjects tend to wear

I shoot the 1D3 with standard setting and AWB
I open the RAW in photoshop and ajust the color temperature in ACR : I try to get natural colors and skin tone
I crop in the format meant when shot (16:9 most of the time)
I had a bit of contrast if needed,
get back a little bit of details in whithes or shadows if needed,
and always sharpen (100%/0.5 most of the time)

that's all for 95% of the shots !

I don't like oversaturated and overcontrasted shots :/

Aug 19, 2008 at 03:30 AM

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p.3 #18 · Japan Photography

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Yosakoi Matsuri, Kochi, 2008.
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Aug 21, 2008 at 12:03 PM

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p.3 #19 · Japan Photography

Beautiful photographs. Compositions, colors, exposures are all spot on. You have a great eye. I think you have a book in the making here.

Aug 21, 2008 at 12:11 PM

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p.3 #20 · Japan Photography

thanks

and yes a book is slowly growing, but I'm in no hurry, I gave myself 10 years to make it

Aug 22, 2008 at 12:43 AM

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p.3 #21 · Japan Photography

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Chonmage, Sumo, Nagoya Basho, 2008.
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Aug 23, 2008 at 03:08 AM

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p.3 #22 · Japan Photography

your work is fantastic, creative and alive with color...all 10 fingers up!

Aug 23, 2008 at 03:58 AM

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p.3 #23 · Japan Photography

thanks rma

Aug 24, 2008 at 08:16 AM

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p.3 #24 · Japan Photography

Exceptional series of images, as they would say in Japan,"Sore wa sugoi na".

Aug 24, 2008 at 11:14 AM

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p.3 #25 · Japan Photography

domo arigato

Aug 25, 2008 at 11:42 AM


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