Sacred Path || Fushimi Inari Shrine
The Fushimi Inari Shrine with the seemingly endless path of Torii Gates was my favorite destination in all of Kyoto. Aside from the massive amount of creepy spiders, it was an incredibly soothing and spiritual feeling to walk up the mountain path. On this night there was a cool gentle breeze accompanied by the sound of thunder from an approaching storm and as the light faded, the sounds of the day were replaced with a tranquil silence that calmed me to my core.
Oddly enough, even with the enhanced D800 resolution, I didn’t find a single spider in this photo. It gives me the eerie feeling that they’re all hiding somewhere, waiting to ambush me. Man does that thought gives me the shivers…
Behind The Scenes || Shooting The Torii Gates
Here’s a great shot by Naomi Locardi showing me as I patiently tweak my D800 settings in live view mode. The super uber camera gear geek (a.k.a. someone like me) would also notice the RRS TVC-24 Tripod and BH-40 Ballhead, which — besides the D800 — is the newest addition to my travel arsenal.
Fantastic shot Elia, love following your blog and great call on the really rightstuff
. I love my BH-55 and I’m still hanging out for the TVC-33 to come back in stock.
Thanks Chris! I love both of my RRS rigs. I use the TVC-33 / BH55 for most occasions. If I need something more portable, I use the 4 section TVC-24 / BH40 combo. I know it seems crazy to have 2 different rigs but I shoot so many urban environments that it’s necessary to have options.
Also, if you per-order the TVC-33 legs with RRS, they’ll machine them to order. Have you talked to them yet?
Ahhhh! Thanks for the reply Elia. I didn’t realise that the guys will machine to order, I was waiting for stock to become available, thanks for the heads up! I’ll get on to that straight away!! I’d love to have two rigs on the go
but I might have to rely on my trusty old Manfrotto 190xprob as the second option 