DirtyGlassEye has added a photo to the pool:
Ok, now we're back on track. Schedule upload is back to normal. Entering the ring is a very different kind of shot from Koya-san, not necessarily a graveyard, nor exactly dark. This temple was further down the road (Kongobu-ji if I remember correctly). The temperature didn't change much on this mountain throughout the day, and yet there wasn't as much remaining snow when I finally left inner Okunoin. The sun was going down and I was waiting for night shoots (that I probably won't ever be able to post no matter how many edits I make).
The main hall here wasn't as impressive. But trudging through the slush around the property, I saw an impressive double bridge, a complex further in the trees, and this, the official Shingon Precinct. So naturally I tried it from multiple angles, I even tried to get it out of a reflection but there wasn't a puddle big enough sticking out of the snow. Due to the stand out front I needed that in a better spot, so a shot to the side simply would not do. The light hitting the left side of the top of the temple was even better.
All I did in editing was make certain objects look sharper, and the temple itself better saturation. Didn't spend that long on it, and really didn't have to anyway. The only object that isn't changed at all are the trees and sky in the far back, as I wanted to retain the sense of waning sunlight. In any normal case it just makes it look like a more calming scene.


