I'm back and ready to have my website banned by all of France!

Before some Internet censor bureaucrat gets their undies in a bunch, this isn't the Nazi symbol of yore: this is a Buddhist swastika on one of the huge temple lanterns at Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. It is left facing, techinically making it a omote manji ("front-facing swastika") representing love and mercy. How is that for a symbolic diachotomy?

The highlights are a little blown in the right of this image. Hey, the site would be called "awesome wonderocrity" if I shot perfect frames. This one is definately in the mediocre category. Nonetheless, Japanese temples can offer some challenging shooting characteristics, especially around noontime.

There are the throngs of tourists to contend against for photos. Also, the ground is often composed of stark white gravel instantly blowing out both wide shots of architecture as well as causing difficult reflections onto the more reflective surfaces in the shadows. That is exactly what happened here.

My life is once again in order and I am going to posting much more often with a goal of getting back up to five days a week. Don't take me off that RSS feed just yet!