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Checking the lure
Getting up at / or before dawn I see how many people get up and out early in the morning. My morning walks have been, and continue to be...

Stuart Gibson
Oct 5, 2019


Skylight at Otani Honbyo
My first Daily Photo for a while was taken at Otani Honbyo last week. I found this skylight in a seemingly unused room.

Stuart Gibson
Oct 4, 2019


The Brisbane 8 do Kyoto!
It was my great pleasure to host Keira, her husband Jay and six friends on a workshop in Higashiyama on Tuesday. They took a break from...

Stuart Gibson
Oct 3, 2019


Winner! Tamron Photo Contest!
This shot of JR Fushimi Inari station was chosen from 7,800 entries to win the 4th place prize in Tamron's national photo contest. It...

Stuart Gibson
Oct 1, 2019


2019 Sumitomo Contest Entries
Just entered the Sumitomo Photo Contest for the first time. Submitted ten images, of a variety of subjects, taken between 2010 and 2019....

Stuart Gibson
May 26, 2019


Top 5 Kyoto Temples to Escape the Crowds: Part 3
Part 1 Part 2 Shinnyodo It's difficult to know where to start with this one. A quick look at my daily photoblog shows almost 80 images...

Stuart Gibson
Apr 26, 2019


Top 5 Kyoto Temples to Escape the Crowds: Part 2
If you are new to this on-going series, part one can be found here. Seiryu-den & Shogun-zuka Shogun-zuka is a mound about 20 square...

Stuart Gibson
Apr 23, 2019


Top 5 Kyoto Temples to Escape the Crowds: Part 1
Despite the tourism boom currently underway in the city there are still places we can find the peace and tranquility we imagine when...

Stuart Gibson
Apr 14, 2019


2nd Place Winner! Hikone Photo Contest!
I submitted this image taken last April into the annual Hikone photo contest. The first contest I've ever entered so very encouraged to...

Stuart Gibson
Apr 9, 2019


Lake Biwa Flower Fountain
The Lake Biwa Flower Fountain is a large fountain located on a 180m breakwater in the Otsu Port offing, that sends out streams of 440m...

Stuart Gibson
Apr 8, 2019


Photo of the Day: Rokkakudo
Symmetry and swans at the home of Ikebana.

Stuart Gibson
Apr 4, 2019



Stuart Gibson
Apr 3, 2019


Photo of the day: Ishiyama Dera
Making a clean sweep of things at Ishiyama.

Stuart Gibson
Apr 2, 2019


Making wishes: at Katsuoji
These daruma had been inserted into the kanji character for temple at the entrance of Katsuoji, in Osaka. It seemed oddly apt.

Stuart Gibson
Mar 31, 2019



Stuart Gibson
Dec 23, 2018


New Online Shop Open!
Now you can download my images as high resolution digital files for print or web use. You'll find images of: Pagodas..... Scotland........

Stuart Gibson
Dec 5, 2018


Reflections of Chomyouji (頂妙寺)
Chomyouji temple in Kyoto is quiet and doesn't offer much for the casual tourist. You can't enter any of the buidings and there aren't...

Stuart Gibson
Nov 15, 2018


Psychedelics - Fushimi Inari Station
Japanese trains are pretty cool because you can look through the window right behind the driver's cabin. There is also a handy railing...

Stuart Gibson
Sep 20, 2018


Otsu
A diferent take on the Biwako Hall. Fujifilm X100S 1/52 second F/5.6 ISO 200 33 mm #shiga #mono

Stuart Gibson
Aug 31, 2018


Negative Space
Negative space is the area surrounding the main subject in a photograph which is left unoccupied. Put simply, it is the space around the...

Stuart Gibson
Jul 16, 2018
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