This is a closeup of a turtle found in the famous pond outside Zenkoji Temple, Nagano Japan. I chose to shoot a black in white because the debris and colors that surrounded the turtle seemed to distract my eye too much. I caught a fish catching up in the upper left hand corner so I titled the photo "the race". My daughters love watching the turtles very much whenever we visit Zenkoji Temple.

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Here are a couple of paper wishes tied to a rope in Nagano Japan. I chose to make the background black and white to enhance the paper decorations. The title friends represents the assumption that since these were tied very near each other that they were done most likely by friends or even a couple.

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