The Guardian

Posted by Stu (Kyoto, Japan) on 27 November 2006 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

Stone foxes like this are often seen in shrines, standing in front of torii gates. This little shrine is just on the edge of Yamashina, Kyoto. It's not famous or anything and I got the feeling that there weren't many visitors, and on this damp afternoon there was a quiet loneliness about the place.

VFXY Photos Cool Photoblogs

Comments (12)

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

good shot man. nice DoF and compostion.

27 Nov 2006 4:04am

@Duncan Galbraith: arigatou gozaimasu duncs! your Maiko II shot was fantastic mate. So crisp and you really catured her aura.

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Well done. And a nice companion to this story.

27 Nov 2006 10:18am

@Damon Schreiber: Many thanks damon. And thanks for the link to bullfrog there too.....it is indeed very relevant and interesting.

Darren Halliday from Toyko, Japan

Great shot mate. I'm pretty superstitious about taking photo's of those foxes. Something freaky happened one day when I was taking a photo of one. Anyway love the composition. Keep up the good work.

27 Nov 2006 11:03am

@Darren Halliday: thanks daz. like to hear that story some time.

Myst from Bologna, Italy

Love this shot! Great composition ;-)

27 Nov 2006 12:04pm

@Myst: thanks myst. your comments are always appreciated. keep up your good work.

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

I like the lines and pattern in the gate entrance. How funny that Damon posted the fox story today too. We have photos of rhinos and foxes in two's today. This fox looks much more fierce compared to the real one in Damon's shot.

27 Nov 2006 4:51pm

Colour blind from Tokyo, Japan

Great shot mate, it looks like one freaky fox. The torii gates kinda lead off somewhere which gives the photo a very nice effect.

27 Nov 2006 6:16pm

Daniel from United States

C00L shot! Very similar to Fushimi Inari Shrine.

27 Nov 2006 8:39pm

Dan from New York, United States

Thank you for sharing!
even though it is not a popular tourist attraction or anything, it's nice to see through the eyes of someone who lives in another country, and in this case, Japan.

27 Nov 2006 10:27pm