barmagenta : Geisha : 11 Dec 2005 : Photography by Gary Tong

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Image Type:	Chemical
Camera:	Canon EOS 1V
Film Type:	Ilford XP2 Super
ISO:	400
Lens:	EF 28-135mm IS USM
Focal Length:	57mm
Flash:	No
Captured:	Oct 11 2005
Aperture:	F4
Shutter Speed:	1/250 secs
Cropped:	Yes

Geisha

Posted at 09:04 on 11 Dec 2005

On a visit to the Golden Shrine in Kyoto, I had to wait some 20 minutes for the hordes of tourists to leave this geisha alone for just a few seconds, and managed to get just this one shot before another crowd entered from the right. She turned around before I could compose the shot, but I rather like that, having seen some other frontal shots I took which look a tad too touristic and contrived.

As I put the lens cap back on however, I realised that the lens was covered in condensation - it had been drizzling all morning - and assumed the shot would be ruined. Fortunately, the geisha herself is sharp on the negative, and the condensation has given the outer edges of the shot a soft blurred effect.

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Wow -- this is gorgeous. The mist/condensation really works the effect here. It does sort of come off as an historical print but its beautiful nonetheless.

kendall at 12:42 on 23 Dec 2005

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Beautiful and enchanting. You can feel the moment of the picture.

Mary J at 04:56 on 29 Jan 2006

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