the manner when you visit to a Shinto shrine

When you want to pray in a shrine,

you'd better to go to the washing

area before your praying.

Some guide books tell us that

human is not clean,so

people should wash their mouths

and hands in this washing zone.

If you don't wash your mouth and hand,

none would get angry with you,

because this rule is applied for

a few people now.

A shinto shrine is so amazing

The other day, I went to the Yushimatenjin, 

which is one of the famous Shinto shrines in Japan.

When I visited there, a unknown couple held their wedding

 in the shrine.  It appears to be a rare case for young couple

to do it in shrine. It's because that Japanese can select the style of

the wedding from tree: Christian, Buddhistic and

Shinto style. I was so lucky because I have few times

to watch the shrine style.  If you have interest in the shrine.

Pleases the below URL.

http://www.yushimatenjin.or.jp/pc/eng-page/english.htm

The Yushimatenjin enshrines a god of learning,

so young peopy visit to play the god

for their test score up.

http://tencoo.fc2web.com/jinja/xyusima.htm

Test shots of my close-up lens

I have several types of close-up lenses, but

I didn't execute test shorting for them.

In last week end, I took some pictures.

The photos below are the examples.

I tried to take photos of my ipod.

The close-up shooting would be needed

a tripod.

The tips for using the telephoto lenses

If you use the telephoto lenses aggressively,

Please open the aperture of the lens to the minimal 

F number as you can as possible.

I saw a votive tablet, an ema

I saw a votive tablet, an ema in the other day.The ema is a kind of symbol of prayer.They donate it for a Shinto shrine to win a entrance examination, a love or something.

Demerit of telephoto lenses

On the contrary, telephoto lenses tend to cause

a camera shake, so you should hold a camera tight

to prevent from bad effects from it.

You'd better to use a tripod if you have it. 

Merit of telephoto lenses

The type of telephoto lenses has some merits,

which one is so called compression effect.

This picture use adopt the effect.

I think I could reproduce the scene wll

to use a telephoto lens.